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US20140010451A1
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Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 2013-06-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2033-06-25
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus comprises: a specifying unit configured to specify, based on an image as a candidate of an output target, at least one object region satisfying a predetermined condition from the image; a determination unit configured to determine whether the object region specified in the image by the specifying unit is divided in the image; and a decision unit configured to decide the output target region in the image based on a determination result by the determination unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Naoki Sumi
- 👤 Yusuke Hashii
- 👤 Hiroyasu Kunieda
- 👤 Hiroyuki Sakai
- 👤 Kiyoshi Umeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:47
CPC Classifications
G06T7/0081; G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
1 . An apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify, based on an image as a candidate of an output target, at least one object region satisfying a predetermined condition from the image; a determination unit configured to determine whether the object region specified in the image by said specifying unit is divided in the image; and a decision unit configured to decide the output target region in the image based on a determination result by said determination unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
80 words
1 . An apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify, based on an image as a candidate of an output target, at least one object region satisfying a predetermined condition from the image; a determination unit configured to determine whether the object region specified in the image by said specifying unit is divided in the image; and a decision unit configured to decide the output target region in the image based on a determination result by said determination unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
73 words
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set a plurality of candidates of the output target region in the image, wherein said determination unit determines, for the plurality of candidates set by said setting unit, whether the object region is divided, and said decision unit decides the output target region from the plurality of candidates based on the determination result by said determination unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when said setting unit sets a first candidate that divides the object region specified by said specifying unit in the output target region and a second candidate that arranges the object region outside the output target region, said decision unit decides the second candidate as the output target region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said specifying unit specifies a face region included in the image as the object region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
5 . The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said decision unit decides the output target region in the image in accordance with contents of the face region when said determination unit determines that the face region in the image is divided in the image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said decision unit decides the output target region such that the object region is wholly included in the output target region.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said decision unit decides, as the output target region, an arrangement target region in the image when an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a generation unit configured to generate a layout in which the image is arranged on the template, wherein said decision unit decides an output target layout from a plurality of layouts generated by said generation unit based on the output target region corresponding to the image arranged in each of the plurality of layouts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display the output target layout sequentially decided from the plurality of layouts by said decision unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
10 . A method comprising: specifying, based on an image as a candidate of an output target, at least one object region satisfying a predetermined condition from the image; determining whether the object region specified in the image in the specifying is divided in the image; and deciding the output target region in the image based on a determination result in the determining.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
10 . A method comprising: specifying, based on an image as a candidate of an output target, at least one object region satisfying a predetermined condition from the image; determining whether the object region specified in the image in the specifying is divided in the image; and deciding the output target region in the image based on a determination result in the determining.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
69 words
11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising setting a plurality of candidates of the output target region in the image, wherein in the determining, it is determined, for the plurality of candidates set in the setting, whether the object region is divided, and in the deciding, the output target region is decided from the plurality of candidates based on the determination result in the determining.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
60 words
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein when a first candidate that divides the object region specified in the specifying in the output target region and a second candidate that arranges the object region outside the output target region are set in the setting, the second candidate is decided as the output target region in the deciding.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the specifying, a face region included in the image is specified as the object region.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
49 words
14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein in the deciding, the output target region in the image is decided in accordance with contents of the face region when it is determined in the determining that the face region in the image is divided in the image.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
15 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the deciding, the output target region is decided such that the object region is wholly included in the output target region.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
35 words
16 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the deciding, an arrangement target region in the image when an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
60 words
17 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising generating a layout in which the image is arranged on the template, wherein in the deciding, an output target layout is decided from a plurality of layouts generated in the generating based on the output target region corresponding to the image arranged in each of the plurality of layouts.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
18 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising causing a display device to display the output target layout sequentially decided from the plurality of layouts in the deciding.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method of claim 10 .
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