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US 8,300,064 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for forming a combined image by combining images in a template
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsKei Yamaji, Yuko Suzuki
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AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsKei Yamaji, Yuko Suzuki
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The image forming apparatus and method combine images to form one combined image by using an image formed by clipping, from images including the same person, parts of a face and a body of the person and combining the parts. The apparatus and method select, from images stored in advance, images to be combined in image combination frames of a template for the combined image, the template being stored in advance and including the image combination frames for which image editing conditions are defined, edit the selected images according to each of the image editing conditions for each of the image combination frames of the template and arrange the edited images in the image combination frames of the template and combining the arranged images.
An image forming apparatus for forming a combined image by combining a predetermined number of first images, comprising:
An image forming method of forming a combined image by combining a predetermined number of first images and following steps of said image forming method being performed by an image forming apparatus, said image forming method comprising:
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Two-dimensional [2d] image generation
Image data processing or generation, in general
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The entire contents of documents cited in this specification are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for combining a plurality of images to form one combined image, and more particularly, to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for forming a combined image by using an image formed by clipping, from a plurality of images including the same person, parts of a face and a body of the person and combining the parts.
In recent years, there have been devised various methods and systems for extracting, using image analyzing methods such as face extraction and calculation of image feature amounts, images required by a user out of an image group including images and the like photographed by the user, to thereby arrange and edit the images using the extracted images.
In the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration of an image forming apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a combined image according to the present invention;
With reference to preferred embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings, an image forming apparatus according to the present invention for realizing an image forming method according to the present invention is described in detail below.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus configuration of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
An image forming apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a template storing unit 12, a template selecting unit 14, an image storing unit 16, an image selecting unit 18, an image editing unit 20, an image combining unit 22, and an output unit 24. Further, the image forming apparatus 10 includes a display operation unit 26 including operation devices such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting user's instructions to the units and a display device such as a monitor.