Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090287996 | IMAGE LAYOUT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE LAYOUT METHOD - The image layout device configured to enable users to lay out images includes a layout data storing unit configured to store layout data sets that specify image arrangement regions for laying out the images, a layout selecting unit configured to automatically select the layout data set from the layout data storing unit based on a number of the users, an image storing unit configured to store images, one or more position instructing unit configured to select an image to be arranged based on the selected layout data set from stored images, and provide an instruction regarding an arrangement location with respect to the layout data set for the selected image and a layout processing unit configured to determine whether or not an instruction from the instructing unit is executable and, if it is executable, arrange the selected image in accordance with the selected layout data set. | 11-19-2009 |
20110074819 | IMAGE LAYOUT DETERMINING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - If subject types of a still image material and a panoramic image are different, for example if the subject type of the still image material is animal and the subject type of the panoramic image is landscape, a layout determination unit determines a representative position in the point image as a position for placing the still image material. If a point image is of the same subject type, the layout determination unit determines, as the position for placing the still image material, a position outside the area of the panoramic image near the representative position in the point image. Thus, if there are a plurality of still image materials shot with different zoom factors and corresponding to the same point image, the layout determination unit can determine the layout of the still image materials according to the zoom factor for each still image material. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074977 | COMPOSITE IMAGE CREATING METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THE METHOD - In an aspect of the composite image creating method according to the present invention, an information processing apparatus executes the steps of: inputting material candidate images which are images composed of frames of a moving image and/or a plurality of still images that were taken by an image-taking apparatus; detecting a movement of the image-taking apparatus at image-taking time points of all or some of the material candidate images or analysis time points that are time points in a neighborhood of the image-taking time points; determining a condition for generating a composite image from among the material candidate images based on the movement of the image-taking apparatus detected; and creating a composite image based on the material candidate images and on the condition determined. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075945 | GRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT DECIDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A graphic arrangement deciding method includes the steps of: acquiring, by an information processing apparatus, photographed region information corresponding to information which identifies a photographed region and unphotographed region information corresponding to information which identifies an unphotographed region, from a wide-angle image; setting, by the information processing apparatus, order of priority of a partial region which is located at a desired position and has a desired size within the photographed region identified by the photographed region information, on the basis of an attribute of the partial region; and deciding, by the information processing apparatus, arrangement of one or a plurality of graphics associated with the wide-angle image, on the basis of the unphotographed region information and the order of priority of the partial region. Thus, a more attractive photo book is created with the use of an unphotographed part of an image having an uneven boundary region. | 03-31-2011 |
20110221922 | SHOOTING ASSIST METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT, RECORDING MEDIUM, SHOOTING DEVICE, AND SHOOTING SYSTEM - The method includes producing first identification data used as reference; performing subject recognition on acquired images of subjects to obtain recognition images, producing second identification data, and matching the first identification data with the second identification data; tallying the acquired images based on matching results for each subject and by shooting tendency factor; judging whether a number of the acquired images or a proportion of the number of the acquired images of the subjects in respect of each of the shooting tendency factors is within a given range from tally results of the acquired images; and providing shooting assist so that the number of the acquired images or the proportion of the number of the acquired images in respect of the shooting tendency factor judged to be outside the given range is placed within the given range. | 09-15-2011 |
20110242274 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The imaging device includes a template selector, a synthesis area selector for selecting a synthesis area for panoramic image in the selected template, a moving image acquiring unit, a detector for detecting/outputting the movement of the imaging device as movement information, a panoramic image producer for producing the panoramic image being a still image corresponding to the synthesis area from the moving images and the detected movement, a synthesized image producer for sequentially synthesizing the panoramic image into the synthesis area during moving image acquisition to produce/renew a synthesized image, a display for sequentially displaying the produced/renewed synthesized image on a display screen, and a storage for storing the template and the moving images, the panoramic image, and/or the synthesized image. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242336 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device for determining extraction conditions for extracting still images from a moving image according to a template and arranging the still images. The image processing device includes an image data input unit, an operating unit, a display, a material selector for selecting a template applied to layout data and moving image data, an extraction condition determiner for determining extraction conditions for extracting still image data from the moving image data according to a selected template, a moving image analyzer for analyzing the moving image data, a still image data extractor for extracting the still image data meeting extraction conditions from the moving image data according to analysis results, and a layout synthesizer for producing the layout data by positioning the extracted still image data in corresponding synthesis areas of the template. | 10-06-2011 |
20120020648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image processing device includes an image data input unit for receiving data of moving images and still images; an image grouping unit for classifying the moving images and the still images into groups; an image analyzer for analyzing the moving images and the still images classified by group, and obtaining analysis information of the images, and information on relationship between the moving images and the still images; a frame image extractor for extracting frame images from the moving images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; a layout determining unit for determining a layout of the still images and the frame images according to at least one of the analysis information and the relationship information; and an image arranging unit for arranging the still images and the frame images according to the layout. | 01-26-2012 |
20120056881 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A parallax adjusting command is applied when a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command for enlarging the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax results in margins being produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area, the enlargement of the amount of parallax is not reflected in the display of the stereoscopic image. Thus, margins are prevented from being produced in the image compositing area. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056882 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Margins are prevented from being produced when the amount of parallax of a stereoscopic image has been enlarged. A parallax adjustment command is applied if a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area that has been defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command to enlarge the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax will cause margins to be produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area on the page, then this page is replaced by a page on which an image compositing area that will not produce margins has been formed. | 03-08-2012 |
20120069001 | ELECTRONIC ALBUM GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PASTING APPARATUS, AND METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Viewing of stereoscopic images is facilitated for every page of an electronic album. A page constituting an electronic album is selected. A stereoscopic image is then selected and the selected stereoscopic image is pasted in an image compositing area. An amount of parallax has been defined for the image compositing area, and the amount of parallax of the image compositing area in which the stereoscopic image has been pasted is read. The amount of parallax of the stereoscopic image is changed to that of the image compositing area. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075292 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - It is so arranged that margins will not be produced in an image compositing area. Specifically, a user sets an amount of parallax. A stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area and the stereoscopic image is adjusted to as to take on the set amount of parallax. It is determined whether margins will be produced within the image compositing area owing to the adjustment of amount of parallax. If margins will be produced, the stereoscopic image is enlarged in size to such an extent that margins will not be produced. | 03-29-2012 |
20120076398 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PASTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - It is arranged so that stereoscopic images will not overlap one another. A stereoscopic image to be pasted in a free-layout electronic album is selected. The amount of parallax of the stereoscopic image to be pasted in this electronic album is set. When this is done, the selected stereoscopic image is enlarged or reduced in size so as to take on the set amount of parallax. Automatic layout for pasting enlarged or reduced stereoscopic images on each page of the electronic album in such a manner that these stereoscopic images will not overlap one another is carried out. The result of the layout is displayed. | 03-29-2012 |
20120076399 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING METHOD - Even when the size of a three-dimensional image is changed, the pop-out amount is automatically adjusted to one intended by the user. The pop-out amount is adjusted based on a conversion characteristic defining a relationship between the size and the pop-out amount of a three-dimensional image as the size of the three-dimensional image is changed, and therefore the pop-out amount of the three-dimensional image can be automatically adjusted to a given pop-out amount preferred by the user or intended by the user. | 03-29-2012 |
20120081364 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING METHOD - When editing a three-dimensional image whose size differs when outputted from its size at the time of editing, the image producer may not be able to set an appropriate pop-out amount or a backward depth when editing. A pop-out amount range applicable to the size of a three-dimensional image as printed is displayed based on the size of the three-dimensional image as printed, and a pop-out amount range applicable to the size of a three-dimensional image as displayed is displayed based on the size of the three-dimensional image as displayed. Therefore, a three-dimensional image can be edited by noting the range of the pop-out amount applicable to the three-dimensional image as printed. | 04-05-2012 |
20120235990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AS WELL AS IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The image processing apparatus includes a monitor for displaying an image based on a right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, with the displayed image being used by a user for specifying an indispensable output area which the user wants to be included in a 3D image synthesized by merging the right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, together, and outputted; an input device for inputting information on the indispensable output area as specified by the user referring to the image as displayed on the monitor; a control unit for causing the indispensable output area to be indicated in the image as displayed on the monitor; and an output device for outputting the right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, and information on the indispensable output area. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236129 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus is adapted to shoot a subject at two or more different viewpoints to obtain a right viewpoint image and a left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, with parallax that are to be merged together into a 3D image. The apparatus includes a monitor for displaying the image to be taken upon shooting; an input device for inputting an indispensable output area which an user wants to be included in the 3D image outputted; and a control unit for causing the indispensable output area and an area out of mergence, which is unable to be included in the 3D image in accordance with the amount of parallax between the right viewpoint image and the left viewpoint image, or between the multi-viewpoint images, to be merged together into the 3D image, to be indicated in the image to be taken. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249529 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - A 3D image displaying apparatus includes a 3D image displaying device for displaying a plurality of 2D images sharing at least part of shot subjects with one another so as to display a 3D image in which at least a portion of the 2D images is perceived by a viewer as a stereo image with a specified depth and a display controlling device for making a depth of the 3D image vary so as to provide a plurality of 3D images with different depths, and causing the 3D images with different depths to be displayed in list form on the 3D image displaying device. A 3D image displaying method displays the 2D images and carries out the control. A 3D image displaying program causes a computer to perform the steps of the method. A computer readable storage medium stores the program. | 10-04-2012 |
20120321187 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquiring section for acquiring images; a mount number setting section for setting a mount number for mounts; an image dividing section for dividing the acquired images into a predetermined number of groups based on accessory information of the images, with the number of groups being equal to the mount number; and an image arranging section for arranging images included in each group after division on each corresponding mount. The image dividing section divides the images into the groups so that the number of images included in each group is not more than the upper limit number of images capable of being arranged on the corresponding mount. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321211 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquirer for acquiring an image, a depth of field calculator for calculating an estimate representing a depth of field of an image based on collateral information of the image, an image divider for dividing the image into evaluation regions, and a blur evaluator for detecting a blur in each of the evaluation regions divided by the image divider, performing blur evaluation for calculating evaluation values for evaluating degrees of an out-of-focus blur or a camera/subject movement-caused blur, and calculating an evaluation value of the image from the evaluation values of the evaluation regions based on the estimated depth of field. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321223 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display for displaying an image layouted in accordance with arrangement information, an editing unit for editing the displayed image, a storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of arrangement information, an arrangement information selecting unit for selecting the arrangement information used for layouting the image after editing in accordance with the arrangement information of the displayed image and editing information, and an image layouting unit for layouting the image in accordance with the selected arrangement information. With such a configuration, an image having no sense of discomfort after editing can be displayed upon editing such as adding or deleting of an image on a page or double pages displayed in a photo book or the like. | 12-20-2012 |
20130004073 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing device divides images into groups, generates image analysis information of the images, extracts a predetermined number of images from each group based on the image analysis information and arranges the images extracted from each group on a corresponding page of a photo book. The image display section displays an image editing area for displaying images arranged on a page to be edited and a candidate image display area for displaying candidate images included in a group corresponding to the page to be edited and being usable for editing the image, and the image editing section uses the candidate images displayed in the candidate image display area to edit the image layout on the page to be edited based on the user's instruction. | 01-03-2013 |
20130243273 | IMAGE PUBLISHING DEVICE, IMAGE PUBLISHING METHOD, IMAGE PUBLISHING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image publishing device includes an image storage that stores images owned by a user, an image analyzer that performs image analyses on each of the images stored in the image storage, and a publishing/non-publishing decision unit that makes a publishing/non-publishing decision on each of the images based on results of the image analyses made on each of the images. | 09-19-2013 |
20130250131 | IMAGE EVALUATING DEVICE, IMAGE EVALUATING METHOD, IMAGE EVALUATING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image evaluating device includes an information acquiring unit that acquires history information of a user communication terminal having a camera function, an image storage unit that stores images at least a part of which is captured by the use of the camera function of the user communication terminal, and an image evaluating unit that calculates evaluation values of the respective images stored in the image storage unit based on the history information acquired by the information acquiring unit. | 09-26-2013 |
20140078177 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus is adapted to create a synthetic image using a plurality of images stored in an image managing server, and comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of images from the image managing server; and a synthetic image creating unit that creates the synthetic image using the acquired images according to a predetermined priority for creating the synthetic image. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079322 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires images from the image managing server; an image analyzing unit that analyzes the acquired images to determine evaluation values thereof; a grouping unit that groups the acquired images into groups based on collateral information of the acquired images; a group selecting unit that selects groups including images having operation information as the collateral information out of the plurality of groups; an image selecting unit that selects images out of the images included in the selected groups, based on the evaluation values and the operation information; and an image arranging unit that arranges the selected images in a predetermined layout to create the synthetic image. | 03-20-2014 |
20140281965 | LAYOUT EDITING DEVICE, LAYOUT EDITING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a layout editing device, a layout editing method, and a recording medium. The layout editing device includes a layout editing unit editing a layout, which is displayed on an editing screen of a screen display unit, based on the instruction of a user, an image analysis unit performing image analysis of each of a plurality of images, a preference estimation unit estimating the preference of the user based on the layout editing result and the image analysis result, an image evaluation unit calculating the evaluation value of each of the plurality of images based on the preference of the user and the image analysis result, and an edit assisting unit displaying assist information, which is for assisting the editing work of the layout by the user, on the editing screen of the screen display unit based on the evaluation value of each of the plurality of images. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294256 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit that stores a plurality images having supplementary information respectively, an image analysis unit that performs an image analysis of each image stored in the image storage unit; and a time correction unit that corrects an imaging time that is included in the supplementary information of the image in such a manner that the plurality of images are arranged in an actual imaging time of the images in a case where the plurality of images are arranged in an order of the imaging time among the supplementary information, based on at least one of a result of the image analysis by the image analysis unit and a GPS information that is included in the supplementary information of the images. | 10-02-2014 |
20150086116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus, an image acquiring section acquires a group of candidate images for use in creating a recommended composite image to be proposed to a user; an image analysis information acquiring section acquires image analysis information on each image of the group of candidate images; a theme determining section determines a theme of the group of candidate images based on the image analysis information on each image of the group of candidate images; a template selecting section selects a template for use in creating a recommended composite image based on the theme of the group of candidate images; and a layout section creates a recommended composite image in which images of the group of candidate images are laid out in the template. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus, an image acquiring section acquires one or more images. An image analysis information acquiring section acquires image analysis information on each of the one or more images. A theme determining section determines a main theme representing a theme of each group of images related to each other among the one or more images and a subtheme representing a theme of each of the one or more images based on information on photography tendencies of images associated with each of one or more themes and the image analysis information on each of the one or more images. A theme information output section outputs information on the main theme and information on the subtheme. | 03-26-2015 |