IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140320525A1
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Yusuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,582,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/620
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 2210/22 Cropping

Abstract

Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a cutout frame setting section configured to set a cutout frame for partially cutting out an editing target image as an editing target; an image editing section configured to edit, in response to an instruction from a user, an image in the cutout frame superimposed on the editing target image; and a cutout image generation section configured to cut out the image in the cutout frame from the editing target image and generate a cutout image.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a cutout frame setting section configured to set a cutout frame for partially cutting out an editing target image as an editing target;

an image editing section configured to edit, in response to an instruction from a user, an image in the cutout frame superimposed on the editing target image; and

a cutout image generation section configured to cut out the image in the cutout frame from the editing target image and generate a cutout image.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a shape of the cutout frame is restricted and deformed by a circular guide provided on the editing target image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein a center position of the circular guide matches with a center position of a predetermined target on the same plane.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein a radius of the circular guide takes a value maximized using a width of the predetermined target as a reference.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the predetermined target is one of a screen of a display section that displays the editing target image, an image display area of an application program for editing the editing target image, and the editing target image.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the cutout frame is in internal contact with the circular guide, and the shape thereof is deformed as apexes move along the circular guide.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the cutout frame is rectangular, and four apexes thereof move along the circular guide.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the shape of the cutout frame becomes, when a center angle formed by two apexes that move along an arc on one of an upper side and a lower side of the circular guide and a center point is widened, laterally longer than that before the apexes move, and becomes longitudinally longer than that before the apexes move when the center angle is narrowed.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein a horizontal to vertical ratio of the cutout frame becomes a preset fixed ratio according to positions of the apexes.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein a boundary for changing the fixed ratio is preset on the circular guide, and the fixed ratio is changed when the apexes move and cross the boundary.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the fixed ratio is a ratio corresponding to a screen aspect ratio determined based on a predetermined standard.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein a horizontal to vertical ratio of the cutout frame becomes an arbitrary ratio corresponding to positions of the apexes.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the editing target image is displayed on a touch panel, and

wherein the cutout image is generated based on a touch operation on the touch panel.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the image processing apparatus is a tablet-type electronic apparatus.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the circular guide is not displayed.

16. An image processing method for an image processing apparatus, comprising:

setting, by the image processing apparatus, a cutout frame for partially cutting out an editing target image as an editing target;

editing, by the image processing apparatus, in response to an instruction from a user, an image in the cutout frame superimposed on the editing target image; and

cutting out, by the image processing apparatus, the image in the cutout frame from the editing target image and generating a cutout image.

17. A program that causes a computer to function as:

a cutout frame setting section configured to set a cutout frame for partially cutting out an editing target image as an editing target;

an image editing section configured to edit, in response to an instruction from a user, an image in the cutout frame superimposed on the editing target image; and

a cutout image generation section configured to cut out the image in the cutout frame from the editing target image and generate a cutout image.