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US20140010459A1
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Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 2013-07-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2033-07-02
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to determine, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and a decision unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, decide a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target by said determination unit as a portion of the output target.
Inventors
- 👤 Naoki Sumi
- 👤 Yusuke Hashii
- 👤 Hiroyuki Sakai
- 👤 Hiroyasu Kunieda
- 👤 Kiyoshi Umeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:50
CPC Classifications
G06K9/46; G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
1 . An apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and a decision unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, decide a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target by said determination unit as a portion of the output target.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
1 . An apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and a decision unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, decide a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target by said determination unit as a portion of the output target.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said decision unit selects, from the plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition in the image, the one or plurality of regions determined as the output target by said determination unit, and decides the portion of the image including the one or plurality of selected regions as the output target.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said determination unit determines, based on the predetermined condition for one region, whether to include each of the plurality of regions in the output target.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition to specify a face of a person included in the image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
5 . The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said determination unit specifies, based on information representing the person corresponding to an image of the face, a person corresponding to each of the plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition, and determines, in accordance with the specified person, whether to set each of the plurality of regions as a region of the output target.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said determination unit determines, based on at least one of a position and an area of the region that satisfies the predetermined condition in the image, whether to include the region in the output target.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said decision unit decides, as the portion of the output target, a portion of an arrangement target in the image in a case where an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
69 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, based on the portion of the output target corresponding to an image arranged in each of a plurality of layouts generated by said generation unit, a layout of the output target from the plurality of layouts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display the layout of the output target sequentially decided from the plurality of layouts by said decision unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
10 . A method comprising: determining, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, deciding a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target in the determining as a portion of the output target.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
86 words
10 . A method comprising: determining, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, deciding a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target in the determining as a portion of the output target.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
62 words
11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the deciding, the one or plurality of regions determined as the output target in the determining are selected from the plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition in the image, and the portion of the image including the one or plurality of selected regions is decided as the output target.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the determining, it is determined, based on the predetermined condition for one region, whether to include each of the plurality of regions in the output target.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined condition is a condition to specify a face of a person included in the image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
69 words
14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein in the determining, a person corresponding to each of the plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition is specified based on information representing the person corresponding to an image of the face, and it is determined, in accordance with the specified person, whether to set each of the plurality of regions as a region of the output target.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
15 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the determining, it is determined, based on at least one of a position and an area of the region that satisfies the predetermined condition in the image, whether to include the region in the output target.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
16 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein in the deciding, a portion of an arrangement target in the image in a case where an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template is decided as the portion of the output target.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
64 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, a layout of the output target is decided from a plurality of layouts based on the portion of the output target corresponding to an image arranged in each of the plurality of layouts generated in the generating.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
18 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising causing a display device to display the layout of the output target 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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