JP2019103105A - Image processing program, information processing device, and image processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To print an image onto a print media in good appearance.SOLUTION: An information processing device 10 comprises: a display part 13; an input part 14a; and a control part. The control part makes a user to select an image object 60 and a region where the image object 60 can be arranged in order to print the image object 60 within a print object region set in a print media through the input part 14a. The control part displays an object region image 51 indicating the print object region in the print media onto the display part 13, and arranges the image object 60 selected into an object region 53 corresponded to the region in the object region image 51, where the selected arrangement can be arranged. Further, the control part performs a blurring processing for blurring a peripheral edge 61 in the image object 60.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for processing an image to be printed on a print medium.

  There is known a technology for printing an image on a label surface of an information storage medium such as a CD or a DVD. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for generating an image to be printed on a label surface with an information processing apparatus and transmitting data of the generated image to a printing apparatus to print the generated image on a label surface. .

JP, 2011-76674, A

  It is desirable for the user to be able to print the generated image nicely on the label side. In particular, when the area where the image is printed and the blank area where the image is not printed coexist on the label surface, the difference between the contrast and the color at the boundary between the two becomes large depending on the difference between the color of the image and the color of the blank area. The appearance of the label may be lost.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to print an image with good appearance on a print medium.

  An image processing program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a control unit in an information processing apparatus including a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The image processing program causes the control unit to execute region selection processing, object selection processing, object placement processing, and blurring processing.

  The area selection process is a process of selecting an area where the image object can be arranged in order to print an image object in a print target area provided on a print medium, via the input unit. The object selection process is a process of causing the image object to be selected via the input unit. The object placement processing causes the display unit to display a target area image indicating the print target area on the print medium, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection processing in the target area image is displayed in the object area. This is a process for arranging the image object selected in the object selection process. The blurring process is a process of blurring the periphery of the image object.

  In the image processing program configured as described above, the peripheral edge of the image object arranged in the object area is blurred, and the boundary between the image object and the area adjacent to the image object becomes ambiguous. Therefore, it is possible to print the image on the print medium with good appearance.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the label printing system of embodiment. It is a flowchart of label creation processing. It is explanatory drawing which shows a layout selection screen, a photograph selection (album) screen, and an edit (label edit) screen. It is an explanatory view for explaining the concrete contents of blurring processing. FIG. 5 (a) is an explanatory view showing that the object image can be moved on the editing screen, and FIG. 5 (b) is an explanatory view showing an example of the editing screen when the layout different from that in FIG. 3 is changed. is there. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of blurring process.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[1. Embodiment]
(1-1) Configuration of Label Printing System As shown in FIG. 1, the label printing system of the present embodiment includes an information processing apparatus 10 and a printing apparatus 5. The label printing system of this embodiment is configured to be able to print an image on the label surface 8 a of the disc medium 8.

  More specifically, in the label printing system according to the present embodiment, the image processing apparatus 10 generates an image to be printed on the label surface 8 a, and transmits the print data indicating the generated image to the printing apparatus 5. At 5, the image represented by the print data can be printed on the label surface 8a.

  The disk medium 8 of the present embodiment is a disk-shaped storage medium such as a CD, a DVD, etc., configured to be able to store data. The label surface 8 a is one of the two surfaces of the disk medium 8, that is, a circular flat area. In the central portion of the label surface 8a, a hollow inner circular area 8b, which is a concentric area in which an image can not be printed, is provided concentrically. The inner circular area 8 b has a hole which is partially or entirely penetrated in the direction perpendicular to the plate surface.

(1-2) Configuration of Information Processing Device The information processing device 10 is a portable communication terminal capable of wireless communication, such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. FIG. 3, FIG. 5 (a), and FIG.5 (b) have shown the state which looked at the information processing apparatus 10 from the front.

  The information processing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a display unit 13, an input unit 14, a first wireless communication unit 15, a second wireless communication unit 16, an external I / F 17, and voice input. An output unit 18 and a photographing unit 19 are provided. These units are connected so as to be able to transmit and receive data to each other via a bus line 20. Here, I / F is an abbreviation of the interface unit.

  The control unit 11 has, for example, a CPU. The storage unit 12 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory such as a ROM, a RAM, an NVRAM, and a flash memory. That is, the information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory.

  The control unit 11 implements various functions by executing the program stored in the non-transitional tangible recording medium. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 12 corresponds to a non-transitional tangible storage medium storing a program. The various functions of the information processing apparatus 10 are basically realized by the control unit 11 executing a program stored in the storage unit 12. The various functions realized by the control unit 11 are not limited to those realized by the execution of a program, and part or all of them may be realized using one or more pieces of hardware.

  The storage unit 12 stores various software and data. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 12 stores, as software, an OS (abbreviation of operating system) 12a, a label creation application 12b, and a print application 12c. The OS 12 a, the label creation application 12 b, and the print application 12 c are installed in a computer system including the control unit 11.

The storage unit 12 also stores data of image objects selectable on the photograph selection screen 40 in the center of FIG. 3 described later.
In the following description, the control unit 11 (in detail, a CPU (not shown) included in the control unit 11) that executes a program may be simply described by a program name. For example, the description "the label creation application 12b" may mean "the CPU that executes the label creation application 12b".

  The label creation application 12b is application software capable of generating image data of an image to be printed on the label surface 8a. The label creation application 12 b can generate image data of an image including at least an image object selected by the user from among the image objects stored in the storage unit 12.

  The print application 12 c is application software capable of converting image data generated by the label creation application 12 b into print data of a specific data format that can be processed by the printing device 5 and transmitting the print data to the printing device 5. The label creation application 12b may be provided as a plug-in of the print application 12c.

The display unit 13 includes a display device capable of displaying an image, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display.
The input unit 14 has an input device for receiving various input operations. The input device of the input unit 14 includes the touch panel 14a. The touch panel 14 a is disposed so as to overlap the display area 25 (see FIG. 3) of the image in the display device of the display unit 13.

  The touch panel 14 a is an input device configured to be capable of detecting an instruction operation for instructing a specific position with an indicator such as a fingertip or a pen with respect to the display area of the image on the display unit 13. The term "instruction" as used herein includes at least one of contact and proximity of the indicator. The touch panel 14a outputs an operation detection signal indicating a position at which the pointing operation is performed, when the pointing operation by the indicator is performed.

  The control unit 11 performs an indicator detection process based on the operation detection signal output from the touch panel 14a. The pointer detection process is a process of detecting the presence or absence of an instruction operation by the indicator, the position at which the instruction operation is performed, the specific type of the instruction operation, and the like. The pointer detection process may be performed by, for example, the OS 12a, and the processing result may be notified to the label creation application 12b and the print application 12c. Further, for example, each of the label creation application 12 b and the print application 12 c may perform the pointer detection process based on the operation detection signal. In the present embodiment, there are, for example, tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like as types of instruction operations that can be detected by the pointer detection process.

  The external I / F 17 is an interface unit to which a rewritable non-volatile storage medium (not shown) is attached, and controls writing and reading of data to the attached storage medium. The voice input / output unit 18 is a voice input / output device configured of a microphone, a speaker, and the like. The photographing unit 19 has a function as a so-called digital camera, and can photograph an image and generate image data indicating the image. The image data photographed by the photographing unit 19 is stored, for example, in the storage unit 12.

  The first wireless communication unit 15 is, for example, an interface unit for performing communication according to the wireless LAN standard (hereinafter, referred to as “wireless LAN communication”). In the present embodiment, the wireless LAN communication performed by the first wireless communication unit 15 is wireless LAN communication conforming to the standard of IEEE 802.11b / g / n.

  The information processing apparatus 10 can perform wireless LAN communication with the printing apparatus 5 via the first wireless communication unit 15. The print data generated by the print application 12 c is transmitted to the printing device 5 by wireless LAN communication in the present embodiment. Note that wireless LAN communication with the printing apparatus 5 can be performed directly in a so-called ad hoc mode, and can also be performed via a relay apparatus (not shown) in a so-called infrastructure mode.

  The second wireless communication unit 16 is an interface unit for performing voice communication and data communication via a mobile communication network (not shown). The second wireless communication unit 16 may have, for example, a configuration capable of performing wireless communication according to the LTE standard. “LTE” is an abbreviation of “Long Term Evolution”.

(1-3) Configuration of Printing Device The printing device 5 has a label printing function capable of printing an image based on print data received from the information processing device 10 on the label surface 8 a of the disk medium 8. When the print data in which the disc medium 8 is designated as the print medium is received from the information processing apparatus 10, the printing apparatus 5 prints an image indicated by the print data on the label surface 8a of the disc medium 8.

  The printing apparatus 5 has a printing mechanism using inkjet technology or electrophotographic technology, and is configured to be able to print an image represented by input print data on various printing media by the printing mechanism. The printing apparatus 5 can also perform wireless LAN communication with various other apparatuses including the information processing apparatus 10.

  Transmission of print data from the information processing apparatus 10 to the printing apparatus 5 may be performed, for example, by the above-described wireless LAN communication, or may be performed by another communication method different from the wireless LAN communication. Other communication methods include, for example, wireless communication according to the NFC standard, wireless communication according to the above-mentioned LTE standard, wired communication with a wired LAN, and the like. "NFC" is an abbreviation of "Near Field Communication".

(1-4) Label Creation Process The label creation process executed by the control unit 11 based on the label creation application 12b will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 2 shows the process of determining the image to be printed on the label surface 8a in the entire label creation process, for simplification of the description, and the process after the image to be printed is determined. Processing is omitted.

  The control unit 11 executes the label creation application 12b when the start operation of the label creation application 12b is performed after activation. When the label creation application 12b is started, the control unit 11 performs layout selection processing in S110. Specifically, the layout selection screen 30 illustrated on the left side of FIG. 3 is displayed in the display area 25.

  The layout selection screen 30 is a screen for allowing the user to select one of a plurality of types of layouts, that is, the layout of an image object to be printed on the label surface 8a, that is, an area where the image object can be arranged on the label surface 8a.

  The layout selection screen 30 displays an image of each of a plurality of selectable layouts. An example in which six types of layout images 31 to 36 corresponding to each of six types of layouts are displayed on the layout selection screen 30 is shown on the left of FIG. 3 as an example.

  The six types of layouts include, for example, an entire surface layout in which image objects can be arranged on the entire surface of the label surface 8a, and a semicircular layout in which image objects can be arranged in a semicircular area of the upper or lower half of the label surface 8a. included. Further, both the full layout and the semicircular layout are further classified into a layout in which text can be placed and a layout in which text can not be placed.

  The user can select a layout corresponding to the tapped layout image by tapping any one of the plurality of layout images 31 to 36 displayed on the layout selection screen 30.

  In S110, the user selects the layout selection on the layout selection screen 30. When one of the plurality of layout images 31 to 36 displayed on the layout selection screen 30 is tapped, the layout corresponding to the tapped layout image is set as the printing layout.

  At S120, an image object selection process is performed. Specifically, the photograph selection screen 40 illustrated in the center of FIG. 3 is displayed. The photograph selection screen 40 is a screen for allowing the user to select an image object to be printed on the label surface 8a.

  For example, thumbnails of data of photos stored in a predetermined folder of the storage unit 12 are displayed in a list on the photo selection screen 40. An example in which eight thumbnails 41 to 48 are displayed on the photograph selection screen 40 is shown in the center of FIG. 3.

  The user can select a photo object corresponding to the thumbnail as an image object by tapping the thumbnail of a photo to be printed on the label surface 8a.

  In S120, when one of the plurality of thumbnails displayed on the photo selection screen 40 is tapped, the photo corresponding to the tapped thumbnail is set as an image object to be printed on the label surface 8a.

  The data format of an image that can be selected as an image object may be determined as appropriate. For example, images of JPEG, PDF, and other multiple data formats may be selectable as image objects.

When the image object is set in S120, the control unit 11 next performs various preparation processes shown in S130 to S160 for displaying the editing screen 50 illustrated on the right of FIG.
On the editing screen 50, a circular target area image 51 indicating the range of the label surface 8a is displayed. At the center of the target area image 51, an inner circle image 52 indicating the inner circle area 8b provided in the disk medium 8 is disposed. Further, the target area image 51 includes a horizontal auxiliary line 51 a and a vertical auxiliary line 51 b corresponding to two diameters orthogonal to each other in the target area image 51.

  Further, in the target area image 51, an object area 53 corresponding to the printing layout set in the layout selection screen 30 is set, and in the object area 53, the image object 60 set in the photo selection screen 40 is arranged. Ru.

  The right side of FIG. 3 shows, as an example, a case where the printing layout is a full layout. In this case, the entire area of the target area image 51 is set as the object area 53 in which the image object 60 can be placed.

  In the initial state immediately after switching to the editing screen 50, the image object 60 is arranged at an initial position with an initial size with respect to the object area 53, as shown on the right of FIG. 3, for example. That is, FIG. 3 right shows an example in which the image object 60 is disposed at an initial size and an initial position such that the entire image object 60 is included in the object area 53.

In this case, a blank area 55 in which the image object 60 does not exist is generated in the object area 53.
The initial size and the initial position may be determined as appropriate. For example, the initial size and initial position may be such that a part of the image object 60 does not protrude from the object area 53 and is not displayed in the object area 53. For example, the initial size and initial position may be such that the entire object area 53 is included in the image object 60 and the blank area 55 does not occur.

  If the set printing layout is not the entire layout, that is, if there is an empty area where the image object 60 can not be arranged in the target area image 51, as in the semicircular layout shown in FIG. 5B, for example, An empty area is set as the label background area 54.

  After the process of S120, as a preparation process for displaying the editing screen 50, the control unit 11 first calculates a margin color to be colored in the margin area 55 in S130. In the present embodiment, for example, the most frequently used color among the colors used in the image object 60 displayed in the target area image 51 is calculated as the margin color.

  The margin color may be calculated by another method. For example, the color registered in advance by the user may be set as the blank color. Also, for example, the next point color that is used most frequently after the most frequent color may be calculated as the margin color. The highest color and the second color may be obtained from the whole of the image object 60, or a range displayed in the target area image 51 at the above-described initial size and initial position of the image object 60, ie, actually You may obtain | require from the range printed on the label surface 8a.

  In S140, the size of the image object 60 is calculated. The size of the image object 60 calculated here is the size of the range displayed in the target area image 51 at the above-described initial size and initial position in the entire image object 60. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the display horizontal width Wh which is the length in the horizontal direction of the image object 60 is calculated as the size of the image object 60.

  The display vertical width Wv, which is the length in the vertical direction of the image object 60, may be calculated as the size of the image object 60. Alternatively, the size may be calculated in consideration of both the display horizontal width Wh and the display vertical width Wv, such as calculating the average value of the display horizontal width Wh and the display vertical width Wv.

  In S150, the blurring area 61 is calculated. The blurring area 61 is an area set on the periphery of the image object 60. More specifically, the blurring area 61 is set to the peripheral edge existing in the target area image 51 of the entire peripheral edge of the image object 60, that is, the peripheral edge forming the border with the margin region 55 in contact with the margin region 55. .

  The blurring area 61 is an area where the actual image is blurred and displayed by performing the blurring process on the actual image. In the present embodiment, the blurring area 61 is set to an area having a specific width from the outer peripheral end 60 a of the image object 60.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the periphery of the left and right two sides among the four sides in the image object 60, the range of the width from the outer peripheral end 60a to the peripheral lateral width Whe is set as the blurring region 61. Further, on the periphery of the upper and lower two sides among the four sides of the image object 60, the range of the width from the outer peripheral end 60a to the peripheral vertical width Wve is set as the blurring area 61.

  In the present embodiment, the peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve have the same length. Further, the peripheral width Whe and the peripheral vertical width Wve are calculated based on the size of the image object 60 calculated in S140, that is, the display width Wh. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the length of G1% of the size Wh of the image object 60 is calculated as the peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve. G1 may be any value, for example 4%.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, for the image object 60, an area within the range from the outer peripheral end 60a to Whe (= Wve) is calculated as the blurred area 61 over the entire range of the peripheral edge.
In S160, blurring processing is performed on the periphery of the image object 60. More specifically, the blurring process is performed on the blurring area 61 calculated in S150.

  The blurring process of the present embodiment is a process of superimposing the blank color on the image object 60 in the blurring area 61 so that the image object 60 is displayed transparently with a specific transmittance.

  The transmittance may be set using, for example, a well-known alpha value. In the present embodiment, the transmittance may be set to any of 0% to 100%. When the transmittance is 0%, the image object 60 is not transmitted at all and is not displayed. The larger the transmittance, the clearer the image object 60 will be displayed. When the transmittance reaches 100%, all the image objects 60 are transmitted, and the blank color is not displayed.

  The transmittance of the margin color with respect to the blurred area 61 may be determined as appropriate. In the present embodiment, the transmittance is gradually increased from the outer peripheral end 60 a toward the inside of the image object 60. For example, the transmittance of the area of the fixed width closest to the outer peripheral end 60a is 5%, and the transmittance is increased by 5% at fixed width intervals, for example. For example, the transmittance of the region farthest from the outer peripheral end 60 a in the blurred region 61 is 95%.

  The control unit 11 performs blurring processing on the blurring area 61 of the periphery of the image object 60 in S160, and then, in S170, the editing screen 50 including the image object 60 subjected to the blurring processing as illustrated on the right in FIG. Is displayed. In S170, a process is also performed to color the margin area 55 calculated with respect to the margin color calculated in S130.

  In S180, it is determined whether the completion button 57 displayed on the editing screen 50 is tapped. When the complete button 57 is tapped, the entire image including the image object 60 displayed in the target area image 51 is determined as an image to be printed on the label surface 8a. Then, the process proceeds to a process (not shown) for printing the determined image on the printing device 5.

  When the completion button 57 is not tapped in S180, the process proceeds to S190. In S190, it is determined whether or not a user operation other than tapping the complete button 57 has been performed on the editing screen 50. For user operations other than tapping the complete button 57, for example, an operation of tapping the layout change button 56, an operation of requesting a change of the margin color by tapping the margin area 55, and moving or enlarging the image object 60 Or there is an operation to reduce it.

When a user operation other than tapping the completion button 57 is performed, the process proceeds to S200. In S200, the content of the user operation is determined.
When the blank area 55 is tapped in S200, the process proceeds to S210. In S210, the user is made to select one of the plurality of colors by displaying a margin color selection palette (not shown). Then, the margin color is changed to the selected color.

  In S220, the blurring process is performed on the image object 60 displayed in the target area image 51 again based on the blank color changed in S210. That is, based on the blank color changed in S210, the same processing as S160 is performed. As a result, the blur area 61 is blurred with a color using the changed blank color.

In S230, the image object 60 subjected to the blurring process in S220 is displayed on the editing screen 50. After the process of S230, the process proceeds to S180.
When the layout change button 56 is tapped in S200, the process proceeds to S300. In S300, a change in layout is accepted. Specifically, the layout selection screen 30 illustrated on the left side of FIG. 3 is displayed, and the user is allowed to select any layout. Then, the selected layout is reset to the print layout, and the image object 60 is displayed in the initial size and the initial position in the object area 53 corresponding to the print layout.

  For example, when the semicircle layout indicating the upper half semicircle region is selected, the screen is switched to the editing screen 50 illustrated in FIG. 5B. In the editing screen 50 of FIG. 5B, as the layout is changed to the semicircular layout, the upper half area of the target area image 51 is set as the object area 53, and the lower half area is the label background The area 54 is set.

  Then, in the upper half object area 53, the image object 60 is displayed in an initial size and an initial position corresponding to the semicircular layout. As the initial size and initial position corresponding to the semicircular layout, for example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the entire image object 60 exists in the object area 53, and the lower side of the image object 60 is on the horizontal auxiliary line 51a. The center of the lower side of the image object 60 is positioned at the center of the target area image 51, and none of the four vertices of the image object 60 are inscribed in the outer periphery of the target area image 51.

  When the layout is changed in S300, the size of the image object 60 displayed at the initial size and the initial position in the changed layout is calculated in S260. Specifically, it is calculated as in S140.

In S270, based on the size calculated in S260, the blurring area 61 is calculated in the same manner as in S150.
In S280, the blurring process is performed on the blurring area 61 calculated in S270 as in S160. In the semicircular layout, when the image object 60 contacts the label background area 54, the blurring process is not performed on the area contacting the label background area 54 as shown in FIG. 5B. FIG. 5B shows an example in which the blurring process is performed on the three sides of the peripheral edge of the image object 60 not in contact with the label background area 54.

In S290, the image object 60 subjected to the blurring process in S280 is displayed on the editing screen 50. After the process of S290, the process proceeds to S180.
When the editing operation for moving, enlarging or reducing the image object 60 is started in S200, the process proceeds to S240.

  In the present embodiment, the user can move, enlarge, or reduce the image object 60 displayed on the editing screen 50. The user can move the image object 60 in the direction of the drag operation, for example, by dragging the image object 60. For example, when the image object 60 is dragged in the upper right direction by the user from the state shown on the right in FIG. 3, the image object 60 is moved in the upper right direction following the drag operation as shown in FIG. Ru.

  Also, the user can enlarge the image object 60 by, for example, pinching out the image object 60. Also, the user can reduce the image object 60 by, for example, pinching in the image object 60.

  When a part of the image object 60 protrudes from the inside of the target area image 51 by moving, enlarging, or reducing the part, the part is not printed on the label surface 8 a. Note that, in the editing screen 50, the protruding portion may not be displayed, or the protruding portion may be displayed. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the protruding portion is configured not to be displayed.

  At S240, the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced in accordance with the content of the editing operation by the user. While the editing operation is being performed by the user, that is, while the indicator is moving while touching the touch panel 14a, the blurring process is temporarily invalidated, and the blurring area 61 is displayed without being blurred.

  In S250, it is determined whether the movement, enlargement, or reduction operation has been completed, that is, whether the indicator has moved away from the touch panel 14a and the instruction operation has not been performed. When the indicator is not separated from the touch panel 14a, the process proceeds to S240, and subsequently, the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced according to the movement of the indicator. If the indicator is separated from the touch panel 14a, the process proceeds to S260.

  Note that after the movement, enlargement, or reduction operation is started, while the indicator is in contact with the touch panel 14a, the blurring process is continuously invalidated regardless of whether the indicator is moving or not. Good. Alternatively, the blurring process may be enabled while the indicator is stopped, and the blurring process may be invalidated again when the indicator moves.

  When the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced by the processing of S240 to S250, the processing of S260 transition is performed. That is, the blurring area 61 is recalculated based on the position, size, etc. of the image object 60 after being moved, enlarged or reduced, and the blurring process is performed on the recalculated blurring area 61.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, when a part of the image object 60 protrudes from within the target area image 51 due to movement, enlargement, etc., the target area image at the periphery of the image object 60 in the target area image 51 The range in contact with the outer periphery of 51 is not blurred. In the present embodiment, the blurring process is performed in a range adjacent to the blank area 55 in the periphery of the image object 60.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, after the editing screen 50 is displayed and the image object 60 is displayed at the initial size and the initial position, the layout is changed by the user, the blank color is changed, or the image object 60 is displayed. Is moved, enlarged or reduced, the blurring process is updated each time.

(1-5) Effects of the Embodiment According to the embodiment described above, the following effects (a) to (f) can be obtained.
(A) In the present embodiment, the blurring process is performed on the peripheral edge of the image object 60, whereby the boundary between the image object 60 and the area adjacent thereto becomes ambiguous. Therefore, it is possible to print the image object 60 with good appearance on the print medium.

  (B) The blurring process is performed not on the entire periphery of the image object 60 but on a range of the periphery that is in contact with the blank area 55 in the object region 53. Therefore, the blurring process can be performed efficiently.

  (C) The blurring process is performed using a blank color that is colored in the adjacent blank area 55. Therefore, the boundary between the image object 60 and the blank area 55 is appropriately obscured, and the visual effect by the blurring process can be enhanced.

  (D) The blurring process is performed by superimposing the blank color with a specific transmittance. Further, the blurring area 61 in which the blurring process is performed is determined according to the size of the image object 60. Therefore, the blurring process can be easily applied to an appropriate range corresponding to the size of the image object 60.

  (E) While the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced by the user, the blurring process is temporarily invalidated. Therefore, the user can move, enlarge or reduce while clearly grasping the outer edge of the image object 60.

  (F) Every time the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced by the user, the blurring process is performed again according to the size, position, etc. of the image object 60 after the movement, enlargement or reduction. Therefore, the image object 60 subjected to the appropriate blurring processing according to the size of the image object 60 can be printed on the print medium.

Here, the correspondence between the wording of the present embodiment and the wording of the claims will be described.
The disk medium 8 corresponds to a print medium. The label surface 8a corresponds to a print target area. In the editing screen 50, a drag operation for moving the image object 60, a pinch out operation for enlarging or reducing the image object 60, and a pinch in operation correspond to an editing operation, and in particular, the drag operation is a move operation. Is also equivalent. The label background area 54 corresponds to an empty area.

  Also, the process of S110 corresponds to the area selection process. The process of S120 corresponds to an object selection process. The processes of S130 and S170 correspond to the margin process, and the process of S170 also corresponds to the object arrangement process. The processes of S150 and S270 correspond to the width calculation process. The process of S160 corresponds to the blurring process. The process of S240 corresponds to the editing process, the moving process, and the blurring invalid process.

[2. Other embodiments]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can be variously deformed and implemented, without being limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.

(2-1) The blurring process may be performed using a processing method different from that of the above embodiment. For example, how to change the transmittance of the superimposed blank color may be determined as appropriate.
For example, the distance from the outer peripheral end 60a and the transmittance may have a linear relationship. Alternatively, the distance from the outer peripheral end 60a and the transmittance may have a non-linear relationship. Alternatively, the same transmittance may be applied over the entire range of the blurred area 61.

Further, the blurring process may be performed by a method different from the method of overlappingly coloring the blank color with a specific transmittance.
For example, as in the blurring area 71 shown in FIG. 6, the blank color may be mixed, and the ratio of mixing the blank color may be increased as it approaches the outer peripheral edge.

(2-2) The range of the blurring area 61, that is, the peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve may be calculated by any method.
For example, the peripheral width Whe and the peripheral vertical width Wve may be set to a width corresponding to the display vertical width Wv. Specifically, the width G2% of the display vertical width Wv may be set as the peripheral horizontal width Whe and the peripheral vertical width Wve.

For example, the peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve may be calculated according to the lateral width of the entire image object 60 or the longitudinal width of the entire image object 60.
For example, regardless of the position or size of the image object 60, at least one of the peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve may be fixed to a constant value.

  The peripheral lateral width Whe and the peripheral longitudinal width Wve may have the same value or different values. For example, the peripheral width Whe may be G3% of the display width Wh, and the peripheral vertical width Wve may be G4% of the display vertical width Wv.

Further, it is not essential to blur over the entire range of the peripheral edge in contact with the blank area 55, and there may be an area that is in contact with the blank area 55 or not partially blurred.
Conversely, the peripheral edge not in contact with the blank area 55 (for example, the peripheral edge in contact with the outer periphery of the target area image 51 may also be blurred.

  (2-3) The print medium in the present invention may be another print medium other than the disc medium 8. Further, the information processing apparatus in the present invention may be an information processing apparatus other than the portable information processing apparatus 10 shown in the above embodiment.

  (2-4) Implementing a plurality of functions of one component in the above embodiment by a plurality of components or realizing a function of one component by a plurality of components It is also good. Also, a plurality of functions possessed by a plurality of components may be realized by one component, or one function realized by a plurality of components may be realized by one component. In addition, part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be omitted. In addition, at least a part of the configuration of the above-described embodiment may be added to or replaced with the configuration of the other above-described embodiment. In addition, all the aspects contained in the technical thought specified from the words described in the claim are embodiments of the present invention.

5 printing device 8 disk medium 8a label surface 8b inner circle area 10 information processing device 11 control unit 12 storage unit 12b label creation application 12c printing application 13 Display portion 14 Input portion 14a Touch panel 15 First wireless communication portion 25 Display area 30 Layout selection screen 31 to 36 Layout image 40 Photo selection screen 41 to 48 Thumbnails 50: Editing screen, 51: Target area image, 53: Object area, 54: Label background area, 55: Margin area, 56: Layout change button, 57: Finish button, 60: Image object, 60a: Outer peripheral edge, 61, 71 ... blur area.

Claims (14)

A display unit,
An input unit,
A control unit,
An image processing program that can be executed by the control unit in an information processing apparatus comprising
In the control unit,
Area selection processing for selecting, via the input unit, an area where the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in a print target area provided on a print medium;
Object selection processing for selecting the image object via the input unit;
A target area image indicating the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and an object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. Object placement processing for placing the image object
Blur processing for blurring the periphery of the image object;
Image processing program to execute The image processing program according to claim 1, wherein
The blurring process is configured to blur a range in the periphery of the image object in contact with a blank area other than the image object in the object area.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
Furthermore, in the control unit,
Margin processing for arranging a specific margin color in a margin area other than the image object in the object area;
To run
The blurring process is configured to blur using the margin color. The image processing program according to claim 3, wherein
The blurring process superimposes the margin color on the image object so that the image object is transparently displayed at a specific transmittance. The image processing program according to claim 4, wherein
The blurring process is configured to increase the transmittance from the outer peripheral end of the image object toward the inside of the image object. An image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
The blurring process is configured to blur an area of a specific width from the outer edge of the image object.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 6, wherein
Furthermore, in the control unit,
Width calculation processing for calculating the specific width in accordance with the size of the image object in the object area;
To run
The blurring process is configured to blur an area of the specific width calculated by the width calculation process from an outer peripheral end of the image object.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 7, wherein
Furthermore, in the control unit,
According to an editing operation input via the input unit, an editing process is performed to move, enlarge or reduce the image object displayed on the display unit,
The width calculating process calculates the specific width in accordance with the size of the image object in the object area after the editing process each time the editing process is performed.
Image processing program. An image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein
Furthermore, in the control unit,
A moving process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit according to a moving operation input via the input unit;
While the image object is being moved by the movement process, the blurring of the image object by the blurring process is temporarily invalidated, and when the movement of the image object is stopped, the blurring by the blurring process is enabled again. , Blur disabled processing,
Image processing program to execute An image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein
The input unit includes a touch panel.
The image processing program further includes
In the control unit
A moving process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit according to a moving operation in which the touch panel is moved while being in contact with the touch panel;
After the start of the movement operation, the blurring of the image object by the blurring process is temporarily invalidated, and the blurring by the blurring process is validated again when the indicator is separated from the touch panel.
Image processing program to execute An image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein
The object area is a partial area in the target area image, and
The blurring process is configured so as not to blur a range in the periphery of the image object that is in contact with a vacant area other than the object area in the target area image.
Image processing program. An image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein
The print medium is a storage medium having a disk shape configured to be capable of storing data,
The print target area is provided on one of two sides of the storage medium.
Image processing program. A display unit,
An input unit,
A control unit,
An information processing apparatus provided with
The control unit
Area selection processing for selecting, via the input unit, an area where the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in a print target area provided on a print medium;
Object selection processing for selecting the image object via the input unit;
A target area image indicating the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and an object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. Object placement processing for placing the image object
Blur processing for blurring the periphery of the image object;
An information processing apparatus that executes An image processing method used in an information processing apparatus including a display unit, the image processing method comprising:
An area selecting step of selecting an area where the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in a print target area provided on a print medium;
An object selection step for selecting the image object;
A target area image indicating the print target area in the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and an object area corresponding to the area selected in the area selection step in the target area image is selected in the object selection step An object arranging step of arranging the image object which has been
Blurring the edges of the image object;
An image processing method having: