Output image data generating device & method of generating output image data

a technology of output image data and generating device, which is applied in the direction of instruments, television systems, color signal processing circuits, etc., can solve the problems of difficult for the standard user to determine the effective layout of objective image data, and the selection and layout of a large number of objective image data takes a relatively long tim

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-30
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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[0007] The object of the invention is thus to readily and impressively lay out multiple objective image data in layout locations on ornamental image data.

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The selection and layout of a large number of objective image data takes a relatively long time.
It is not easy for the standard user to determine the effective layout of objective image data on ornamental image data.

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[0033] The output image data generating device and the corresponding output image data generating method of the invention are described according to one embodiment with the attached drawings.

[0034] An image processing system including an output image data generating device of the embodiment is described with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the configuration of the image processing system including the output image data generating device of the embodiment.

[0035] The image processing system includes a digital still camera 10 functioning as an input device to generate image data, a personal computer 20 functioning as the output image data generating device to execute a series of image processing with regard to input image data generated by the digital still camera 10 and output the processed image data as output image data, and a color printer 30 functioning as an output device to output a processed image corresponding to the output image data. The color printer...

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[0083] An output image data generation process of a second embodiment is described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 shows an example of ratings of image data GD1 to GD5 in the second embodiment. FIG. 10 shows an example of allocation of image data GD to layout locations based on the priority order defined in the layout control information LI and the ratings given by evaluation of the image data GD in the second embodiment. The output image data generation process of the second embodiment is similar to the output image data generation process of the first embodiment, except that the number of the image data GD is greater than the number of layout locations in the ornamental image data FD. The following description accordingly regards only the difference from the output image data generation process of the first embodiment. The structure of the personal computer in the second embodiment is identical with the structure of the personal computer 20 in the first embodiment. The li...

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A CPU 200 selects multiple objective image data GD to be pasted on ornamental image data FD, analyzes the selected multiple objective image data GD, and rates the image qualities of the respective image data GD. The CPU 200 specifies the number of plural layout locations included in the ornamental image data FD and the priority order of the plural layout locations, and allocates the multiple objective image data GD to the plural layout locations in the ornamental image data FD, based on the specified priority order and the ratings of the multiple objective image data GD. The CPU 200 executes image quality adjustment with regard to the multiple objective image data GD allocated to the plural layout locations and pastes the quality-adjusted image data GD on the ornamental image data FD according to layout control information, so as to generate resulting output image data.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Technology [0002] The present invention relates to a technique of generating output image data, based on ornamental image data that gives some ornamental effect to objective image data and layout control information that specifies layout locations and layout dimensions of respective objective image data to be laid out on the ornamental image data. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] There are some practical techniques of pasting objective image data, for example, image data taken by an imaging device, on ornamental image data, for example, frame image data, to output a resulting output image including objective images surrounded by a ornamental image on a medium, such as paper. This technique uses layout control information including a script that describes layout locations and layout dimensions of the objective image data laid out on the ornamental image data. [0005] The layout control information is related to the ornament...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N9/64H04N5/57H04N5/14G06K9/00G06T11/60H04N1/00H04N1/387H04N5/272
CPCG06T11/60H04N1/00132H04N1/00188G06F3/1242H04N1/3871H04N5/272G06F3/1208H04N1/00196
Inventor KUWATA, NAOKI
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP
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