KR101545386B1 - Method and system for producing photo album - Google Patents

Abstract

A photo album production method and system are disclosed. The photo album production method includes the steps of: a photo album production system classifying a plurality of photos corresponding to a target by date; determining a number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album; Determining, for each page to be included, the number of pictures as the photo album production system records on the page based on the number of pictures classified as a date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing, Determining, for each page to be included, at least one photograph classified into a layout of the page and a date corresponding to the page based on the number of recorded pictures of the page determined by the photo album production system, .

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PHOTO ALBUM [0002]

The present invention relates to a photo album production method and system, and more particularly, it relates to a photo album production method and system, and more particularly, And more particularly, to a photo album production method and system capable of producing an album.

Technical ideas for a predetermined album production system for producing digital or offline photo albums are well known.

However, in the conventional album production system, when composing each page of the album, it is inconvenient for the user to directly set and edit the photograph, the arrangement form of the recorded picture, the number of the recorded picture, etc., .

This prior art has disclosed a Korean patent (Publication No. 10-2011-0092414, "personalized mass photo album production system and method ", hereinafter referred to as " prior art ").

The prior art has uploaded photographs for photo album production through a network such as the Internet and produced a large number of personalized photo albums using the uploaded photographs.

In the prior art, the entire page of the photo album is classified according to each use (for example, a common page, a group page, a personal page, etc.), and a personalized photo album is produced and provided according to each application- As the individual pages included in the photo album are included, the individual pages such as the photograph, the number of the stored photos, and the layout of each page are not automatically composed, and it is inconvenient for the individual to be edited by the operator. Accordingly, there is a problem that the time and cost for producing one photo album are inevitably increased. Especially, as the prior art personalized photo album is produced, each individual of the photo album performs editing work for each page It is a hassle to do.

Accordingly, when the photo album is produced, the constitution of each page included in the photo album (for example, the number of photos, the number of photos, the layout, etc.) can be automatically determined, Thought is required.

In addition, it is also required to create a personalized photo album so that individual photo albums can be conveniently created without performing separate editing operations, which are troublesome for each individual.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a photo album production method and system for automatically determining how many photos are to be arranged for each page included in a photo album, .

Further, by classifying each of the plurality of photographs by the created date, and allowing each page included in the photo album to correspond to one date, one page corresponds to one date (or a predetermined unit period) And to provide a method and system for producing a photo album.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a photo album production method and system capable of easily producing personalized photo albums that can store only photographs each containing a specific individual by storing a plurality of photographs for corresponding individuals.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a photo album, the method comprising the steps of: classifying a plurality of photographs corresponding to a subject by date in a photo album production system; For each page to be included in the photo album, the number of pictures is recorded in the page based on the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing For each page to be included in the photo album, based on the number of recorded pictures of the page for which the photo album production system is determined, of the at least one photograph classified among the layout of the page and the date corresponding to the page, And a step of determining a photograph as the image is recorded in the image.

The step of determining the number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album may include receiving a ratio of a size of a frame in which the photo album may contain photographs from the user terminal, And the photo album production system may determine the number of pictures for each page based on the quantity ratio and the total number of pages of the photo album.

The step of receiving the ratio of the size of the frame in which the photo album production system can store the photograph from the user terminal may include receiving the first size, the second size, or the third size Wherein the step of determining the number of pictures for each page based on the quantity ratio and the total number of pages of the photo album comprises the steps of: Wherein the album production system determines a page quantity of each of the first size, the second size and the third size based on the ratio of the sizes, 2 size, and a size characteristic of each of the third sizes, It can include determining the number of photos.

Determining for each page to be included in the photo album the number of pictures as the photo album production system records the number on the page based on the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing; Sorting the date when the photo album production system classifies the plurality of photographs according to the number of classified photos by date, and the photo album production system calculates the number of pictures And associating the date and the sorted pages sorted by the photo album production system in a one-to-one correspondence in order.

In addition, the step of determining the number of photos as the photo album production system accumulates the number of pictures classified on the day corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for distribution, Comparing the number of pictures classified with the date corresponding to the number of pictures and the number of pictures for dividing, and the photo album production system determining a small number of comparison results as the number of recorded pictures.

In addition, the step of determining the photograph as the more of the at least one photograph classified into the layout of the page and the date corresponding to the page, based on the number of recorded pictures determined by the photo album production system, Wherein the album production system extracts a number of candidate photographs corresponding to the number of the recorded pictures among at least one photograph classified into a date corresponding to the page and records at least one combination of the number of frames corresponding to the number of recorded pictures of the page Performing a fitness calculation process for calculating a fitness with the candidate photograph for each of the candidate layouts of the candidate photographs by a predetermined number of iterations; The candidate layout having the highest degree of fit with the extracted candidate picture is called the face As it will be more whether may include pictures and determining a final layout of the page.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a photo album, the method comprising the steps of: storing photo information for each member of a predetermined organization; Wherein the photo album production system is associated with at least one person information of the person information with respect to the at least one photo, and wherein the photo album production system includes at least a part of the person information associated with the at least one photo And storing the at least one photograph for each of the plurality of photographs.

The photo album production method can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium on which a program can be recorded.

A photo album production system for solving the above technical problems includes a classification module for classifying a plurality of photographs corresponding to a subject by date, a quantity determination module for determining the number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album, A picture number determination module for determining, for each page to be included in the page, the number of pictures to be recorded on the page based on the determined number of pictures for dividing and the number of pictures classified as a date corresponding to the page, And a configuration module for determining, based on the number of recorded pictures, a picture of the at least one picture classified into the layout of the page and a date corresponding to the page, as being recorded in the page.

In addition, the quantity determining module receives the ratio of each size of a frame in which a photograph may be stored from the user terminal, and determines the number of pictures to be distributed based on the input ratio and the total number of pages of the photo album . ≪ / RTI >

In addition, the quantity determination module may be configured to receive a quantity ratio of each size for the first size, the second size, or the third size from the user terminal, and determine the total number of pages of the photo album, The number of pictures to be included in the photo album may be determined according to the number and the ratio of the number of pictures.

The photograph number determination module may sort the date when the photo album production system classifies the plurality of photographs according to the number of classified photos by date, And sorting the sorted date and each of the sorted pages in a one-to-one correspondence.

It is preferable that the photo number determination module compares the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing by the photo album production system and determines a small number of the comparison results as the number of recorded pictures .

In addition, the configuration module may further include: extracting a number of candidate photographs corresponding to the number of recorded pictures from among at least one photograph classified into a date corresponding to the page, and comparing the number of frames corresponding to the number of recorded pictures of the page And a candidate image extracting step of extracting a candidate image extracted in the fitness calculation process having the highest fitness and the extracted candidate image, And the final layout of the page is determined as the candidate layout having the highest degree of fit is included in the page.

According to the method and system for producing a photo album according to the technical idea of the present invention, it is possible to automatically determine how many photographs are arranged in each page included in a photo album, in other words, There is an effect that the photo album can be easily and easily configured without complicated operations by the user.

In addition, by classifying each of the plurality of photographs by the created date, and allowing each page included in the photo album to correspond to one date, a natural photo album can be constructed according to the passage of time, There is an effect that it is easy to know when the photographs stored in the album are photographed.

In addition, in storing a plurality of photographs that can be recorded in a photo album, it is possible to separately store individual photographs corresponding to individual photographs, thereby making it possible to easily produce individual photo albums composed only of photographs containing specific individuals .

1 shows a schematic configuration of a photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a form of a frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 schematically shows a process of determining the number of pictures for each page to be included in a photo album according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a process of determining the number of photos included in each photo page in a photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows some examples of layouts according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 6 shows a combination of a photograph type and a frame type according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a process of determining a layout and an album of a page by the photo album production system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a process of storing a plurality of pictures by individual photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 shows a schematic flow of a photo album production method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of dividing and storing a plurality of pictures according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Also, in this specification, when any one element 'transmits' data to another element, the element may transmit the data directly to the other element, or may be transmitted through at least one other element And may transmit the data to the other component.

Conversely, when one element 'directly transmits' data to another element, it means that the data is transmitted to the other element without passing through another element in the element.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 shows a schematic configuration of a photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a photo album production system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a DB 110, a classification module 120, a quantity determination module 130, a photograph number determination module 140, and / And a configuration module 150.

The photo album production system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be installed in a user terminal to perform operations to implement the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the photo album production system 100 may be implemented in a predetermined application system and installed in the user terminal. The application system may be implemented by combining the software installed in the user terminal and the hardware of the user terminal to implement the technical idea of the present invention to implement the technical idea of the present invention and store the photo for the photo album production A predetermined tool can be provided to determine the configuration of the photo album and the photo album can be produced using the information input from the user terminal.

According to an embodiment, the photo album production system 100 may include a predetermined tool and / or a predetermined web page to allow a user terminal to access a photo via a wired / wireless network to upload a photo for photo album production, Or a web server system that can provide a photo album using information input from the user terminal and a web server system.

According to another embodiment, a part of the photo album production system 100 may be installed in the user terminal, and the remaining part may be implemented in a server and / or a web server system. In this case, the photo album production system 100 may mean a system including a configuration installed in the user terminal and a configuration installed in the server and / or the web server system, and each configuration may implement the technical idea of the present invention And can be organically combined while transmitting and receiving the necessary information through the network.

The fact that the photo album production system 100 is implemented by a predetermined server and / or a web server does not necessarily mean that the system is implemented by any one physical device. That is, the photo album production system 100 may be implemented so that a plurality of servers are organically combined to achieve the technical idea of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the user terminal may be implemented by a computer, but the present invention is not limited thereto. A predetermined application system such as various mobile terminals (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet PC, etc.) Or any type of data processing apparatus capable of implementing the technical spirit of the present invention while performing communication with a web server.

In this specification, a module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for carrying out the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may refer to a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for executing the predetermined code, and does not necessarily mean a physically connected code or a kind of hardware. May be easily deduced to the average expert in the field of the present invention.

The DB 110 may store a plurality of photographs corresponding to the subject. At this time, the plurality of photographs may mean digital images generated in various ways, and may be transmitted from the user terminal. The plurality of photographs may each include meta data including a date on which the plurality of photographs are generated.

In addition, the DB 110 may further store person information on members of a predetermined organization. The person information may refer to simple personal information such as name, sex, and / or age of each of the members. By storing the person information in the DB 110, the photo album production system 100 according to the technical idea of the present invention can store a plurality of pictures separately by individuals, and when a photo album is produced, You can create a personalized photo album for only the pictures you have created. This will be described later.

In addition, the DB 110 may further store information about a layout that may correspond to various types of photographs and / or a combination of the frames. In the present specification, the frame can be understood as a frame, for example, a frame in which a photograph can be contained in a page included in a photo album. Such a frame will be described with reference to FIG.

2 shows a form of a frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the frame according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a vertical rectangular shape (1) in which the length in the vertical direction is relatively longer than the length in the horizontal direction, the vertical length is relatively longer than the length in the vertical direction (2), or a square shape (3) in which the length in the horizontal direction is the same as the length in the vertical direction or the difference is very small. Since the shape of a general photograph has a shape similar to that of the above-described frame, it can be said that each shape of the frame corresponds to one photograph.

In the present specification, the square shape (3) does not necessarily mean that the length of the photograph and / or frame in the horizontal direction is equal to the length in the vertical direction. For example, in a specific photograph and / or a specific frame, when the ratio of the length in the horizontal direction to the length in the vertical direction is not more than a predetermined ratio (for example, the ratio is 1.05 or less), the specific photograph and / Can be defined by the form (3).

As described above, the DB 110 may previously store frames of a type that can correspond to a general photograph type. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the case where the frame is divided into the vertical rectangular shape 1, the horizontal rectangular shape 2, and the square shape 3 shown in the figure is described as an example, There may be more various types of frames according to the ratio of the length in the horizontal direction and the length in the vertical direction. That is, the vertical rectangular shape (1) and / or the horizontal rectangular shape (2) may be differentiated according to their ratios to be further divided into various shapes.

The frame may correspond to one picture per frame as described above. According to the technical idea of the present invention, by using the shape of each of the plurality of photographs and the shape of the frame, the optimal layout and the photograph to be recorded can be automatically determined for each page of the photo album, And can have a simple effect. This will be described later.

In addition, the frame may have various sizes. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the frame may be divided into, for example, a first size, a second size, or a third size regardless of its shape. For example, the first size means the largest size compared to other sizes, the third size means the smallest size compared to the other sizes, the second size means the size of the first size, And a size having a medium size between the sizes of the third sizes. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the case where the size of the frame is divided into the first size (large), the second size (medium), or the third size (small) will be mainly described, But the present invention is not limited thereto and may be divided into various sizes according to the needs of the user. As described later, the number of photographs that can be stored for each page of the photo album can be determined according to the size of the frame.

On the other hand, the target person may mean a target person of a photo album produced by the technical idea of the present invention. That is, according to the technical idea of the present invention, the photo album can be produced only on the photographs including the subject. Alternatively, a photograph including the subject may be further included, as well as a photograph that the subject wants to be included in the photo album even if the subject is not included. As a result, the photo album produced according to the technical idea of the present invention may be a personal photo album centered on a specific individual (i.e., subject).

Referring again to FIG. 1, the classification module 120 may classify the plurality of photographs according to the date on which each of the plurality of photographs was created. For this purpose, the classification module 120 may classify each of the plurality of photographs by date using meta data of each of the plurality of photographs.

According to an embodiment, the classification module 120 may classify the plurality of photographs according to a certain unit period (e.g., weekly or monthly) instead of a specific date on which each of the plurality of photographs is generated. For example, the classification module 120 may classify the plurality of photographs based on a unit period, such as a photograph taken in March or a photograph taken in the first week of May, and store the classified photograph in the DB 110 .

The quantity determination module 130 may determine the number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album. Here, the number of pictures for dividing means that a maximum number of pictures can be arranged for each page. For example, when the number of pictures for dividing one page included in the photo album is four, it can mean that four or four or less pictures can be stored in any one of the pages. At this time, the number of pictures for dividing can be determined based on the total number of pages of the photo album and the ratio of the size of each frame. Hereinafter, the process of determining the number of pictures for each page to be included in the photo album will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a process of determining the number of pictures for each page to be included in a photo album according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the quantity determination module 130 may receive the total number of pages of the photo album from the user terminal. According to an embodiment, the total number of pages may be predetermined in advance by the photo album production system 100, or may be a number of the plurality of photographs stored in the DB 110, And may be arbitrarily determined by the photo album production system 100 according to the number of days. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the photo album may be produced so that one page corresponds to one date. For this purpose, the total number of pages is preferably determined according to the number of days on which the plurality of photographs are generated can do.

3 illustrates a case where the total number of pages of the photo album is 60 pages for the sake of convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It is needless to say that a variety of photo albums can be produced as needed.

When the total number of pages of the photo album is determined, the quantity determination module 130 can receive the quantity ratios of the sizes of the frames. In this case, the size of the frame may be divided into a large size (i.e., a first size), a medium size (medium), i.e., a second size, or a small size (small) Are as described above.

If the ratio of the total number of pages of the photo album to the size of the frame is determined as described above, the page quantity can be determined for each size of the frame.

If the total number of pages of the photo album is 60 pages and the ratio of the sizes of the frames is determined as 20% larger, 50% smaller, and 30% small as in the above example, Page, the medium size page amount may be 30 pages, and the small size page amount may be 18 pages. When the number of pages is determined as described above, the amount determining module 130 can determine the number of pictures for each page based on each size characteristic of the frame.

Herein, the size characteristic refers to the number of pictures that can be recorded per page of the photo album for each size of the frame for determining the number of pictures for dividing each page by the size determination module 130 It can mean. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the size characteristic of the first size may be one to three sheets per page. In addition, the size characteristics of the intermediate size frame may have 4 to 6 sheets per page, and the small size frame may have 7 to 9 size characteristics per page. Of course, according to the embodiment, the number of pictures that can be recorded per one page may be variously set according to the size characteristic, that is, the size of the frame. That is, the amount determining module 130 determines the number of pictures for each page based on each size characteristic of the frame. That is, when the amount determining module 130 determines that the number of pictures per page The number of pictures for each page may be determined based on the number of pictures that can be recorded.

In the example described above, when the large-size page is 12 pages, the quantity determination module 130 determines whether the size of the large- (I.e., a page in which one photograph per page can be stored) in total of 4 pages, a page with two dividend pictures (i.e., a page in which two pictures per page can be stored) It is possible to determine the number of pictures for dividing each page by making three pages (i.e., pages in which three pictures per page can be stored) to be four pages in total.

Likewise, when the middle-sized page amount becomes 30 pages, the number of pictures for dividing 10 pages of the medium-sized page portion is determined to be 4, the number of pictures for dividing 10 pages is determined to be 5, The number of pictures of dividends of 6 can be determined. This can be equally applied to the small-sized page quantity.

In other words, the amount determining module 130 determines the number of pictures for each page, based on the number of pages per size of the frame and the number of pictures that can be recorded per page by the size characteristic, that is, the size of the frame .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the amount determining module 150 receives the ratio of the size of the frame, as described above, And the number of pictures to be distributed may be determined on the basis of the ratio.

For example, the amount determination module 150 may determine the ratio of the number of pages to be included in one to three pictures (i.e., a large size picture) per page, four to six pictures per page (i.e., The ratio of the number of pages to be included in the image to the size of the page to be recorded, and / or the ratio of the number of pages to the page in which 7 to 9 pictures (i.e., a small size photograph) per page are to be stored. Then, the quantity determination module 150 can determine the number of pictures for each page, as described above, based on the ratio of the total number of pages of the photo album to the number of pictures for each page. Also, in this case, the size of the frame may be determined according to the number of pictures per each page. For example, the size of a frame included in a page determined to include one to three pictures per page may be the large size. Accordingly, in the present specification, the ratio of the amount of each frame to the size of the image to be recorded for each page can be used as the same (or substitutable) concept.

On the other hand, in the present specification, the number of pictures for each page is not necessarily the same as the number of actual pictures. As described above, the number of pictures for each page is an intermediate result determined on the basis of the size of the page and the size of the frame, and the number of photographs actually recorded may be different from the number of pictures for dividing. The actual number of pictures to be recorded may be equal to or smaller than the number of pictures for dividing. As described above, the number of photographs actually recorded for each page can be defined by the number of photos to be recorded, and the number of recorded photos will be described later.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the number-of-photos determining module 140 determines whether the number of pictures to be distributed is included in the page based on the number of pictures for distribution determined by the amount determination module 130 and the number of pictures classified as a date corresponding to the page As you go, you can determine the number of pictures. Here, the number of recorded pictures may be the number of pictures actually recorded on any one page of the photo album, which is determined based on the number of pictures for dividing and the number of pictures actually recorded on the page. That is, it may mean that the number of the photos, which are finally determined, is stored in any one of the pages.

The process of determining the number of recorded photos by the number-of-photos determining module 140 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a process of determining the number of photos included in each photo page in a photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the photograph number determination module 140 may sort the date when the classification module 120 classifies the plurality of photographs according to the number of classified pictures by date. That is, as shown in the figure, the number-of-photos determining module 140 can sort the date by arranging the dates in ascending order of the number of photographs taken for each date.

The number-of-photos determining module 140 sorts each page of the photo album on the basis of the number of pictures for distribution determined by the quantity determination module 130, have.

Then, the number-of-photos determining module 140 can associate the sorted date with each of the sorted pages one-to-one. That is, each of the pages may be associated with one date. In this case, only one photograph taken on a specific date per day may be stored in any one page of the photo album.

When the number of photographs by date and the number of pictures by dividing by page are matched when the date counted by the photo count determination module 140 is corresponded to each of the sorted pages, It can be determined by the number of recorded images of the corresponding page. For example, as shown in the drawing, when the number of pictures photographed on March 1 is 1 and the number of pictures for dividing the corresponding page is 1, the number of pictures is 1 Can be finally determined.

On the other hand, when the number of pictures by date and the number of pictures by dividing by each page do not match, the number of photos per day and the number of pictures by dividing by page can be used as the number of pictures included in the page . For example, as shown in the drawing, when the number of pictures photographed on April 10 is 3, and the number of pictures for dividing the corresponding page is 2, the number of pictures Can be determined as two sheets. Alternatively, as in the case of March 2, when the number of pictures for dividing the page corresponding to March 2 is 9 and the number of pictures taken is 8, the number of pictures recorded on the page corresponding to March 2 may be determined to be 8.

As such, the number-of-photos determining module 140 sorts the dates and the pages, respectively, so that the number of pictures for each page and the number of photographs taken on the date can be maximally similar. In other words, a page having a small number of pictures can be corresponded to a page having a small number of photographs, and a page having a large number of pictures can be associated with a number of photographs having a large number of photographs, Effect.

As a result, the number-of-photos determining module 140 can determine how many photographs of the respective dates are to be stored in all the pages included in the photo album through the process of determining the number of photos stored in each page.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the configuration module 150 may determine the final configuration for each page based on the number of photos stored for each page determined by the number-of-photos determining module 140. The final structure for each page may mean a layout for each page of how many photographs are to be recorded for each page, and a picture for the final page to be recorded for each page. Hereinafter, the process of determining the layout of each page and the recorded images for each page will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

5 shows some examples of the layout according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the layout may refer to various combinations of the frames shown in FIG. That is, the layout may mean a configuration of a page indicating how many pictures are to be arranged for each page of the photo album.

The layout may have various forms according to the combination of the frames according to the number of the recorded pictures for each page. For example, if there are three photos to be stored in any one page of the photo album, the layout may include one frame of the vertical rectangular shape (1) and two horizontal rectangular shapes (2) Frames may be in a combined form. Alternatively, although not shown in the figure, it may be a combination of three frames of the vertical rectangular shape (1), or a combination of two horizontal rectangular shapes (2) and a square shape (3) May be possible.

If there are four pictures to be stored in any one page of the photo album, the layout may be a form in which four frames of the square shape (3) are combined in a lattice form. If there are two pictures to be stored in any one page of the photo album, the layout may be a combination of two frames of the vertical rectangular shape (1) or the horizontal rectangular shape (2).

The layout may be stored in the DB 110 in advance. That is, all types of layouts that can be combined according to the number of recorded pictures and the type of the frame can be stored in advance in the DB 110, and the configuration module 150 can store final layout information The layout can be determined.

As a result, according to the technical idea of the present invention, as the layout is recorded for each page of the photo album, it can be combined in various forms based on the number of pictures and the form of the frame. The final layout may be determined by the user for each page of the photo album each time the photo album is produced. However, according to the technical idea of the present invention, the number of the recorded pictures per page, The optimal layout among the various types of layouts can be automatically determined according to the combinations.

To this end, the configuration module 150 calculates a fitness according to a combination of the types of frames included in the layout for each page and the types of photographs to be recorded for each page, You can determine the final layout and recorded photos per page. The process by which the configuration module 150 calculates the fitness is shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a combination of a photograph type and a frame type according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a combination of a photograph and a frame for calculating the fitness by the configuration module 150 can be largely classified into three types according to the shape of the photograph and the shape of the frame.

For example, the combination of the photograph and the frame may be a combination of the vertical rectangular shape 1 and the horizontal rectangular shape 2 (hereinafter referred to as a first combination), the square shape 3 and the vertical rectangular shape 1 or the horizontal rectangular shape 2) (hereinafter referred to as a second combination), and a combination of the same shape (hereinafter referred to as a third combination).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 150 may assign a score of 0 to the first combination, score a score of 0.6 for the second combination, and 1 for the third combination . That is, the fitness may be a score given by the configuration module 150 according to the type of the photograph and the type of the frame.

4, the layout for a specific page (the number of recorded images 1) corresponding to March 1 is a layout of one frame of the vertical rectangular shape 1, a horizontal layout of the horizontal rectangular shape 2, , Or a third layout consisting of one frame of the square shape (3). Hereinafter, all types of layout applicable to the number of recorded images of any one of the first layout, the second layout, and the third layout are defined as candidate layouts.

At this time, if the type of the photograph photographed on March 1 is, for example, the vertical rectangle (1), the configuration module 150 determines that the fitness for the first layout of the candidate layout is one point, The fitness for the third layout can be calculated to be 0, and the fitness for the third layout can be calculated to be 0.6. The configuration module 150 may then determine the first layout with the highest calculated fidelity as the final layout of the particular page. That is, the configuration module 150 may calculate the fitness for all the candidate layouts corresponding to a specific page, and determine the candidate layout having the highest fitness among all the candidate layouts as the final layout.

The above-described process of calculating the goodness of fit may be performed by the configuration module 150 in the same manner even when the number of recorded images of the specific page is plural. In the above example, if the number of pictures generated on June 3 is two, and the number of pictures for dividing a page corresponding to June 3 is two, the configuration module 150 can display all types of layouts in which two frames are combined The candidate layout may be selected and the fitness calculated as described above for all selected candidate layouts. In this case, it is preferable to calculate the fitness for each of the two photographs and the two frames included in the candidate layout in any of the candidate layouts, and add the fitness to all the candidate layouts . In this manner, the configuration module 150 calculates the fitness for all the candidate layouts, and the candidate layout having the highest fitness among all candidate layouts can be determined as the final layout of the page.

According to the technical idea of the present invention, as described above, when the number of pictures generated on a specific date and the number of pictures for dividing are the same or the number of pictures for dividing is larger than that of a specific page, The final layout having the best fit with the photograph and the stored photograph can be displayed on the specific page even if the number of pictures generated on the specific date differs from the number of pictures on the specific date, It can be determined effectively. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a process of determining a layout and an album of a page by the photo album production system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, five photographs (for example, a photograph a, a photograph b, a photograph c, a photograph d, and a photograph) generated on a specific date (e.g., May 15) e) can be present. In addition, the number of pictures for dividing the page corresponding to May 15 may be determined to be three. In this case, the number of recorded images of the page may be three as described above. In this case, three photographs are recorded on the page except for two of the five photographs. At this time, the user can directly select the three photographs of the five photographs. However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, The more the three photographs are recorded on the page, the more technical images can be automatically determined.

First, the configuration module 150 can select a candidate layout (i.e., a layout in which three frames are combined) for the page among all types of layouts stored in the DB 110 as described above. Then, the configuration module 150 can extract three candidate images (first candidate photographs) at random among the five photographs. The candidate photograph may mean a photograph that is extracted corresponding to the number of photographs included in the photograph of the date corresponding to the specific page. The shape of each of the five photographs may vary according to the situation photographed by the user.

Then, the configuration module 150 calculates the fitness for each of the extracted first candidate photograph and the candidate layout as described above with reference to FIG. 6, and selects the first candidate picture having the highest fitness with the first candidate picture You can choose a candidate layout. The process of extracting candidate pictures from the configuration module 150 and selecting a candidate layout having the highest fitness for the extracted candidate pictures is defined as one stage.

The configuration module 150 may repeat the stage a predetermined number of times. In this case, for example, when the second stage is performed after the first stage is performed, it is preferable that the second candidate photograph extracted in the course of performing the second stage is configured in a different combination from the first candidate photograph. For example, when the photograph a, the photograph b, and the photograph c are extracted as the first candidate photograph in the first stage, the second candidate photograph in the second stage is a photograph A combination of photographs different from the one candidate photograph can be extracted.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration module 150 may repeat the stage three times. The configuration module 150 compares the fitness of the first candidate layout, the second candidate layout, and the third candidate layout having the highest fitness for each stage as a result of performing each stage, The candidate layout may be determined as the final layout for the page. As described above, the configuration of the candidate photograph may be different for each stage, and a candidate photograph corresponding to the final layout may be determined as a photograph as the actual photograph is actually included in the page. Such a series of processes may be performed for each page to be included in the photo album, so that the layout and the recorded photograph of each page to be included in the photo album can be respectively determined.

According to the embodiment, if all the layout and the photographs are included in each page to be included in the photo album, the classification module 120 and / or the configuration module 150 may determine that the layout and the photos are included in the respective pages Based on the generation date of the recorded picture. Then, the photo album may be organized in the order in which the received photos are created.

Meanwhile, the photo album production system 100 according to the technical idea of the present invention divides and stores individual photographs using the person information stored in the DB 110 as described above, You can create individual photo albums that can only contain photos. The process of dividing and storing individual photographs using the person information will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a process of storing a plurality of pictures by individual photo album production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, a plurality of photographs may be uploaded from the user terminal to the photo album production system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The photographs shown in the drawings may represent specific photographs selected by the user among the plurality of photographs. According to an embodiment, the photo album production system 100 may display all or at least a portion of the plurality of photos on a single screen.

Referring to the photographs shown in the drawing, it can be seen that three photographs A, B, and C are included in photograph 1. Then, the photo album production system 100 can select (for example, A, B, and C) the person information corresponding to the photo 1 among the person information stored in the DB 110. If the person information corresponding to the photo 1 is selected, the photo album production system 100 can store the photo 1 in the directory corresponding to each selected person information. For this purpose, the DB 110 may be provided with a directory corresponding to each of the person information. According to an embodiment, when the person information corresponding to the photograph is selected, the person information may be tagged in the photograph and included in the metadata of the photograph. The process of storing each of the plurality of photographs corresponding to the person information on an individual basis may be performed by the classification module 120. Alternatively, a separate configuration may be added according to an embodiment, .

As shown in the figure, if the persons included in the photograph 2 are A and C, and the person information corresponding to A and C of the person information stored in the DB 110 is selected, A and C, respectively. Also, as shown in Photo 3, a photograph including only A can be stored in a directory corresponding to A through the above-described process.

As a result, in the directory corresponding to A, the photograph 1, the photograph 2, and the photograph 3, which are photographs including the A, are all stored, and the directory corresponding to the B stores the photograph 1 And the photograph 1 and the photograph 3 may be stored in the directory corresponding to the C, respectively. That is, according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of the plurality of photographs may be classified by the person information and stored in the directory corresponding to each of the person information.

If the photographs are stored in the respective directories according to the individual pieces of information, it is possible to have a considerably easy effect in producing individual photo albums. That is, if the plurality of photographs are all stored in one place, it may be difficult to find a photograph including a specific individual later. However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a photograph may be stored in the DB 110 for the first time It is possible to conveniently check pictures corresponding to a specific individual by using only the person information.

9 shows a schematic flow of a photo album production method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the photo album production system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can classify and store a plurality of photos uploaded from a user terminal by date (s100). Then, the photo album production system 100 can determine the number of pictures for each page to be included in the photo album (S110). If the number of pictures for each page is determined by the step (S110), the photo album production system 100 can determine the number of pictures for each page. The specific procedure of determining the number of pictures and / or the number of pictures to be distributed by each page may be as described above. The photo album production system 100 may determine the layout for each page based on the number of recorded images for each page determined in the step s120 and determine a picture as it is recorded in each page. As described above, the layout for each page and the process for determining a photograph as it is recorded in each page may be as described above.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method of dividing and storing a plurality of pictures according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the photo album production system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may store (s200) the person information corresponding to the members of a predetermined organization. Then, a plurality of pictures can be uploaded from the user terminal to the photo album production system 100 (s210). Then, the photo album production system 100 selects (S220) corresponding person information among the person information stored for each of the plurality of uploaded photos, and searches the directory corresponding to the selected person information for each of the plurality of pictures (S230).

The method of manufacturing a photo album according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like in the form of a carrier wave (for example, . The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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Classifying a plurality of photographs corresponding to a subject by a photo album production system by date;
Determining the number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album by the photo album production system;
Determining, for each page to be included in the photo album, the number of pictures as the photo album production system records the number on the page based on the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing; And
For each page to be included in the photo album, at least one photograph classified into a layout of the page and a date corresponding to the page, based on the number of recorded pictures of the page determined by the photo album production system, Comprising the steps of:
Wherein for each page to be included in the photo album, the step of determining the number of pictures to be included in the page based on the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing,
Sorting the date when the photo album production system classifies the plurality of photographs according to the number of classified photos by date;
The photo album production system arranging each of the pages on the basis of the number of pictures for each page; And
Wherein the photo album production system comprises one to one correspondence between the sorted date and each of the sorted pages in order one by one.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the number of pictures for each page to be included in the photo album comprises:
The photo album production system receiving a ratio of a size of a frame in which a photograph can be stored from a user terminal; And
And the photo album production system determining the number of pictures for each page based on the quantity ratio and the total number of pages of the photo album.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the photo album production system receives a ratio of a size of a frame,
Wherein the photo album production system receives from the user terminal a ratio of each size for the first size, the second size, or the third size,
The step of the photo album production system determining the number of pictures for each page based on the quantity ratio and the total number of pages of the photo album,
The photo album production system determining a page quantity for each of the first size, the second size and the third size on the basis of the quantity ratio by size; And
Wherein the photo album production system determines the number of pictures per each page based on size characteristics of each of the first size, the second size, and the third size and the amount of each of the pages, Production method.
delete The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining the number of pictures stored in the page based on the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing,
Comparing the number of pictures classified by the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing by the photo album production system; And
Wherein the photo album production system determines a small number of comparison results as the number of photos to be recorded.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the photo album production system determines a photo as the one of the at least one photo classified into the layout of the page and the date corresponding to the page is included in the page, Quot;
Wherein the photo album production system extracts a number of candidate photographs corresponding to the number of recorded pictures from among at least one photograph classified into a date corresponding to the page, and the number of frames corresponding to the number of recorded pictures of the page is combined Performing a fitness calculation process for calculating fitness with the candidate photograph for each of at least one candidate layout by a predetermined number of iterations; And
A candidate layout in which the photo album production system has the highest fitness with the candidate image extracted in the goodness-of-fit calculation process and the extracted candidate photograph is determined as the final layout of the photograph and the page as the page is recorded in the page The method comprising the steps of:
delete A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or 5 to 6.
A classification module for classifying a plurality of photographs corresponding to a subject by date;
A quantity determining module for determining the number of pictures for dividing each page to be included in the photo album;
A picture number determination module for determining the number of pictures to be included in the page, based on the determined number of pictures for dividing and the number of pictures classified into a date corresponding to the page, for each page to be included in the photo album; And
And a configuration module for determining, based on the number of recorded pictures of the determined page, a picture of the at least one photograph classified into the page and classified into a date corresponding to the page and a date corresponding to the page,
Wherein the picture number determination module comprises:
Wherein the photo album production system sorts the dates for sorting the plurality of photographs according to the number of pictures classified by date, arranges the respective pages on the basis of the number of pictures for each page, Wherein each of the plurality of pages is corresponded one by one in order.
10. The apparatus of claim 9,
And the number of pictures to be distributed is determined based on the ratio of the input amount and the total number of pages of the photo album. .
11. The apparatus of claim 10,
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving from the user terminal a ratio of each size of the first size, the second size, or the third size, and calculating a ratio of the total number of pages of the photo album, And determines the number of pictures to be distributed for each page to be included in the photo album.
delete The method according to claim 9,
Wherein the photo album production system compares the number of pictures classified with the date corresponding to the page and the number of pictures for dividing and determines a small number of the comparison results as the number of photos to be included.
10. The system of claim 9,
Extracting a number of candidate photographs corresponding to the number of recorded pictures from among at least one picture classified into a date corresponding to the page and displaying at least one candidate layout in which the number of frames corresponding to the number of recorded pictures of the page is combined Calculating a goodness-of-fit with the candidate photograph for a predetermined number of times,
Wherein a candidate layout having the highest fitness with the extracted candidate photographs and the candidate photographs extracted in the process of calculating the fitness with the highest fitness is determined as the photograph and the final layout of the page as the candidate layout is included in the page Production system.

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