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US9214027B2
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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: 2015-12-15
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Expires: 2033-06-25
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus includes 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 09:35
CPC Classifications
G06T7/0081; G06K9/00221; G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
An apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify at least one object from an image; a first determination unit configured to determine whether the object specified in the image by said specifying unit is divided by an output target region having a predetermined aspect ratio, the output target region being set so that the entirety of the output target region is included in the image; and a second determination unit configured to determine the output target region in the image based on a determination result by said first determination unit so that a first region, that includes the entirety of a first object and does not include a second object, is determined as the output target region preferentially to a second region that divides each of the first object and the second object.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
An apparatus comprising: a specifying unit configured to specify at least one object from an image; a first determination unit configured to determine whether the object specified in the image by said specifying unit is divided by an output target region having a predetermined aspect ratio, the output target region being set so that the entirety of the output target region is included in the image; and a second determination unit configured to determine the output target region in the image based on a determination result by said first determination unit so that a first region, that includes the entirety of a first object and does not include a second object, is determined as the output target region preferentially to a second region that divides each of the first object and the second object.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
84 words
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 first determination unit determines, for the plurality of candidates set by said setting unit, whether the object is divided, and in a case where the first region and the second region are set as the plurality of candidates by the setting unit, said second determination unit determines the first region as the output target region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said second determination unit determines, as the output target region, an arrangement target region having the predetermined aspect ratio in a case where an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
The apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a generation unit configured to generate a layout in which the image is arranged on the template, wherein said second determination unit determines 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 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a display control unit configured to cause a display device to display the output target layout sequentially determined from the plurality of layouts by said second determination unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said second determination unit determines the output target region such that the object is wholly included in the output target region.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specifying unit specifies at least one object corresponding to a person, and the second determination unit determines the output target region in the image, based on a determination result by the first determination unit and based on whether or not the person corresponding to the object has been registered by a user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the specifying unit specifies an object corresponding to a person who has been registered, and does not specify another object corresponding to another person who has not been registered.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said specifying unit specifies a face region included in the image as the object.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said second determination unit determines the output target region in the image in accordance with the contents of the face region in a case where said first determination unit determines that the face region in the image is divided.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
130 words
A method comprising the steps of: specifying at least one object from an image; determining in a first determining step whether the object specified in the image in the specifying step is divided by an output target region having a predetermined aspect ratio, the output target region being set so that the entirety of the output target region is included in the image; and determining in a second determining step the output target region in the image based on a determination result in the first determining step so that a first region, that includes the entirety of a first object and does not include a second object, is determined as the output target region preferentially to a second region that divides each of the first object and the second object.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
130 words
A method comprising the steps of: specifying at least one object from an image; determining in a first determining step whether the object specified in the image in the specifying step is divided by an output target region having a predetermined aspect ratio, the output target region being set so that the entirety of the output target region is included in the image; and determining in a second determining step the output target region in the image based on a determination result in the first determining step so that a first region, that includes the entirety of a first object and does not include a second object, is determined as the output target region preferentially to a second region that divides each of the first object and the second object.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
88 words
The method according to claim 11 , further comprising the step of setting a plurality of candidates of the output target region in the image, wherein in the first determining step, it is determined, for the plurality of candidates set in the setting step, whether the object region is divided, and in a case where the first region and the second region are set as the plurality of candidates in the setting step, in the second determining step, the first region is determined as the output target region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 11 , wherein in the second determining step, the output target region is determined such that the object is wholly included in the output target region.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 11 , wherein in the second determining step, an arrangement target region having the predetermined aspect ratio in a case where an image of the candidate of the output target is arranged on a template.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of generating a layout in which the image is arranged on the template, wherein in the second determining step, an output target layout is determined from a plurality of layouts generated in the generating step based on the output target region corresponding to the image arranged in each of the plurality of layouts.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 15 , further comprising the step of causing a display device to display the output target layout sequentially determined from the plurality of layouts in the deciding.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method of claim 11 .
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method according to claim 11 , wherein in the specifying step, at least one object corresponding to a person is specified, and in the second determining step, the output target region in the image is determined, based on a determination result in the first determining step and based on whether or not the person corresponding to the object has been registered by a user.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method according to claim 18 , wherein in the specifying step, an object corresponding to a person who has been registered is specified, and another object corresponding to another person who has not been registered is not specified.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 18 , wherein in the specifying step, a face region included in the image is specified as the object.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 20 , wherein in the second determining step, the output target region in the image is determined in accordance with contents of the face region in a case where it is determined in the first determining step that the face region in the image is divided.
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