Information processing device creating composite label based on first label data and second label data which is generated by using the first label data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12073134-B2
Application number	US-202318173023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2023
Priority date	Mar 22, 2022
Publication date	Aug 27, 2024
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024

Abstract

In an information processing device, a computer prepares first label data including first object data. The first label data and the first object data represent respectively a first image and a first object. The first label data is to be used to create a first label. The computer generates second label data including second object data by using the first label data. The second object data is generated by using the first object data. The second label data and the second object data represent respectively a second image and a second object. The second label data is to be used to create a second label. The first label and the second label are to be overlaid to create a composite label. A region of the first object and a region of the second object are partially overlapped when the first and second labels are to be overlaid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions executed by a computer included in an information processing device, the set of program instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the information processing device to perform:
preparing first label data including first object data, the first label data representing a first image, the first object data representing a first object in the first image, the first label data being to be used to create a first label by printing the first image on a first medium;
controlling a display to display an editing screen, the editing screen including an object image display area and an operation receiving area different from the object image display area, the object image display area being for displaying an object image representing both the first object and a second object in such a manner that the first object and the second object can be overwrapped with each other, the operation receiving area being for displaying a position adjuster in such a manner that the position adjuster is movable on the basis of an operation to the position adjuster, the position adjuster being moved by the operation and a distance between the first object and the second object in the object image being adjusted depending on a movement of the position adjuster based on the operation thereto; and
generating second label data including second object data by using the first label data,
the second object data being generated by using the first object data,
the second label data representing a second image and the second object data representing the second object in the second image,
the second label data being to be used to create a second label by printing the second image on a second medium,
the first label and the second label being to be overlaid one on another to create a composite label, and
a region of the first object to be printed on the first medium and a region of the second object to be printed on the second medium being partially overlapped with each other while the first object is shifted from the second object by the distance adjusted on the basis of the operation to the position adjuster, in a state that the first label and the second label are overlaid one on another.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the editing screen further includes an operation button for receiving a prescribed operation to start the generating the second label data,
wherein the set of program instructions, when executed by the computer, further causes the information processing device to perform:
receiving operation information indicating that the prescribed operation has been received via the operation button,

wherein when the receiving the operation information has been executed, the generating the second label data is executed using the object image that is displayed on the editing screen.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first label data further includes third object data,
wherein on the basis of the operation information, the generating generates the second label data to include the second object data corresponding to the first object data and fourth object data corresponding to the third object data, the fourth object data representing a fourth object.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 3 , wherein the first label and the second label are to be overlaid one on another to create the composite label representing a composite image in which the first image and the second image are overlapped with each other,
wherein the second label data is generated so that in the composite image, a difference in position between the first object and the second object is equal to a difference in position between a third object and the fourth object.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the preparing prepares the first label data by acquiring the first label data from an external device,
wherein the generating generates the second label data by using the acquired first label data in a case that composite information has been received when the first label data has been acquired, the composite information indicating that the first label data is to be used for creating the composite label.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first label data further includes third object data,
wherein on the basis of the composite information, the generating generates the second label data to include the second object data corresponding to the first object data and fourth object data corresponding to the third object data, the fourth object data representing a fourth object.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6 , wherein the first label and the second label are to be overlaid one on another to create the composite label representing a composite image in which the first image and the second image are overlapped with each other,
wherein the second label data is generated so that in the composite image, a difference in position between the first object and the second object is equal to a difference in position between a third object and the fourth object.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the set of program instructions, when executed by the computer, further causes the information processing device to perform:
acquiring template data including first label template data including the first object data and second label template data including the second object data; and
replacing, according to an instruction to change the first object data, the first object data in the first label template data with updated first object data so that the first label template data includes the updated first object data in place of the first object data,
wherein the preparing generates the first label data on the basis of the first label template data including the updated first object data,
wherein when the first object data has been replaced with the updated first object data in the first label template data, the generating generates the second label data by replacing, on the basis of the first label template data including the updated first object data, the second object data in the second label template data with updated second object data so that the second label template data includes the updated second object data in place of the second object data.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the set of program instructions, when executed by the computer, further causes the information processing device to perform:
instructing to print the first image on the first medium and the second image on the second medium.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the set of program instructions, when executed by the computer, further causes the information processing device to perform:
outputting a display signal to display the first image and the second image on the display,
wherein the first object data specifies a first color of the first object and the second object data specifies a second color of the second object different from the first color.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the second color is an achromatic color.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the display signal is for displaying the first ima

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kanda Ryuichi
• Fukui Tomoyasu

Classifications

• B41J3/4075

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