IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20090289952A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KON, Karin, GOTOHDA, Yukita
• Granted Patent: US 8,547,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position

Abstract

An image processing apparatus which includes a extension width determination unit for determining a extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on an image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, which is a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed, and an ornament piece arrangement unit for arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus for arranging a plurality of ornament pieces in a target area displayed on a display unit based on an operation of a cursor, the apparatus comprising:

an extension width determination unit for determining an extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on the image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, the depression time being a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed; and

an ornament piece arrangement unit for arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the extension width determination unit is a unit that determines the extension width such that the longer the depression time the greater the extension width.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the ornament piece arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the plurality of ornament pieces along an arrangement line having a predetermined shape and being extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the predetermined shape is any of circular shape, ellipsoidal shape, polygonal shape, star shape, and heart shape.

5. The image processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a setting unit for setting at least one of the number, size, and color of ornament pieces to be arranged by the ornament piece arrangement unit.

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a setting unit for setting at least one of the number, size, and color of ornament pieces to be arranged by the ornament piece arrangement unit.

7. The image processing apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a setting unit for setting at least one of the number, size, and color of ornament pieces to be arranged by the ornament piece arrangement unit.

8. The image processing apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a setting unit for setting at least one of the number, size, and color of ornament pieces to be arranged by the ornament piece arrangement unit.

9. The image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the setting unit is a unit that performs the setting based on a depression time of the cursor on a selection button used to select the type of the ornament pieces to be arranged displayed on the image display unit.

10. The image processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the depressing operation of the cursor on the selection button and the releasing operation of the cursor at the reference position are performed in one continuous action.

11. The image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

12. The image processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

13. The image processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

14. The image processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

15. The image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

16. The image processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

17. The image processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein:

the target area is an area in which a photo image is present;

the apparatus further comprises a detection unit for detecting an area representing a main subject in the photo image; and

the ornament arrangement unit is a unit that arranges the ornament pieces in the area detected by the detection unit and the other area in different arrangement forms.

18. An image processing method for arranging a plurality of ornament pieces in a target area displayed on a display unit based on an operation of a cursor, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on the image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, the depression time being a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed; and

arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.

19. The image processing method of claim 18, wherein the step of determining an extension width is a step that determines the extension width such that the longer the depression time the greater the extension width.

20. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for arranging a plurality of ornament pieces in a target area displayed on a display unit based on an operation of a cursor, the program causing a computer to perform the steps of:

determining a extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on the image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, the depression time being a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed; and

arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.