METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE

• US 20110199624A1
• Filed: 02/04/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwaki, Kiyoshi
• Application Number:
  US13/021,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20110199624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00392 Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00432 using tabs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3245 of image modifying data, e.g. handwritten addenda, highlights or augmented reality information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a preview image creating section configured to create a preview image corresponding to image data, a display section configured to display the preview image, an additional image input section configured to acquire and store image data to be added to the preview image displayed by the display section, and an image synthesizing section configured to superimpose the image data to be added to the preview image by the additional image input section on the image data used in forming the preview image.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a preview image creating section configured to create a preview image corresponding to image data;

a display section configured to display the preview image;

an additional image input section configured to acquire and store image data to be added to the preview image displayed by the display section; and

an image synthesizing section configured to superimpose the image data to be added to the preview image by the additional image input section on the image data used in forming the preview image.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the additional image input section includes a touch panel formed integrally with the display section.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

an input range and condition specifying section configured to specify a positional relation between the image data input by the additional image input section and the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an input range and condition specifying section configured to specify a positional relation between the image data input by the additional image input section and the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires a position signal generated by an electronic pen and a selected condition.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires, from input to the touch panel, a change in the position and a change in the size of the image data input by the additional image input section.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires a position signal generated by an electronic pen and a selected condition.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires, from input to the touch panel, a change in the position and a change in the size of the image data input by the additional image input section.

9. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a preview image creating section configured to create a preview image corresponding to image data;

a display section configured to display the preview image;

an additional image input section configured to acquire and store image data to be added to the preview image displayed by the display section;

an image synthesizing section configured to superimpose the image data to be added to the preview image by the additional image input section on the image data used in forming the preview image; and

an image output section configured to form a visible image corresponding to image data superimposed by the image synthesizing section and fix the visible image on a sheet medium.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the additional image input section includes a touch panel formed integrally with the display section.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an input range and condition specifying section configured to specify a positional relation between the image data input by the additional image input section and the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an input range and condition specifying section configured to specify a positional relation between the image data input by the additional image input section and the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires, from input to the touch panel, a change in the position and a change in the size of the image data input by the additional image input section.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires, from input to the touch panel, a change in the position and a change in the size of the image data input by the additional image input section.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires a position signal generated by an electronic pen and a selected condition.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input range and condition specifying section acquires, from input to the touch panel, a change in the position and a change in the size of the image data input by the additional image input section.

17. A method of image processing comprising:

forming a preview image corresponding to image data;

displaying the preview image;

acquiring image data to be added to the preview image; and

superimposing the image data to be added to the preview image on the image data used in forming the preview image.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the image data to be added to the preview image is supplied through a touch panel formed integrally with a display mechanism configured to display the preview image.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the image data to be added to the preview image includes at least one of a positional relation with the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the image data to be added to the preview image includes at least one of a positional relation with the image data used in forming the preview image, sizes of the image data, and a condition for an additional image.