CONTROL METHOD

• US 20180220098A1
• Filed: 01/25/2018
• Published: 08/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hayakawa, Mizuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,904,473 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/387 Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/14 Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0255 Display systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/04 Systems for the transmission of one television signal, i.e. both picture and sound, by a single carrier H04N7/084, H04N7/087 take precedence

Abstract

As a solution to problems, provided is a control method including a display step of not executing display processing for displaying, on a display unit, a message indicating that there is an image that is not browsed when a non-layout image in a plurality of images indicated by layout information is not browsed and a layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, and executing the display processing when the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed.

Claims

1. A control method for an image processing apparatus to process layout information indicating a plurality of images including a layout image in which a selected image represented by image data is arranged on a template, and a non-layout image in which text and the selected image are not arranged, the control method comprising:

a display step of not executing display processing for displaying, on a display unit, a message indicating that a not-browsed image is present, when the non-layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, and executing the display processing when the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed; and

a transmission step of executing transmission processing for transmitting, when the message is displayed, the layout information to an outside of the image processing apparatus according to a user operation after the message is displayed.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein when the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed, the layout image is browsed and the transmission processing is executed according to a user operation after the message is displayed.

3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein

when the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed, a region for receiving an input indicating whether to perform the transmission processing is displayed, and

the transmission processing is performed when the input indicating that the transmission processing is performed is received, and the transmission processing is not executed when the input indicating that the transmission processing is performed is not received.

4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the display processing is not executed when a text image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, the text image including text and not including the selected image.

5. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the display processing is executed when a text image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, the text image including text and not including the selected image.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein when the text image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed, and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, the text image is browsed, and the transmission processing is executed according to a user operation after the message is displayed.

7. The control method according to claim 5, wherein

a region for receiving an input indicating whether to perform the transmission processing when a text image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, the text image including text and not including the selected image, and

the transmission processing is executed when the input indicating that the transmission processing is performed is received, and the transmission processing is not executed when the input indicating that the transmission processing is performed is not received.

8. The control method according to claim 1, wherein

in a case where a predetermined user and another user other than the predetermined user are set as an associate editor capable of editing the layout information and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed by the other user, a notification message indicating that there is an image that is not browsed by the other user is displayed on the display unit, and

in a case where the predetermined user and the other user are set as the associate editor, the non-layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed by the other user, and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, the notification message is not displayed on the display unit.

9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein in a case where the predetermined user and the other user are set as the associate editor and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed by the other user, the transmission processing is executed after the layout image is browsed by the other user.

10. The control method according to claim 8, wherein in a case where the predetermined user and the other user are set as the associate editor and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed by the other user, information for requesting the other user to browse the layout image is transmitted to an outside of the image processing apparatus.

11. The control method according to claim 8, wherein in a case where the predetermined user and the other user are set as the associate editor and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed by the other user, information for asking the other user whether to perform the transmission processing is transmitted to an outside of the image processing apparatus.

12. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising a reception step of receiving information indicating whether to perform the transmission processing, the information being transmitted by an operation by the other user,

wherein information indicating that the transmission processing is performed is received, the transmission processing is executed, and when information indicating that the transmission processing is performed is not received, the transmission processing is not executed.

13. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the layout image includes text and the selected image.

14. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the layout image does not include text and includes the selected image.

15. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first selection step of automatically selecting at least one template from a plurality of templates without receiving a selection instruction from a user; and

a second selection step of automatically selecting at least one piece of image data from a plurality of pieces of image data without receiving a selection instruction from a user,

wherein the layout image is an image in which a selected image represented by the selected image data is arranged on the selected template.

16. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission processing is at least one of processing for placing an order for an album based on the layout information, processing for printing an image based on the layout information, and processing for uploading the layout information to an external server.

17. The control method according to claim 1, wherein

the selected image is an image represented by image data automatically selected from a plurality of pieces of image data based on an input of setting information received from a user, and

the selected image is an image that varies depending on a content of the setting information.

18. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the setting information is at least one of information for setting image data representing an image as a candidate for the selected image, information for setting an object included in the selected image, and information for setting the number of selected images and the number of images included in the plurality of images.

19. A control method for causing a computer of an image processing apparatus to execute processing, the image processing apparatus being configured to process layout information indicating a plurality of images including a layout image including at least a content that varies depending on a content of setting information received from a user and a non-layout image not including the content, the processing comprising:

a display step of not executing display processing for displaying, on a display unit, a message indicating that a not-browsed image is present, when the non-layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed and the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is browsed, and executing the display processing when the layout image in the plurality of images indicated by the layout information is not browsed; and

a transmission step of executing transmission processing for transmitting, when the message is displayed, the layout information to an outside of the image processing apparatus according to a user operation after the message is displayed.

20. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the control method further causes the computer to execute:

a first selection step of automatically selecting at least one template from a plurality of templates without receiving a selection instruction from a user; and

a second selection step of automatically selecting at least one piece of image data from a plurality of pieces of image data without receiving a selection instruction from a user,

wherein the layout image is an image in which the content represented by the selected image data is arranged on the selected template.