JP2013161425A - Trimming program for mobile phone, mobile phone, and method for storing image - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program which automatically performs trimming of photograph data photographed by a camera of a mobile phone.SOLUTION: A trimming program for a mobile phone is installable to a mobile phone comprising a camera, a processor for processing photographed data and a memory and processes photograph data obtained by the camera by photographing a region which is in an original photographing range and is surrounded by a rectangular virtual frame formed by placing four markers to indicate an intended photograph to be stored, together with the four markers. The program includes a step for automatically detecting the four markers from the photograph data and a step for generating image data by automatically trimming down the photograph data to the rectangular region defined by the four markers which are detected.

Description

  The present invention relates to a trimming program for a mobile phone, a mobile phone, and an image storage method.

  There is a need in the world to easily save only necessary parts such as business cards, books, magazines, and notes as images. In particular, business cards are often bulky when they become large, and storage is a problem.

  Therefore, in order to manage business cards, there are applications that take in as image data with a camera or scanner and convert it into read character data with OCR. However, since a wide variety of fonts are used for business cards, even if they are scanned by OCR, confirmation work for the scanned results is required, which is a complicated work.

  Also, manually trimming an image captured by a smartphone camera or scanner using an application trimming function requires visual confirmation of the trimming location, which is also a cumbersome task.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention intends to provide a mobile phone trimming program, a mobile phone, and an image storage method capable of easily storing only necessary portions such as business cards, books, magazines, and memos as images. .

  The mobile phone trimming program of the present invention can be installed in a mobile phone having a camera, a processor for processing photographed data, and a memory, and arranges four markers for desired storage as an image. A trimming program for a mobile phone that processes photo data obtained by photographing an area on a document surrounded by a rectangular virtual frame formed by the camera together with the four markers, the photo data And a procedure of automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the detected four markers from the photographic data to generate image data.

  The mobile phone trimming program of the present invention can be installed in a mobile phone having a camera, a processor for processing photographed data, and a memory, and is in a rectangular virtual area formed by four markers on a mount. A trimming program for a mobile phone that processes photographic data obtained by photographing a document placed on the document together with the four markers with a camera, the procedure for automatically detecting the four markers from the photographic data, And a step of automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by four markers from the photograph data to generate image data.

  In the above program, a region desired to be stored as an image, such as a part of a published article such as a book or a magazine, is surrounded by a rectangular virtual frame by arranging four markers, and the region together with the four markers is included in the mobile phone. Take a picture with the camera and import it into the mobile phone as photo data. Alternatively, when the size of the document to be stored is known in advance, a virtual area corresponding to the size is provided in advance by arranging four markers on one side of the mount, and then the document is placed in the virtual area. Then, the four markers are photographed together with the four markers and taken into the cellular phone as photo data.

  In any case, when the photograph data is captured, the above program automatically detects four markers from the photograph data, and automatically trims a rectangular area defined by the detected four markers from the photograph data. To create image data. Therefore, an area on an original that is desired to be stored as an image can be defined by arranging four markers, or the original area or Image data corresponding to the document itself is easily created.

  Preferably, the method further includes a step of attaching a tag to the image data, a step of storing the image data together with the tag in the memory, and a step of transmitting the image data together with the tag to an external storage device. By attaching a tag to image data, a plurality of image data such as search can be easily managed. Further, by transmitting to an external storage device, the amount of image data stored in the memory in the mobile phone can be reduced, and the memory of the mobile phone can be reduced in weight.

  Preferably, there is further provided a procedure for automatically reading character information included in the image data and converting it into character data. By automatically reading the character information from the image data and converting it into character data, it becomes possible to easily handle the character information contained in the document-like area as character data.

  Preferably, the mobile phone is a smartphone. Since a dedicated terminal is not required, the image data can be stored simply by downloading the program, using the camera function of the smartphone, and simply using the program.

  The cellular phone of the present invention is a cellular phone having a camera, a control unit for processing captured data, and a memory, and the control unit arranges four markers in order to save the image as an image. An area on a document defined by a rectangular virtual frame formed by the above-described camera and means for generating photograph data together with the four markers by the camera; and the four markers are automatically extracted from the photograph data. Means for detecting, and means for automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the detected four markers from the photograph data to generate image data.

  With the above configuration, a partial area of a document desired as an image is surrounded by a virtual frame formed by arranging four markers, or a rectangular shape formed on a mount by arranging four markers in advance. After placing the document in the virtual area, the camera captures the area in the virtual frame or the document in the virtual area with the four markers with a camera to generate photo data, and automatically detects and detects the four markers from the photo data. Image data is generated by automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers thus created from photo data.

  Preferably, the marker is formed on a sticky note. Therefore, a marker can be attached simply by attaching a sticky note on a document such as a book or magazine.

  Preferably, there is provided means for automatically reading character information included in the image data and converting it into character data. By automatically reading the character information from the image data and converting it into character data, it becomes possible to easily handle the character information contained in the document-like area as character data.

  Preferably, the control unit further photographs a document placed in a rectangular virtual area set by previously placing the four markers on the mount together with the four markers by a camera. Means for generating data; Accordingly, when a document is placed on a mount and a picture is taken, image data of only the document that is desired to be saved and that does not include unnecessary portions is generated.

  An image storage method of the present invention is a method of storing an image using a mobile phone including a camera, a processor for processing captured data, and a memory, wherein an area on a document desired to be stored as an image is recorded. A step of forming a rectangular virtual frame including the region inside by arranging markers outside the four corners, a step of photographing the region together with the four markers with the camera to generate photo data, Automatically detecting the four markers from photographic data; automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers from the photographic data; generating image data; and tagging the image data And storing the data in a memory.

  The image storage method of the present invention is an image storage method using a mobile phone including a camera, a processor for processing captured data, and a memory, and a rectangular virtual region is set by four markers. Placing a document on the mount so as to fit within the virtual area, photographing the document together with the four markers with the camera to generate photo data, and automatically generating the photo data from the photo data A step of detecting four markers, a step of automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers from the photographic data to generate image data, and a tag attached to the image data in a memory Storing.

  According to the above method, a rectangular virtual frame is formed on the original by arranging four markers so as to enclose a part of a book or magazine desired to be stored as an image as an area, and the area together with the four markers is formed by a camera. Shoot and generate photo data. Or, if the size of the document is known in advance, such as a business card, prepare a mount in which a virtual area corresponding to the size is formed with four markers, and place the document so that it fits in the virtual area. Then, the original is photographed with the four markers together with the camera of the mobile phone to generate photo data. In any case, when photo data is generated, four markers are automatically detected from the photo data, and a rectangular area defined by the detected four markers is automatically trimmed from the photo data to obtain image data. Is created. Therefore, it is possible to demarcate a part of an area on an original that is desired to be stored as an image by arranging four markers, or after arranging an original on a mount, the area on the original or the original itself together with the four markers Image data corresponding to the area on the document or the document itself can be easily created simply by photographing with the camera.

  According to the present invention, for example, only necessary portions such as nouns, books, magazines, and memos can be taken as photographs, and can be easily stored as image data.

1 shows a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function of a mobile telephone. It is a figure explaining the procedure which produces | generates the image data of only a part of a book or a magazine. It is a flowchart explaining the storage method of the program and image of this invention. It is a figure explaining the procedure which produces | generates the image data of the original document by which the magnitude | size was decided beforehand. It is the schematic of the tag paper used.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a mobile phone 1 on which the program of the present invention is installed. The mobile phone 1 is a smartphone sold by, for example, NTT DoCoMo (registered trademark), au (registered trademark), SOFTBANK (registered trademark), or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 was shot with a built-in camera 2 as a camera, a processor 3 as a control unit capable of executing an application corresponding to the OS installed in the model, and the application itself or the camera. A memory 4 for storing photograph data or data generated by an application, and a communication unit 5 that enables data transmission / reception are provided. In addition to the smartphone, an appropriate mobile terminal such as a PDA or a pocket computer having a camera function and a communication function and capable of executing the program of the present invention can be used as the mobile phone 1.

  The program according to an embodiment of the present invention can be downloaded via the Internet or the like by appropriately operating the screen 6 of the mobile phone 1 and can be installed in the mobile phone 1. A widget is created on the screen 6. Further, the program can be executed by the processor 3 as an application, and the image data desired to be saved is generated by automatically trimming the photograph data taken by the built-in camera 2.

  The memory 4 can also store an optical character recognition (OCR) application. The OCR application can be activated in conjunction with the above program according to user settings.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the program will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 3A, a document, a magazine, or a memo including a portion 10 such as a document or a figure desired to be stored as an image is prepared as a manuscript (step S1). Next, four marker sticky notes 20 are prepared, and each marker portion 21 is directly spaced apart so as to surround the portion 10 with the marker portion 21 formed at one end portion of each sticky note 20. Each of the sticky notes 20 is arranged so as to face each other, and a rectangular virtual frame 11 defined by the four marker portions 21 and arranged outside the four corners is formed on the document. At this time, the position of the marker unit 21 is adjusted by moving the sticky note 20 so that the virtual frame 11 includes the portion 10 of the document.

  Next, when an application corresponding to the program is started by touching a corresponding widget on the screen 6 (step S2), the mobile phone 1 enters a shooting mode by the built-in camera 2. Next, the target portion 10 is photographed together with the four marker portions 21 using the built-in camera 2 (step S3), and a photograph including the target portion 10 and the four marker portions 21 as shown in FIG. 3B. Generate data. At this time, the photo data is temporarily stored in the temporary memory 4 in the memory (step S4).

  Next, in response to the generation of the photo data, the processor 3 automatically starts detection processing of the marker unit 21 from the photo data (step S5). When the four marker portions 21 are detected (step S6: YES), the processor 3 sets a rectangular area 11A defined by the detected four marker portions 21 as shown in FIG. Data corresponding to the rectangular area 11A is automatically trimmed from the photo data (step S7), and image data is generated as shown in FIG. If necessary, when trimming is performed, the inclination of the image data and the shape of the rectangular area are corrected (step S8), and the image data is stored in the presentation folder of the memory 4 (step S9). . At this time, in order to facilitate the search of the image data, the description of the image can be attached to the image data as a tag. Alternatively, as an option, the image data can be transmitted to the external storage device together with the tag using the communication unit 5 (step S10). In this case, when the transmission of the image data is completed, the image data is deleted from the memory 4 to reduce the weight of the memory 4 of the mobile phone 1.

  If the program is linked to the OCR application according to user settings, when image data is generated at the end of trimming (step S7), the processor 3 automatically activates the OCR application to start text from the image data. Information can be read and converted into character data, and the converted character data can be stored in the memory 4.

  When shooting is completed (step S11: YES), the application is terminated (step S12).

  On the other hand, when the four marker parts 21 are not detected in step S6, an error dialog is displayed on the screen 6 (step S11), and the process returns to the photographing mode (step S3).

  Alternatively, when the size of a document desired to be stored as an image is known in advance, such as a business card, four markers 31 are arranged in advance on one main surface of the mount 30 as shown in FIG. Thus, a rectangular virtual area 32 having a slightly larger area than the original is provided. The mount 30 with the marker 31 can be created by printing or the like. As shown in FIG. 5B, the business card 33 can be arranged so as to be within the virtual area 32 of the mount 30 and photographed by the built-in camera 2 to create photo data. In this case, the application can create image data 33A corresponding to the business card 33 as shown in FIG.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the marker sticky note paper 20 is made of a strip-like sheet member such as paper or a plastic film, and a marker portion 21 made of, for example, black is formed at one longitudinal end portion of one main surface. Yes. An adhesive portion 22 is formed on the opposite main surface of the marker portion 21 across the thickness of the sheet member so as to be peelable from the original. Therefore, the marker portion can be easily arranged on the document simply by adhering the adhesive portion 22 to the document. In the present embodiment, the shape of the marker portion 21 is a rectangle, but is not limited to a rectangle, and an appropriate pattern such as a circle or an animal or a fruit can be used.

  According to the program of the present invention, four sticky notes having a marker part on the back side of the adhesive part are respectively arranged outside the part of the book or magazine desired to be stored, and the part is surrounded by a rectangular virtual frame. By simply photographing the part and the four marker parts with the camera of the mobile phone, it is possible to automatically trim the part in the virtual frame and easily create image data corresponding to the part. Trimming is automatically performed using the four marker parts included in the photo data, so it takes less time and the image corresponding to the part can be saved by simply specifying the part you want to save on the dedicated sticky note. Data can be easily obtained. In this way, the book portion or memo that is desired to be stored is stored as an image, so that it can be easily used by people and children who are not familiar with the use of the mobile phone.

  In addition, a document whose size is defined in advance, such as a business card, is automatically trimmed only by placing it on a dedicated mount and shooting, and image data is created. If a tag is attached to the image data, management such as retrieval of the image data can be easily performed.

  Furthermore, if necessary, the character information included in the image data can be extracted as character data, and the management of the character data included in the document can be facilitated.

  Further, image data created by trimming can be arbitrarily transmitted to a social network such as an email or twitter, or an external storage device. In addition, when a predetermined number of image data is stored in the memory 4, if an application is created so as to sequentially transmit to the external storage device from the oldest shooting date with the generation of the subsequent image data, Since a large amount of image data is not left in the memory of the mobile phone, the memory capacity of the mobile phone can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Built-in camera 3 Processor 4 Memory 11 Virtual frame 20 Sticky note 21 Marker part 30 Mount 32 Virtual area

Claims (11)

A rectangular virtual frame that can be installed in a mobile phone having a camera, a processor that processes captured data, and a memory, and is formed by arranging four markers to desire storage as an image. A mobile phone trimming program for processing photo data obtained by photographing an enclosed area on a document together with the four markers by the camera,
A procedure for automatically detecting the four markers from the photograph data;
A procedure for automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the detected four markers from the photograph data to generate image data;
A trimming program for a mobile phone, comprising: The four markers can be installed in a mobile phone having a camera, a processor for processing captured data, and a memory, and are arranged in a rectangular virtual area formed by four markers on a mount. A trimming program for a mobile phone that processes photo data obtained by photographing with a camera,
A procedure for automatically detecting the four markers from the photograph data;
A procedure for automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers from the photo data to generate image data;
A trimming program for a mobile phone, comprising: further,
A procedure for tagging the image data;
Storing the image data in the memory together with the tag;
3. The mobile phone trimming program according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting the image data together with the tag to an external storage device. further,
3. The trimming program for a mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising a step of automatically reading character information included in the image data and converting it into character data.   The mobile phone trimming program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile phone is a smartphone. A mobile phone having a camera, a control unit for processing captured data, and a memory,
The controller is
An area on a document defined by a rectangular virtual frame formed by arranging four markers to be saved as an image is photographed together with the four markers by the camera to generate photo data. Means to
Means for automatically detecting the four markers from the photographic data;
Means for automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four detected markers from the photo data to generate image data;
A mobile phone comprising:   The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the marker is formed on a sticky note. further,
8. The mobile phone according to claim 6, further comprising means for automatically reading character information included in the image data and converting it into character data. The control unit further includes:
It has means for generating photograph data by photographing a document placed in a rectangular virtual region set by placing the four markers in advance on a mount with a camera together with the four markers. The mobile phone according to claim 6. An image storage method using a mobile phone including a camera, a processor for processing captured data, and a memory,
Forming a rectangular virtual frame including the area inside by placing markers outside the four corners of the area on the document desired to be stored as an image;
Photographing the area together with the four markers with the camera to generate photographic data;
Automatically detecting the four markers from the photographic data;
Automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers from the photo data to generate image data;
Adding a tag to the image data and storing it in a memory;
A method for storing an image, comprising: An image storage method using a mobile phone including a camera, a processor for processing captured data, and a memory,
Placing a document on a mount on which a rectangular virtual area is set by four markers so as to fit within the virtual area;
Photographing the original together with the four markers with the camera to generate photographic data;
Automatically detecting the four markers from the photographic data;
Automatically trimming a rectangular area defined by the four markers from the photo data to generate image data;
Adding a tag to the image data and storing it in a memory;
A method for storing an image, comprising:

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