Image processing apparatus and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10460421-B2
Application number	US-201414466480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

An image processing apparatus configured having processor and a memory and configured to perform: calculating a size ratio between an inscribed figure inscribed in a composition target area in a template image and an area determined based on an object in a target image; setting a first area including the object to the target image based on the size ratio; and generating a composited image in which an image in the first area whose size has been adjusted based on the size ratio is composited in the composition target area, wherein the first area is set such that, when the image in the first area is superimposed on the composition target area, the object contacts with the inscribed figure and an outer edge of the first area matches a circumscribed figure circumscribed to the composition target area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus to generate a digital postcard which is printable by a printer on a recording medium comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to perform:
acquiring target image data indicating a target image, which is a target of an image processing, and template image data indicating a digital postcard;
specifying an object in the target image;
calculating an aspect ratio of the object, which is a ratio of a vertical length of the object in the target image to a horizontal length of the object in the target image;
specifying an inscribed figure inscribed in a composition target area in the digital postcard, the inscribed figured having an aspect ratio equivalent to the aspect ratio of the object and having a maximum size among a plurality of figures inscribed in the composition target area in the digital postcard, and a shape of the composition target area in the digital postcard being different from a shape of the inscribed figure,
calculating a size ratio between the specified inscribed figure and an area determined based on the object in the target image;
determining whether a first area including the object is capable of being extracted from the target image based on the calculated size ratio;
extracting the first area including the object from the target image based on the calculated size ratio in a case where the first area is determined to be capable of being extracted from the target image; and
generating a composited image in which an image, which is in the extracted first area of the target image and whose size has been adjusted based on the size ratio, is composited in the composition target area in the digital postcard,
wherein the first area is extracted such that, when the image in the first area whose size has been adjusted based on the size ratio is superimposed on the composition target area in the digital postcard, the object contacts with the inscribed figure,

wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
generating an amended image by using a partial image which includes the object and is in an area smaller than the first area in a case where the first area is determined to be incapable of being extracted from the target image, and
wherein the generating the composited image generates the composited image in which the amended image is composited in the composition target area of the digital postcard in a case where the first area is determined to be incapable of being extracted from the target image; and
sending the digital postcard including the generated composited image to a printing device for printing on a recordable medium.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the acquiring acquires a plurality of target image data items which includes first target image data indicating a first target image including a first object and second target image data indicating a second target image including a second object, and
wherein, in a case where the first area is determined to be incapable of being extracted from the target image and the first area is determined to be capable of being extracted from the second target image, the generating generates the composited image in which an image in the first area, which includes the second object of the second target image, is composited in the composition target area.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
outputting candidate information of an image from which the first area can be extracted, the image including one or more images respectively indicated by one or more image data items among the plurality of target image data items, to prompt selection by a user.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the target image includes a plurality of objects including a third object and a fourth object, and
wherein, in a case where the first area which includes the third object is determined to be incapable of being extracted from the target image and the first area which includes the fourth object is determined to be capable of being extracted from the target image, the generating generates the composited image in which an image in the first area, which includes the fourth object of the target image, is composited in the composition target area.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
outputting candidate information of an image including the object, the image including one or more images in one or more first areas which are capable of being extracted from the target image, among the one or more first areas each of which including one of the plurality of objects, to prompt selection by a user.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amended image includes the partial image and a supplementary image which contacts the partial image, and
wherein the generating includes generating the supplementary image by using a pixel value in an area along a specific end of the partial image.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the amended image is an image in which a length of the object in the partial image in a specific direction and a length of at least a part of an area excluding the object in the specific direction are adjusted at different ratios.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
controlling output of the composited image,

wherein the controlling of the output of the composited image includes outputting, as composited image data, first composited image data indicating the composited image and second composited image data indicating an image including the composited image and a blank space,
wherein the first composited image data is data for printing the composited image on a first type of sheet,
wherein the second composited image data is data for printing the image including the composited image and the blank space on a second type of sheet larger than the first type of sheet, and
wherein a size of the composited image printed on the first type of sheet based on the first composited image data is the same as a size of the composited image printed on the second type of sheet based on the second composited image data.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
specifying a circumscribed figure circumscribed to the composition target area, the shape of the composition target area being different from the shape of the circumscribed figure, and

wherein the extracting of the first area is extracted based on the calculated size ratio and a distance between the specified inscribed figure and the specified circumscribed figure.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions stored in the memory, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to further perform:
specifying a circumscribed figure circumscribed to the composition target area, the shape of the composition target area being different from the shape of the circumscribed figure,
wherein an outer

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Tomohiko

Classifications

• G06T3/00

  Geometric image transformations in the plane of the image · CPC title

• G06T3/40 Primary

  Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting · CPC title

• G06T11/00 Primary

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title