Method and apparatus to generate XHTML contents

• US 8,154,745 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chae, Sung-won, Kim, Joo-duck
• Primary Examiner(s): EBRAHIMI DEHKORDY, SAEID
• Application Number:
  US11/716,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.13, 358/1.14, 358/1.16, 358/474, 358/201, 455/418, 455/406, 455/557, 709/217, 709/227, 709/203, 709/237, 715/239, 715/249, 715/255, 715/835, 715/231
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals

Abstract

A method and apparatus to generate XHTML-Print data including: generating XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to an adornment image and an insertion image desired to be printed; and generating XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data prepared in advance.

Claims

1. A method of generating extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML)-Print data comprising:

obtaining positions and sizes of one or more transparency regions included in an adornment image;

generating XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to one or more insertion images combined with the adornment image comprising one or more transparency regions by using the obtained positions and sizes of the one or more transparency regions; and

generating XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data that is XHTML-Print data fixedly defined in advance;

wherein the XHTML-Print extension data is not prepared in advance.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises selecting the adornment image from a plurality of adornment images.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises:

obtaining a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region on a print medium having a specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a first insertion image to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data by using the obtained position and the size of the first inclusion region and the obtained position and the size of the first insertion image.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the obtaining of the position and the size of the first inclusion region comprises:

recognizing a number of pixels forming a width of the adornment image and a number of pixels forming a height of the adornment image;

calculating a width and a height of each pixel to be printed based on the specific size of the printing medium to be printed, the number of pixels forming the width of the adornment image, and the number of pixels forming the height of the adornment image.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data further comprises selecting the specific size of the print medium from a plurality of sizes.

6. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the generating of the XHMTL-Print extension data further comprises selecting the first insertion image from the one or more insertion images.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the generating of the XHMTL-Print extension data further comprises using one or more file names indicating the adornment image and the first insertion image.

8. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the obtaining of the position and the size of the first inclusion region comprises:

displaying the adornment image and the first insertion image;

adjusting the position and the size of the displayed first insertion image relative to the displayed adornment image; and

receiving a confirmation on the completion of the adjustment and obtaining the position and the size of the displayed first insertion image on the print medium.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data further comprises:

obtaining a position and a size of a second inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a second transparency region on the print medium having the specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a second insertion image to be printed in whole or in part on the second inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data by using the obtained position and the size of the second inclusion region and the obtained position and the size of the second insertion image.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the generating of the XHMTL-Print extension data further comprises selecting the first insertion image and the second insertion image from the one or more insertion images.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data further comprises selecting the specific size of the print medium from a plurality of sizes.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the generating of the XHMTL-Print extension data further comprises using one or more file names indicating the adornment image, the first insertion image, and the second insertion image.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising cropping the first insertion image to prevent the first insertion image from being printed on the second inclusion region and/or cropping the second insertion image to prevent the second insertion image from being printed on the first inclusion region.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises:

specifying a position of a printing text to be printed on the adornment image and/or the one or more insertion images; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to the adornment image combined with the printing text and the one or more insertion images.

47. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 1 implemented by a computer.

15. An apparatus to generate XHTML-Print data comprising:

an extension data generation unit to obtain positions and sizes of one or more transparency regions, and to generate XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to one or more insertion images combined with an adornment image comprising one or more transparency regions by usinq the obtained positions and sizes of the one or more transparency regions; and

a printing data generation unit to generate XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data that is XHTML-Print data fixedly defined in advance;

wherein the XHTML-Print extension data is not prepared in advance.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising an adornment image selection unit to specify the adornment image from among a plurality of adornment images.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a user interface unit to output a display of the adornment image and the one or more insertion images and to receive inputs to control the generating of the XHTML-Print data from a user.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

an adornment image storage unit to store one or more adornment images;

an adornment image reading unit to instruct the user interface unit to display the one or more adornment images; and

an adornment image selection unit to specify the adornment image selected from among the plurality of adornment images by the user through the user interface unit.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

an insertion image storage unit to store the one or more insertion images;

an insertion image reading unit to instruct the user interface unit to display the one or more adornment images; and

an insertion image selection unit to specify an insertion image selected from among the one or more insertion images by the user through the user interface unit.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the extension data generation unit generates XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to the one or more insertion images combined with the adornment image and text inputted and/or selected by a user.

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

an image information analysis unit to calculate a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region on a print medium having a specific size to be printed; and

an image information calculation unit to calculate a position and a size of a first insertion image to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size,

wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHTML-Print extension data by using the calculated positions and sizes and the specific size of the print medium.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, further comprising a paper size specifying unit to specify the specific size of the print medium selected from among a plurality of sizes by a user through a user interface unit.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHMTL-Print extension data by using one or more file names indicating the adornment image and the first insertion image, the specific size, and the calculated positions and sizes.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21, further comprising an image adjustment unit to adjust the position and the size of the first insertion image relative to the adornment image based on inputs by a user,

wherein the image information calculation unit calculates the adjusted position and the adjusted size of the first insertion image on the print medium having the specific size.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

an image information analysis unit to calculate a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region on a print medium having a specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a second inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a second transparency region on the print medium having the specific size to be printed; and

an image information calculation unit to calculate a position and a size of a first insertion image to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size, and a position and a size of a second insertion image to be printed in whole or in part on the second inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size,

wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHTML-Print extension data by using the calculated positions and sizes and the specific size of the print medium.

26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, further comprising a paper size specifying unit to specify the specific size of the print medium selected from among a plurality of sizes by a user through a user interface unit.

27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHMTL-Print extension data by using the specific size, the calculated positions and sizes, and one or more file names indicating the adornment image, the first insertion image, and the second insertion image.

28. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, further comprising an image adjustment unit to adjust the position and the size of the first insertion image relative to the adornment image based on inputs by a user, and the position and the size of the second insertion image relative to the adornment image based on inputs by the user,

wherein the image information calculation unit calculates the adjusted position and the adjusted size of the first insertion image and the adjusted position and the adjusted size of the second insertion image on the print medium having the specific size.

29. The apparatus as claimed in claim 25, further comprising a cropping unit to crop the first insertion image to prevent the first insertion image from being printed on the second inclusion region and/or to crop the second insertion image to prevent the second insertion image from being printed on the first inclusion region.

30. A method of generating extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML)-Print data comprising:

obtaining positions and sizes of one or more transparency regions included in an adornment image; and

generating XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to one or more insertion images combined with the adornment image comprising one or more transparency regions by using the obtained positions and sizes of the one or more transparency regions,

wherein the XHTML-Print extension data is not prepared in advance.

31. The method as claimed in claim 30, further comprising:

generating XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data, corresponding to XHTML-Print data fixedly defined in advance.

32. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises selecting the adornment image from a plurality of adornment images.

33. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises:

obtaining a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region, of the one or more transparency regions, on a print medium having a specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a first insertion image, of the one or more insertion images to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data by using the obtained position and the size of the first inclusion region and the obtained position and the size of the first insertion image.

34. The method as claimed in claim 33, wherein the obtaining of the position and the size of the first inclusion region comprises:

displaying the adornment image and the first insertion image;

adjusting the position and the size of the displayed first insertion image relative to the displayed adornment image; and

receiving a confirmation on the completion of the adjustment and obtaining the position and the size of the displayed first insertion image on the print medium.

35. The method as claimed in claim 33, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data further comprises:

obtaining a position and a size of a second inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a second transparency region, of the one or more transparency regions, on the print medium having the specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a second insertion image, of the one or more insertion images to be printed in whole or in part on the second inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data by using the obtained position and the size of the second inclusion region and the obtained position and the size of the second insertion image.

36. The method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the generating of the XHMTL-Print extension data further comprises selecting the first insertion image and the second insertion image from the one or more insertion images.

37. The method as claimed in claim 35, further comprising cropping the first insertion image to prevent the first insertion image from being printed on the second inclusion region and/or cropping the second insertion image to prevent the second insertion image from being printed on the first inclusion region.

38. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the generating of the XHTML-Print extension data comprises:

specifying a position of a printing text to be printed on the adornment image and/or the one or more insertion images; and

generating the XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to the adornment image combined with the printing text and the one or more insertion images.

48. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium encoded with the method of claim 30 implemented by a computer.

39. An apparatus to generate XHTML-Print data comprising:

an extension data generation unit to obtain positions and sizes of one or more transparency regions, and to generate XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to one or more insertion images combined with an adornment image comprising one or more transparency regions by using the obtained positions and sizes of the one or more transparency regions,

wherein the XHTML-Print extension data is not prepared in advance.

40. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising:

a printing data generation unit to generate XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data, corresponding to XHTML-Print data fixedly defined in advance.

41. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising an adornment image selection unit to specify the adornment image from among a plurality of adornment images.

42. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising a user interface unit to output a display of the adornment image and the one or more insertion images and to receive inputs to control the generating of the XHTML-Print data from a user.

43. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, wherein the extension data generation unit generates XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to the one or more insertion images combined with the adornment image and text inputted and/or selected by a user.

44. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising:

an image information analysis unit to calculate a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region, of the one or more transparency regions, on a print medium having a specific size to be printed; and

an image information calculation unit to calculate a position and a size of a first insertion image, of the one or more insertion images to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size,

wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHTML-Print extension data by using the calculated positions and sizes and the specific size of the print medium.

45. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising:

an image information analysis unit to calculate a position and a size of a first inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a first transparency region, of the one or more transparency regions, on a print medium having a specific size to be printed, and a position and a size of a second inclusion region, which is a quadrilateral surrounding a second transparency region, of the one or more transparency regions, on the print medium having the specific size to be printed; and

an image information calculation unit to calculate a position and a size of a first insertion image, of the one or more insertion images to be printed in whole or in part on the first inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size, and a position and a size of a second insertion image, of the one or more insertion images to be printed in whole or in part on the second inclusion region, on the print medium having the specific size,

wherein the extension data generation unit generates the XHTML-Print extension data by using the calculated positions and sizes and the specific size of the print medium.

46. The apparatus as claimed in claim 39, further comprising a cropping unit to crop the first insertion image to prevent the first insertion image from being printed on the second inclusion region and/or to crop the second insertion image to prevent the second insertion image from being printed on the first inclusion region.