Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for measuring document legibility. The system may automatically receive document image data from a user device. The system may then process the image data using optical character recognition to create language data containing a plurality of words. The system may then obtain an overall number by counting the plurality of words in the language data. The system may then identify and count the common words within the plurality of words by comparing the plurality of words to words in a database. A score may be obtained by dividing the common word number by the overall number. The score may then be compared to a legibility threshold. If the score is below the threshold, the system may determine the document is illegible. If the score is above the threshold, the system may determine the document is legible.

Abstract: When an image is recorded using an ink of a basic color and an ink of a specific color, if an amount of ink applied to a recording medium exceeds an amount receivable by the recording medium, the ink overflows and image quality deteriorates. At this time, ink overflowing can be prevented by reducing an application amount of ink, but color balance may vary. By preferentially reducing an application amount of the ink of the specific color among inks of a plurality of colors that are to be applied to a recording medium, a change in the color balance is suppressed and the ink overflowing is prevented.

Abstract: The present information processing apparatus transmits content HTML format to an external apparatus to cause print data to be generated in the external apparatus. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not an element that cannot be converted into print data by the external apparatus is included in the elements included in the content and, as a result of the determination, converts the element that cannot be converted into print data by the external apparatus into a format that can be converted into print data. Moreover, the information processing apparatus transmits the converted element to the external apparatus to cause the external apparatus to generate print data of the content.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for retrieving, from a storage device, first image data previously captured by a client device. The systems and methods further detect a selection of a first image processing operation and perform the first image processing operation on the first image data to generate second image data. The systems and methods further detect a selection of a second image processing operation and perform the second image processing operation on the second image data to generate third image data. The systems and methods generate a message comprising the third image data.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a capture part acquiring image data, and a display displaying an image on a display based on the image data. First information acquired includes at least either an azimuth angle or an elevation angle as a direction of the image and at least either an angle of view of the image or angle-of-view related information calculating the angle of view. When a second direction of a second image is included within a range of a first angle of view in a first direction of a first image, the second image is associated with the first image, and the first image is displayed within the display, and display is performed in a state in which the second image to be associated with the first image is overlapped on the first image within the display as the second image or second information indicating the second image.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to create an album having both the contents common to all persons and the contents in accordance with each individual. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that creates an album for each main object, which consists of a plurality of double-page spreads including a common double-page spread used in common in at least two albums and an individual double-page spread corresponding to the main object and has a calculation unit configured to calculate a candidate number of individual double-page spreads that is set for all the albums for each album and a determination unit configured to determine the minimum candidate among the candidates calculated by the calculation unit as the number of individual double-page spreads for all the albums.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an arrangement unit and a display unit. The arrangement unit arranges an image in a page. The display unit displays, on a display, a page image indicating the arrangement of the image in the page by the arrangement unit. Based on that an image selected by a user is arranged in a plurality of pages, the display unit displays a plurality of page images, each indicating arrangement of the selected image in each of the plurality of pages.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for interacting with a user to take a photo when the user is actually ready. The features combine computer vision and voice recognition to determine when the user is ready. Additional features to interact with the user to compose the image are also described. For example, the system may play audio requesting a response (e.g., “move a bit to the left” or “say cheese”). The response may include a user utterance or physical movement detected by the system. Based on the response, the image may be taken.

Abstract: To make it possible to cut out an image area corresponding to a document with a high accuracy from an image obtained by scanning a document without forcing a user to perform complicated work or without giving a feeling of discomfort at the time of performing multi-crop processing. To this end, first, position information on the document is acquired by detecting an edge component from a first image obtained by setting high the first white reference value. Then, an image area corresponding to the document is cut out based on the acquired position information from a second image obtained by setting the second white reference value lower than the first white reference value.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a technique for outputting images so that a user can easily compare the image on which image processing is executed and the image on which image processing is not executed. In the technique, a first image of a region of an output target in a predetermined image on which predetermined image processing is not executed and a second image of the region of the output target in the predetermined image on which the predetermined image processing is executed are output by an output apparatus so that the first image and the second image are output and arranged in an output layout according to a shape of the region of the output target.

Abstract: A video work creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a template selection receiving unit that receives selection of a template to be applied to a video work to be created from among a plurality of templates; a shot video segment registration unit that registers each of a plurality of shot video segments corresponding to a plurality of scenes included in the selected templates; and a video work creating unit that creates a video work based on the registered plurality of shot video segments, the shot video segment registration unit being configured to register, if the selected template has a reference scene that refers to a scene included in another template as a scene-to-be-referred-to, a shot video segment corresponding to the scene-to-be-referred-to which has been registered to create another video work to which the other template is applied, as a shot video segment corresponding to the reference scene included in the selected template.

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.

Abstract: The first rear image candidate determination unit determines a first rear image candidate from among first object determination images on the basis of a first evaluation value calculated by the first evaluation value calculation unit and a first evaluation criterion stored in the first evaluation criterion storage unit. For example, the first rear image candidate determination unit determines a first object determination image (which may be one or a plurality of object determination images) in which a first evaluation value equal to or greater than a first evaluation criterion has been calculated, to be the first rear image candidate.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for object detection. The method comprises receiving a user input that specifies one or more first regions and one or more second regions in a template image. The one or more second regions include one or more objects of interest. The method further comprises for each of the one or more first regions discovering a third region in an image under detection corresponding to the first region in the template image by matching the image under detection with the template image. The method further comprises computing a transformation function based on the matching from each of the one or more first regions to its corresponding third region. The method further comprises applying the computed transformation function to the one or more second regions to localize one or more fourth regions in the image under detection for the object detection.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a document reading unit 110 allowing input of image data generated from a read document, a paper feed unit 140 containing recording paper, an image forming unit 120 forming an image on the recording paper based on the image data, and a touch-panel display 132 displaying a preview image representing a state of image formation. The touch-panel display displays a preview image in a designated orientation for a document of a prescribed size, and displays a preview image in accordance with size and orientation of recording paper fed from the paper feed unit, for a document not of the prescribed size. Thus, for documents of a prescribed size, preview images in a prescribed orientation can be displayed regardless of the direction of arrangement of the recording paper, and easier confirmation of expected finish of the formed image becomes possible.

Abstract: A method includes grouping media items associated with a user into segments based on a timestamp associated with each media item and a total number of media items. The method also includes selecting target media from the media items for each of the segments based on media attributes associated with the media item. The method also includes generating a video that includes the target media for each of the segments by generating a first animation that illustrates a first transition from a first item from the target media to a second item from the target media with movement of the first item from an onscreen location to an offscreen location, wherein the first item is adjacent to the second item in the first animation and determining whether the target media includes one or more additional items. The method also includes adding a song to the video.

Abstract: A pre-selectable video file playback system and method, and a computer program product are provided. Multiple first images are captured from multiple frame images in a first time interval, and two chronological first images thereafter are compared sequentially. A next first image is selected if the next first image is substantially different from a previous first image, and the next first image is not selected if the next first image is substantially the same as the previous first image. By displaying the selected first images, the number of images that users watch may be reduced.

Abstract: A device for integrity verification of image data. The device comprises: a database configured to store multiple field signatures respectively corresponding to multiple editing tools; a memory configured to store a program for integrity verification of image data; and a processor configured to execute the program stored in the memory. The processor: extracts a field from the image data when the program is executed; determines whether or not there is a field signature matched with the extracted field from among the multiple field signatures; and determines whether or not the image data are edited depending on a result of the determination.

Abstract: Images of a layout target for a template are acquired. The plurality of acquired images are edited using editing processing corresponding to a category corresponding to a layout. The edited images are arranged on the template corresponding to the category.

Abstract: Techniques for non-destructive automatic face-aware vignettes are described. In implementations, a request is received to generate a vignette for an image that includes face(s) or other salient object(s) or a combination faces and salient objects displayed in the image. Based on the request, a boundary can be determined that encloses the face(s) or other salient object(s) or both. Using the boundary, one or more parameters of the vignette are automatically modified to customize the vignette based on the face(s) or other salient object(s) or both displayed in the image. Then, a customized version of the vignette can be generated for the image based on the modified parameters.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a touch panel and capable of smoothly displaying an image even though the image forming apparatus has scarce hardware resources. The image forming apparatus includes an operation unit provided with a touch panel configured to display a screen sequentially shifted by an operation of a user, determines a type of operations such as a flick and a drag executed on the touch panel by the user, and displays a screen on the touch panel by shifting the screen by N-screens (N is an integer of two or more) if the operation is the flick while displaying a screen on the touch panel by shifting the screen by one screen if the operation is the drag.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for requesting and obtaining data, in which time information is generated by use of a first device, and a data request command requesting data output by a second device is generated at a time point indicated by the time information. The generated data request command is transmitted, wherein the data request command includes the time information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel to preview an image page by page. The image forming apparatus stores a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel and extracts a regularity from the stored feature of the image. When a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel does not agree with the extracted regularity, the image forming apparatus displays a menu for correcting the feature that does not agree.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for processing information. In one example method a first frame of a first group of frames of an information transmission can be processed. The first frame can be encoded without reference to other frames of the information transmission. Additionally, a second frame can be processed in the first group of frames. The second frame can be processed with reference to a frame from a second group of frames of the information transmission.

Abstract: Images of a layout target for a template are acquired. The plurality of acquired images are edited using editing processing corresponding to a category corresponding to a layout. The edited images are arranged on the template corresponding to the category.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for generating a dynamic wallpaper, including: a basic visual effect control parameter is initialized and a 3D transformation parameter is set; a background and particles are rendered based on the 3D transformation parameter and the basic visual effect control parameter to generate a dynamic wallpaper; the 3D transformation parameter and the basic visual effect control parameter are updated based on a touch mode and a touch position upon detection of a user's touch action on a screen; and the background and the particles in the dynamic wallpaper are re-rendered based on the updated 3D transformation parameter and basic visual effect control parameter.

Abstract: The image editing device is provided with an area specifying portion to associate identification information for identifying an area of interest with each of a plurality of areas into which an image of original data is divided, an image generating portion to generate an edit image by disposing onto the image of the original data a section image enclosing the area of interest for each of a plurality of areas in association with an image indicating the identification information, a transmission portion to transmit a first electronic mail including the edit image, a reception portion to receive a second electronic mail transmitted back in response to the first electronic mail, an editing portion to generate edited data obtained by updating the original data based on an editing instruction included in the second electronic mail, and an output portion to output the edited data generated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a data converting module, a communicating unit, a differential data obtaining module, and a combining module. The data converting module is configured to convert image data to displayed image data. The communicating unit is configured to send via a network the displayed image, and to receive an edited displayed image via the network which is edited based on the displayed image. The differential data obtaining module is configured to obtain differential data of at least a difference between the image data and the edited image data. The combining module is configured to combine the image data with the differential data into combined image data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a drawing receiving unit to receive a page start command and a drawing command from an OS, a transparency processing unit to generate a bitmap upon receiving the page start command, to alpha blend a first image with a second image existing on the bitmap to generate a blended image upon receiving the drawing command that includes the first image with an alpha channel, and to duplicate the alpha blended image, and a drawing processing unit to convert the drawing command that includes the first image with the alpha channel, into a print command to draw the duplicated alpha blended image.

Abstract: A method of generating an electronic document for mobile terminals is described. The method includes: obtaining a target image to be scanned and recognized; performing image and text scanning and recognition on the target image and obtaining a scanning and recognition result; generating an electronic document based on the scanning and recognition result. A mobile terminal is also described. According to the method, a user can generate electronic documents from information of interest to the user whenever and wherever, using a mobile terminal, thereby greatly enhancing the capability of the user to obtain information while traveling.

Abstract: A printing system includes an image forming apparatus, a management server, and a print data transmission apparatus, each of which are coupled one another via a network. The print transmission apparatus transmits print data to the management server in association with a user. The image forming apparatus, including apparatus-supported setting data, (i) causes the management server to authenticate the user, and (ii) prints the print data. The management server (i) manages the print data transmitted from the print data transmission apparatus, (ii) performs authentication of the user, and changes the print data associated with the user to supported print data corresponding to the apparatus-supported setting data, and (iii) transmits the supported print data to the image forming apparatus, if the authentication of the user is successful.

Abstract: Scanning technology related to editing a scan image. A request to edit a scan image that was acquired through an input apparatus is received and an editing user interface area that includes an editing version of the scan image and at least one functional icon is displayed. After selection of the editing version of the scan image, user input is received moving the editing version of the scan image to a predetermined area of the editing user interface area that corresponds to a functional icon. The editing version of the scan image is converted into text data, a function associated with the functional icon is determined, and the converted text data is used in the determined function associated with the functional icon.

Abstract: A write operation supporting apparatus 1 includes a camera 3 that images a placed document 10 as a reading target within an imaging area 6 and a projector 4 that displays information toward the imaging area 6. A control device 5 of the write operation supporting apparatus 1 displays, by the projector 4, operation supporting information for supporting an information writing operation using the document 10 toward the imaging area 6, based on positional information of the document 10 on the imaging area 6 acquired by the camera 3, with relative position relation with the medium 10 on the imaging area 6 maintained.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is described. Selecting a function desired by a user from among functions provided in the apparatus is provided to improve operability as well as eliminating erroneous copy. In the image forming apparatus, an operation unit includes a display panel for displaying a function selecting portion. An operation unit side control portion, as the function selecting portion, has a first function selecting portion in which selectable function items are displayed corresponding to an operation mode and a second function selecting portion in which other function items which are selectable at the same time. The first function selecting portion and the second function selecting portion are displayed at the same time on the display panel, so that functions of the first function selecting portion and functions of the second function selecting portion are selectable at the same time.

Abstract: A print control device includes a mark information memory, a first print controller, and a second print controller. The mark information memory stores mark information for each type of printer. Upon receiving a printing instruction that specifies a first printer, the first print controller assigns identification information to the print data, combines interpretation result data of the print data and an additional mark for the type of the first printer to create imposition data, supplies the imposition data to the first printer, and saves the interpretation result data in a storage device in association with the identification information. Upon receiving a printing instruction that specifies a second printer, the second print controller acquires the interpretation result data from the storage device, combines the interpretation result data and an additional mark for the type of the second printer to create imposition data, and supplies the imposition data to the second printer.

Abstract: A method of registering a document comprises, with a processor (150), defining (block 505) a plurality of clusters in an image of a template document (300) by assigning each of a number of feature points of an image of a template document to a cluster with the closest mean, with the processor (150), refining (block 510) a correspondence set of the feature points between the image of the template document (300) and the image of the target document (400) using a histogram of Euclidian distances, and with the processor (150), eliminating (block 515) outliers within a correspondence set of the feature points between the image of the template document (300) and an image of a target document (400) by generating a hypothesis and evaluating the hypothesis a number of iterations, in which the image of the target document (400) is captured by an imaging device (110) from a physical document.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same according to the present invention, displays a preview image by inputting image data read in a two-page spread mode in which two facing pages of a document are read and divided into two pages, and when a first area of one of the divided pages in the two-page spread mode is specified on the displayed preview image, the first area specified is reflected on a second area to be specified of the divided other page. Image data of the first and the second area is extracted from the image data read in the two-page spread mode.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an attention region determining unit and a blurring unit. The attention region determining unit is configured to determine an attention region of an image that includes an intended subject of the image. The blurring unit is configured to blur all of the image regions outside of the attention region.

Abstract: Movies to be colorized/depth enhanced (2D?3D) are broken into backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined into composite frame which becomes a visual reference database that includes data for all frame offsets used later for the computer controlled application of masks within a sequence of frames. Masks are applied to subsequent frames of motion objects based on various differentiating image processing methods, including automated mask fitting/reshaping. Colors/depths are automatically applied with masks throughout a scene from the composite background and to motion objects. Areas never exposed by motion or foreground objects may be partially or fully realistically drawn/rendered/applied to the occluded areas and applied throughout the images to generate artifact-free secondary viewpoints during 2D?3D conversion.

Abstract: A print data processing apparatus is provided which includes: a generation unit configured to generate image information and attribute information from print data; a conversion unit configured to convert an attribute of a first area included in the attribute information, wherein an attribute of a second area included in the attribute information is not converted; a compression unit configured to compress the image information and the attribute information in which the attribute of the first area has been converted by the conversion unit; an area information generation unit configured to generate area information indicating the first area having the converted attribute; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image information compressed by the compression unit, the attribute information compressed by the compression unit, and the area information generated by the area information generation unit, to a printing apparatus as transfer data.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image reading part for reading an image of a document and generating image data, a preview image creation part for creating preview image from the image data generated by the image reading part, a display part capable of displaying at least one part of the preview image, an operation input part for receiving input in response to operation made by a user, a display area determination part for determining a part specified in response to operation made through the operation input part as a displaying area of the preview image, and a display control part for extracting an image responsive to the displaying area from the preview image and for displaying the extracted image on the display part. So, a load for user's operation for preview of an image read from a document may be reduced, and page update and others may be executed efficiently by reducing time to preview display.

Abstract: An image processing device to receive print data generated based on image data of an original document, the original document including color pixels and being determined to be printed by color printing, and to store the received print data in a storage unit in preparation for a possible reprinting operation based on the received print data, the device including: a redetermination unit configured to redetermine whether to carry out color printing or monochrome printing to achieve a printing operation to print a part of the original document by using the stored print data.

Abstract: In partially editing a given image displayed on a display section, a selection receiving section receives selection of an editing target in the display image, displayed on the display section, based on the direction of a straight line connecting two points detected by a position detecting section for detecting a position of contact with a display screen of the display section, and then an editing section partially edits the target.

Abstract: An image forming device includes an assignment unit that detects a size of a document image to be printed in each page for each one of a plurality of pages assigned to a plurality of print sheets that configure a booklet and, in a case where it is determined that a second document image larger than a first document image is present, assigns a page that includes the second document image to a face of a print sheet that is positioned on an outermost face or an innermost face of the booklet as an exception page and a print image generating unit that generates print images by sorting the plurality of pages that include the exception page assigned by the assignment unit.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring section for acquiring images; a mount number setting section for setting a mount number for mounts; an image dividing section for dividing the acquired images into a predetermined number of groups based on accessory information of the images, with the number of groups being equal to the mount number; and an image arranging section for arranging images included in each group after division on each corresponding mount. The image dividing section divides the images into the groups so that the number of images included in each group is not more than the upper limit number of images capable of being arranged on the corresponding mount.

Abstract: An invisible ink management method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor data associated with an image to be duplicated and a duplication command enabling reproduction of the image. The computer processor receives a command for enabling a duplication prevention functionality and generates a first copy of the image. The computer processor enables an invisible ink spray nozzle. In response, the invisible ink spray nozzle sprays a plurality of invisible images on the first copy. The plurality of invisible images are invisible under first lighting conditions and are visible under second lighting conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus that controls a display unit to display, as a preview image, an image to be printed on a print medium by a printing apparatus that includes a function for adjusting a conveyance amount to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction by increasing or decreasing the conveyance amount as compared to a reference conveyance amount when an image of a designated size is printed acquires an adjustment amount of the conveyance amount and changes a size of the preview image with respect to the conveyance direction according to the acquired adjustment amount.

Abstract: Some embodiments produce an image capture application that implements a novel auto scan feature. The auto scan feature directs a scanner to perform an initial scan and then decomposes the scanned document into component regions. Some embodiments then identify a set of attributes of each region from the initial scan, select a set of optimal scanning parameters for each region based on the identified set of attributes, and then direct the scanner to perform a detailed secondary scan of each region with the identified set of scanning parameters. Following the secondary scan, some embodiments perform post-scan operations on the image of the scanned region.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for disparity map correction through statistical analysis on local neighborhoods. A disparity map correction technique may be used to correct mistakes in a disparity or depth map. The disparity map correction technique may detect and mark invalid pixel pairs in a disparity map, segment the image, and perform a statistical analysis of the disparities in each segment to identify outliers. The invalid and outlier pixels may then be corrected using other disparity values in the local neighborhood. Multiple iterations of the disparity map correction technique may be performed to further improve the output disparity map.

Abstract: There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module (3) includes a read address generator (11), read FIFO (7), write address generator (13), write FIFO (9), and arbiter (10) and is connected to a host arbiter (4) through a 1-channel port. The read address generator (11) and write address generator (13) generate interrupts upon acceptance of final access requests so as to control activation of each data processing module (8-1-8-m) in accordance with the state of each data processing module in interrupt processing. Note that data transfer among the respective data processing modules is performed on a RAM (6).