Image Processing Apparatus Embedding Orientation Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for embedding information in printed matter fail to ensure that displayed animations or messages align correctly with the orientation of the printed material, leading to misalignment and unintended display directions when scanned.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that embeds information specifying the display direction and type of objects within print data, allowing for accurate alignment of animations or messages with the original image orientation, ensuring correct display when scanned.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If animation is automatically rotated in accordance with the direction of the mobile terminal, then the animation can be displayed in different orientations, but the decoration message may not be included within the scanned image in the vertical direction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds direction information and animation type information into the printed matter before scanning. This preliminary action allows the image processing apparatus to know in advance which animation corresponds to which direction, enabling correct animation selection and display without requiring automatic rotation that might misplace messages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses direction information embedded in the printed matter as feedback to select the appropriate animation for display. The image processing apparatus reads this embedded direction information and uses it to determine which animation should be displayed, ensuring the animation matches the original image direction rather than automatically rotating based on terminal orientation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the direction of the printed matter does not match the direction of the animation, then the printed matter can be in any orientation, but the animation cannot be displayed as the creator intends
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds direction information and animation type information into the printed matter before scanning. This preliminary action allows the image processing apparatus to know in advance which animation corresponds to which direction, enabling correct animation selection and display without requiring automatic rotation that might misplace messages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses embedded direction information as an intermediary between the printed matter orientation and the animation display. This intermediary data allows the system to correctly match the original image direction with the appropriate animation, serving as a mediator that preserves the creator's intent regardless of how the printed matter is physically oriented.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus that embeds additional information relating to an object that is displayed in a superimposing manner on a captured image, in an original image. The image processing apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a direction of the original image is a landscape or a portrait, and an embedment unit configured to embed the additional information in the original image. The additional information is information capable of at least specifying a type of the object and a display direction, of the object with respect to a display screen, in a case of displaying the object in a superimposing manner on the captured image. The embedment unit embeds the additional information based on the determination by the determining unit, such that the display direction changes in accordance with whether the direction of the original image is the landscape or the portrait.