JP5549504B2 - Image processing program and image processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing program and an image processing apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 describes a printing apparatus that prints an image based on representative image data among image data stored in a medium on a label surface of the medium.

JP 2006-224665 A

  However, since the above conventional technique merely prints a representative image on the label surface, there is a possibility that the printing result may be boring for the user. Further, there is a possibility that the user cannot necessarily accurately grasp the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, is preferable for the user, and is an output image corresponding to an output image that allows the user to grasp a plurality of pieces of image data stored in a recording medium. An object is to provide an image processing program and an image processing apparatus capable of generating data.

In order to achieve this object, an image processing program according to the present invention selects a human image from a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium and selects image data corresponding to a human image including a person as a subject. Means, a background image selecting means for selecting image data corresponding to a background image to be arranged in an output image among a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, and the person included as a subject in the person image; Generation of output image data corresponding to an output image in which the background image is arranged based on the image data selected by the person image selection means and the image data selected by the background image selection means It means, in the human image corresponding to the image data, to function as a recognized person recognizing means a person included as a subject . When the plurality of image data is classified into two or more groups and stored in the recording medium, the person image selection unit selects image data corresponding to the person image for each group, The background image selection means selects image data corresponding to the background image for each group, and the generation means selects the person included in the person image as a subject and the background image from the group. The output image data is generated so that a composite image synthesized every time is included in the output image for each of the two or more groups, and is classified into each of two or more different groups. About the above image data, when the same person is recognized by the person recognition means, it is created for each of the two or more different groups. In association with the above combined image, the as same person is placed, and generates the output image data.

  The image processing program causes the computer to function as location information acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location where the image was taken for the image data stored in the recording medium, and the generation means includes the location The output image data may be generated so that the location information acquired by the information acquisition means is included in the output image.

  The present invention is an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a recording medium for recording an image processing program, an image processing system including an image processing apparatus and an output device for outputting image data generated by the image processing apparatus, etc. It can be configured in various ways.

According to the image processing program of the first aspect, image data corresponding to a person image and image data corresponding to a background image are selected from among a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium. Then, output image data corresponding to an output image in which a person included in the person image as a subject and a background image are arranged is generated. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to generate output image data corresponding to an output image that is preferable for the user and that allows the user to grasp a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium.
In addition, when a plurality of image data is classified into two or more groups and stored in a recording medium, a composite image in which a person and a background image included as a subject in a person image are combined for each group is 2 For each of the above groups, output image data can be generated so as to be included in the output image.
Further, when the same person is recognized for two or more image data classified into two or more different groups, the two or more composite images created for each of the two or more different groups are associated with each other, The output image data can be generated so that the same person is arranged in the output image.

  According to the image processing program of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the location information indicating the location where the image data was taken is included in the output image. There is an effect that it is possible to generate output image data corresponding to an output image that allows the image data to be grasped more accurately.

  According to the image processing program of claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 2, the output image data corresponding to the output image in which the place name information and a plurality of different facility name information are arranged in an easy-to-view manner can be generated. There is.

  According to the image processing program of claim 4, in addition to the effect of claim 2 or 3, the number of image data is counted for each place where the image data was taken, and based on the counted number, Since the image data corresponding to the background image is selected, there is an effect that the output image data can be generated so that an appropriate background image is included in the output image.

  According to the image processing program of claim 5, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 4, shooting period information representing a shooting period including a time point when two or more pieces of image data are shot is included in the output image. The output image data can be generated so as to be included.

  According to the image processing program of claim 6, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 5, image data corresponding to a person image is selected from image data photographed with a person as a focus, Since the image data corresponding to the background image is selected from the image data determined not to be the image data photographed with the person as the focus, it is assumed that an appropriate image is included in the output image for both the person image and the background image. In addition, there is an effect that output image data can be generated.

According to the image processing apparatus of the seventh aspect, the same effect as the computer that executes the image processing program according to the first aspect is obtained.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a PC on which a printer driver according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted and a printer connected to the PC. (A) is a figure which shows typically the structure of the information stored in a person table, (b) is a figure which shows typically the structure of the information stored in a background table. It is a figure which shows an example of the label image printed on a label surface. It is a flowchart which shows a part of label production process performed by CPU of PC. It is a flowchart which shows a part of label production process performed by CPU of PC. It is a flowchart which shows the person background composition process performed by CPU of PC.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of a personal computer 10 (hereinafter referred to as a PC 10) equipped with a printer driver 14a, which is an embodiment of an image processing program of the present invention, and a printer 20 connected to the PC 10. FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the PC 10 and the printer 20 are connected via a LAN line 4. The LAN line 4 is connected to the Internet 8 via a router (not shown).

  The printer 20 is configured such that a disk-shaped recording medium such as a CD or a DVD can be placed on a tray (not shown), and can print an image on the label surface of the recording medium. The printer driver 14 a generates output image data corresponding to the label image to be printed on the label surface, and supplies it to the printer 20. In particular, the printer driver 14a of the present embodiment generates output image data using a plurality of image data stored on a recording medium, and allows the user to grasp the plurality of image data stored on the recording medium. The printer 20 prints a label image that can be printed.

  The PC 10 mainly includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a hard disk drive 14 (hereinafter referred to as HDD 14), an optical disk drive 15, a LAN interface 16 (hereinafter referred to as LAN I / F 16), an input device 17, and a display device 18. Are connected to each other via a bus line 19.

  The CPU 11 controls each unit connected via the bus line 19 according to fixed values and programs stored in the ROM 12 and the HDD 14. The ROM 12 is a memory storing a program for controlling the operation of the PC 10, and the RAM 13 is a readable / writable memory for temporarily storing data necessary for the processing of the CPU 11, and a person table 13a. And a background table 13b. The person table 13a will be described later with reference to FIG. The background table 13b will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The HDD 14 stores a printer driver 14a. The printer driver 14 a is a program for controlling the printer 20. The CPU 11 executes a label creation process (FIGS. 4 and 5) described later by executing the printer driver 14a. The optical disk drive 15 reads information stored in an optical disk such as a CD or a DVD that is an example of a recording medium.

  The LAN I / F 16 connects the PC 10 to the LAN line 4. The input device 17 is for inputting instructions and information to the PC 10. The display device 18 displays various data.

  The printer 20 mainly includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a LAN interface 24 (hereinafter, LAN I / F 24), an operation key 25, an LCD 26, and a printing unit 27, which are connected to each other via a bus line 28. .

  The CPU 21 executes various processes according to programs stored in the ROM 22. The ROM 22 is a memory that stores a program for controlling the operation of the printer 20. The RAM 23 is a memory for temporarily storing data necessary for processing by the CPU 21.

  The operation keys 25 are for inputting instructions and information to the printer 20. The LCD 26 is a display device that can display various information. The printer 20 drives the printing unit 27 based on output image data input via the LAN I / F 24 and prints an image based on the output image data. Note that the printer 20 is an ink jet printer that ejects ink to form an image.

  The PC 10 generates output image data corresponding to the label image and supplies it to the printer 20 in order to print the label image on the label surface of the recording medium. At that time, the PC 10 reads the image data from the recording medium loaded in the optical disc drive 15, and stores information necessary for creating the label image in the person table 13a or the background table 13b. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the optical disk drive 15 of the PC 10 is mounted with a recording medium that stores image data in an Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format) format captured by a digital camera.

  FIG. 2A is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of person information stored in the person table 13a. The person information is a group of information including folder name information 30, shooting date information 32, file name information 34, and person presence / absence information 36. The folder name information 30 is information indicating a folder name for storing image data. In the present embodiment, two folders (folder names: AAA, BBB) are set in the recording medium loaded in the optical disc drive 15, and image data is classified and stored by these folders. Shall.

  The shooting date information 32 is information indicating the shooting date of the image data. The shooting date can be acquired from the header of each image data. The file name information 34 is information indicating the file name attached to the image data. The person presence / absence information 36 is information indicating a person photographed as a subject in the image data and a person not photographed. For example, when there are four persons A, B, C, and D from the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, the person presence / absence information 36 includes the four persons. This is information indicating whether or not a person is photographed for each image data. In FIG. 2A, a circle is indicated in the person presence / absence information 36 of the person photographed in the image data.

  The PC 10 creates person information for each piece of image data photographed with a person as a focus among the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, and stores the person information in the person table 13a. The person information stored in the person table 13a is used to select image data to be used for creating a label image. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2B is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the background information stored in the background table 13b. The background information is a set of information including folder name information 40, shooting date information 42, shooting location information 44, file name information 46, and number information 48. The folder name information 40 is information indicating the folder name of the folder in which the image data is stored. The shooting date information 42 is information indicating the shooting date of the image data. The shooting location information 44 is information indicating the shooting location of the image data. The PC 10 acquires position information indicating the longitude and latitude of the point where the image data was taken from the header of the image data. Then, the shooting location specified by the position information is acquired using a map application installed in the PC 10 or a search service accessible via the Internet 8 and stored as shooting location information 44 in the background table 13b. To do. In the present embodiment, the information stored as the shooting location information 44 includes an address and a facility name. However, if the facility name cannot be acquired, only the address may be stored.

  The file name information 46 is information indicating a file name of image data shot at the shooting location indicated by the shooting location information 44. When there are a plurality of image data shot at the same shooting location, the file names of the plurality of image data are stored as file name information 46. The number information 48 is information indicating the number of image data shot at the same shooting location. Here, “the same shooting location” means a shooting location specified by the same facility name when the facility name is included in the shooting location indicated by the shooting location information 44. Further, when the facility name is not included in the shooting location indicated by the shooting location information 44, it means the shooting location specified by the same address. In other words, the “same shooting location” here does not require until the position information indicating the longitude and latitude completely match.

  The PC 10 creates background information for each piece of image data captured without focusing on a person among a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, and stores the background information in the background table 13b. Then, using the background information stored in the background table 13b, image data to be used for creating a label image is selected. Details will be described later with reference to FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the label image printed on the label surface of the recording medium as a result of the label creation processing executed by the PC 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label image printed on the label surface.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the label image 50 includes a plurality of composite images 52 created for each folder. Each synthesized image 52 is obtained by synthesizing a person 54 photographed in image data and a background image 56 for each folder. When two or more folders are set on the recording medium and a plurality of image data are classified into two or more groups according to the folders, the image data stored in different folders are taken at different occasions. There is a high possibility. Therefore, by creating the composite image 52 for each folder (for each group), the contents of the image data stored in the recording medium can be easily shown to the user.

  Further, the combination of the person 54 and the background image 56 allows the user to clearly remember the contents of the event and grasp the contents of the image data stored in the recording medium. Further, since the person 54 is included in the label image 50, it is nostalgic for the user and is preferable for the user as compared with the case where only the background image 56 is arranged.

  Further, each composite image 52 includes shooting period information 58, area information 60, and facility name information 62. The shooting period information 58 is a period including shooting dates of a plurality of image data stored in each folder. For example, when image data taken on January 1, 2010 and image data taken on January 2, 2010 are stored in one folder, the combined image 52 corresponding to the folder is stored in the combined image 52. Is indicated as “2010/1 / 1−2010 / 1/2” as the shooting period information 58. The area information 60 is a character string indicating the prefecture name extracted from the address of the shooting location. The facility name information 62 is a character string indicating the facility name of the shooting location, and is a character string other than the address included in the shooting location information 44.

  Here, when the plurality of shooting location information 44 acquired from one folder includes the same region information 60 and includes a plurality of different facility name information 62, the same region information 60 (for example, , Kyoto) is arranged in the composite image 52, and a plurality of different facility name information 62 (for example, XX temple, XX Jingu ...) is arranged in the composite image 52. In this way, the place name information 60 and the facility name information 62 can be arranged in an easy-to-see manner.

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, when several area | region information 60 (for example, Kyoto and Nara) is included in the some imaging | photography place information 44 acquired from one folder, several area | region information 60 is combined into one synthetic image. The facility name information 62 arranged in the area 52 and included in the plurality of shooting location information 44 is divided for each area information 60 and arranged in the composite image 52.

  The shooting period information 58, the area information 60, and the facility name information 62 included in the label image 50 are useful for allowing the user to grasp the image data stored in the recording medium.

  Here, when image data including a certain person as a subject exists in a plurality of folders, such as the person A and the person B shown in FIG. 3, the image of the person is the composite image 52 corresponding to the plurality of folders. Located at boundary 64. That is, when the same person is recognized in two or more image data classified into two or more different folders, the same person is arranged in association with two or more composite images 52 in the label image 50. To do. Therefore, when a user creates a folder for each event and classifies and manages image data related to each event according to the folder, the user can identify the persons who participated in multiple events at a glance. A label image 50 that can be grasped can be created.

  When no folder is set on the recording medium or when only one folder is set, the label image 50 includes only one composite image 52.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing label creation processing executed by the CPU 11 of the PC 10. This process is a process for causing the printer 20 to print the label image 50, and is executed according to the printer driver 14a. In the PC 10, when the user mounts a recording medium on the optical disc drive 15 and instructs execution of label printing, this processing is started.

  First, in step S401 (hereinafter step is omitted), the CPU 11 clears the person table 13a and the background table 13b (S401). Next, the CPU 11 selects one folder among the folders set in the recording medium loaded in the optical disc drive 15 (S402). Next, the CPU 11 acquires one piece of image data from the selected folder (S403). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the acquired image data is photograph data (S404). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the acquired image data is Exif format image data. If the image data acquired from the folder is not photo data (S404: No), the CPU 11 proceeds to the process of S411.

  On the other hand, when the acquired image data is photograph data (S404: Yes), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the image data is image data photographed with a person as a focus (S405). When it is determined that the acquired image data is image data photographed with a person as a focus (S405: Yes), the CPU 11 recognizes a person included as a subject in the person image corresponding to the image data ( S406). In the present embodiment, it is determined that the image data in which the face has been recognized is image data that has been captured with the person in focus using a known face recognition technique (S405: Yes), and the recognition is performed. A person is recognized based on the face (S406). Further, among persons included as subjects, a person whose area occupied by the image is equal to or larger than a predetermined area is recognized, and a person whose area occupied by the image is less than the predetermined area is not recognized.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the item of the person recognized in S406 is included in the person presence / absence information 36 of the person table 13a (S407). When it is determined that the recognized person item is not included in the person presence / absence information 36 of the person table 13a (S407: No), that is, the person recognized in S406 sequentially outputs the image data stored in the recording medium. When it is determined that the person is recognized for the first time in processing, the CPU 11 adds an item of the person as the person presence / absence information 36 in the person table 13a (S408). On the other hand, when the item of the person recognized in S406 is already included in the person presence / absence information 36 (S407: Yes), the CPU 11 skips the process of S408.

  Next, the CPU 11 creates person information of the image data (S409). Specifically, folder name information 30 indicating the folder name of the folder selected in S402, shooting date information 32 indicating the shooting date of the image data acquired in S403, and file name information 34 indicating the file name are created. The person presence / absence information 36 indicating the presence / absence of each person is created based on the person recognized in S406. Next, the CPU 11 stores the created person information in the person table 13a (S410).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether another image data exists in the same folder (S411). If the determination in S411 is affirmative (S411: Yes), the CPU 11 repeats the processing from S403.

  If it is determined that the acquired image data is not image data shot with a person as the focus (S405: No), the CPU 11 acquires a shooting location using position information acquired from the image data ( S412). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the acquired shooting location is already stored in the background table 13b (S414). When the determination in S414 is negative (S414: No), the CPU 11 creates shooting location information 44 indicating the acquired shooting location, folder name information 40, shooting date information 42, file name information 46, and number information 48. And stored in the background table 13b (S416). Note that the value of the number information 48 stored here is “1”. Next, the CPU 11 proceeds to the process of S411.

  On the other hand, when the acquired shooting location is already stored in the background table 13b (S414: Yes), the CPU 11 captures shooting location information 44 indicating the acquired shooting location in the number information 48 stored in the background table 13b. “1” is added to the value of the number information 48 corresponding to “”, and the file name of the image data is added to the file name information 46 (S418). That is, the number of image data is counted for each place where the image is taken. And CPU11 transfers to the process of S411.

  When all the image data in the selected folder has been processed while the processing is repeated in this way (S411: No), the CPU 11 next determines whether or not an unprocessed folder exists in the recording medium. (S420). If the determination in S420 is affirmative (S420: Yes), the CPU 11 returns to S402, selects an unprocessed folder, and repeats the process.

  When the processing is completed for all folders in the recording medium while the processing is repeated in this way (S420: No), the CPU 11 proceeds to the processing of S422 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the continuation of the label creation process. Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not person information or background information exists (S422). When the person information does not exist in the person table 13a and the background information does not exist in the background table 13b (S422: No), the CPU 11 activates a label creation application (not shown) installed in the PC 10 (S424). ), The process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when at least one of the person information and the background information exists (S422: Yes), the CPU 11 provides a label area provided in the RAM 13 for storing the pixel value of each pixel constituting the label image 50. Are divided according to the number of folders, and one folder is assigned to each divided area (S426). However, when the number of folders set in the recording medium is 1 or less, the CPU 11 does not divide the label area. Further, when a folder that does not store image data determined to be photo data is set in the recording medium, the folder is not counted as the number of folders set in the recording medium. That is, in S426, the label area is divided according to the number of folders storing image data determined to be photo data.

  Next, the CPU 11 executes a person background composition process for arranging the person 54 and the background image 56 in the label area (S428). The person background composition process will be described later with reference to FIG. Next, the CPU 11 acquires area information 60 and facility name information 62 indicating the shooting location from the shooting location information 44 stored in the background table 13b (S429), and arranges them in the label area assigned for each folder. . That is, the pixel values of the pixels constituting the area information 60 and the facility name information 62 are written in the label area (S430). Although not shown in the flowchart, when the background information is not stored in the background table 13b, the CPU 11 skips the processes of S429 and S430.

  Further, the CPU 11 acquires the shooting period information 58 for each folder by using the shooting date information 32 and 42 stored in the person table 13a and the background table 13b (S432). Then, the CPU 11 arranges the acquired shooting period information 58 in the label area assigned for each folder. That is, the pixel values of the pixels constituting the shooting period information 58 are written in the label area (S434).

  Next, the CPU 11 generates output image data corresponding to the image arranged in the label area, that is, the label image 50 (S436). Specifically, the image data generated in the label area is subjected to known color conversion processing and halftone processing to be converted into output image data. Then, the generated output image data is supplied to the printer 20 (S438), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, the printer 20 stands by until a recording medium is placed at a predetermined position on a tray (not shown). When the user moves the recording medium from the optical disk drive 15 to the tray of the printer 20, the printer 20 prints the label image 50 on the label surface of the recording medium using the output image data received from the PC 10.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the human background composition process (S428) executed by the CPU 11 of the PC 10. First, the CPU 11 determines whether background information is stored in the background table 13b (S602). When background information is stored (S602: Yes), the CPU 11 selects image data corresponding to the background image 56 to be arranged in the label image 50 (S604). Here, the CPU 11 selects one of the image data whose file names are stored in the background table 13b. In other words, the image data captured without focusing on the person is selected. Therefore, it is possible to select appropriate image data for drawing the background image 56.

  When background information is stored for two or more folders, the CPU 11 selects image data corresponding to the background image 56 for each folder. Specifically, the shooting location where the value of the number information 48 is the largest is specified for each folder, and one of the image data shot at the shooting location is selected. A place where a lot of image data has been taken is likely to have been impressive for a person who visited the place. Therefore, by selecting the image data based on the number information 48, the background image 56 photographed in an impressive place can be arranged on the label image 50.

  Next, the CPU 11 arranges the background image 56 in the label area (S606). Specifically, the selected image data is enlarged or reduced to an appropriate size according to the size of the label image 50, and the value of each pixel constituting the background image 56 is written in the label area assigned for each folder. If background information is not stored in the background table 13b (S602: No), the CPU 11 skips the processes of S604 and S606.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not person information is stored in the person table 13a (S608). When the personal information is not stored (S608: No), the CPU 11 ends the process. On the other hand, when the person information is stored (S608: Yes), the CPU 11 selects one of the image data corresponding to the person image including the person as a subject (S610).

  The conditions for selecting image data in the processing of S610 will be described. First, any of the image data whose file names are stored in the person table 13a is selected. That is, one of image data photographed with a person as a focus is selected.

  Second, the image data with the largest number of persons included as subjects is selected for each folder based on the person presence / absence information 36 in the person table 13a. For example, in the example of the person table 13a shown in FIG. 2A, for the folder AAA, one of the image data “a1.jpg” or “a9.jpg” including three persons as subjects is selected. Selected. For the folder BBB, the image data “a17.jpg” including three persons as subjects is selected.

  Third, image data in which the area occupied by the person included as the subject in the image is greater than or equal to a predetermined area is selected. Therefore, even if the image data includes the largest number of persons included as subjects, if the area of the person is less than the predetermined area, another image data is selected.

  When image data is selected based on these conditions, the CPU 11 then extracts pixel data constituting the person 54 from the selected image data (S612), and the label assigned to each folder. A person 54 is placed near the center of the area (S614).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not all the persons 54 are arranged in the same number (S616). That is, the same number of images is detected for the person detected in any of the image data stored in the recording medium (in the example shown in FIG. 2A, person A, person B, person C, person D). It is determined whether or not it has been placed.

  When it is determined that the number of arrangement of each person is different (S616: No), the CPU 11 selects image data in which a person determined to have a small number of arrangement is photographed (S618), and from the selected image data. Then, the pixel data constituting the corresponding person is extracted (S620) and placed in the label area assigned to each folder (S622). In this way, it is possible to prevent the number of persons 54 from becoming unequal. In addition, when the number of arrangement | positioning of each person is the same number (S616: Yes), CPU11 skips the process of S618-S622 and transfers to the process of S624.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the same person is photographed in two or more image data classified into different folders (S624). That is, it is determined whether image data obtained by photographing a certain person is stored in two or more folders. When the determination in S624 is affirmative (S624: Yes), the CPU 11 selects image data in which the person is photographed (S626), and extracts pixel data constituting the person from the selected image data. (S628). Then, the extracted data is written in the label area so that the person 54 is placed at the boundary 64 of the composite image 52 (S630), and the process is terminated. On the other hand, when determination of S624 is denied (S624: No), CPU11 skips the process of S626-S630, and complete | finishes a process.

  According to the PC 10, it is possible for the printer 20 to print the label image 50 that is preferable for the user and that allows the user to grasp a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium.

  In the above embodiment, the PC 10 corresponds to an example of a computer and an image processing apparatus, and the printer driver 14a corresponds to an example of an image processing program. The label image 50 corresponds to an example of an output image. The shooting date information 32 and 42 corresponds to an example of shooting time point information. The place name information 60 and the facility name information 62 correspond to an example of place information.

  In the above embodiment, the CPU 11 that executes S405 corresponds to an example of an image type determination unit. The CPU 11 that executes S406 corresponds to an example of a person recognition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S418 corresponds to an example of a counting unit. The CPU 11 that executes S429 corresponds to an example of a location information acquisition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S432 corresponds to an example of an imaging time point acquisition unit and an imaging period acquisition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S436 corresponds to an example of a generation unit. The CPU 11 that executes S604 corresponds to an example of a background image selection unit. The CPU 11 that executes S610, S618, and S626 corresponds to an example of a person image selection unit.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Can be inferred.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the PC 10 is an example of a computer or an image processing apparatus, and the printer driver 14a is an example of an image processing program. The present invention may be applied with the printer 20 as an example of an image processing apparatus and a program installed in the printer 20 as an example of an image processing program.

  The image processing program may be a program other than the printer driver 14a. For example, the image processing program may be a program that generates output image data and outputs the generated output image data to the printer driver 14a. In the above embodiment, the image data that has been subjected to color conversion processing and halftone processing is referred to as output image data. However, the output image data generated by the image processing program or the image processing apparatus of the present invention may be data before color conversion processing and halftone processing.

  In the above embodiment, the printer 20 prints the label image on the label surface of the recording medium. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case where the output image is printed on paper or a label sticker. In the above embodiment, the printer 20 is an ink jet printer. However, the present invention can also be applied to a case where another type of printer such as a laser printer is employed.

  In the label image 50 of the above embodiment, the place name information 60 and the facility name information 62 indicating the shooting location are arranged as character strings. However, for example, a map image showing the shooting location may be arranged as the location information. good.

  Further, in the processing of S604 in the above embodiment, the image data shot at the shooting location where the value of the number information 48 is the largest is selected as the image data corresponding to the background image 56. However, for example, it may be configured to select one of the image data in which the value of the number information 48 is a predetermined value or more. Further, it may be configured to select image data shot at a shooting location where the value of the number information 48 is the second largest. Or you may comprise so that the image data image | photographed in the imaging location where the value of the number information 48 is the smallest may be selected.

  In the above embodiment, the shooting location is acquired from the position information. However, if the shooting location of the image data can be specified from the similarity of the shape and color of the building that is shot in the image data and the registered building, the shooting location can be determined without using position information. You may get it.

In the above-described embodiment, image data captured without focusing on a person is selected as image data corresponding to the background image 56. However, for example, image data corresponding to the background image 56 may be selected from image data in which the area indicating the skin color of a person is a predetermined area or less.
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In order to achieve this object, an image processing program described in the technical idea 1 causes a computer to select image data corresponding to a person image including a person as a subject from among a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium. A person image selecting means; a background image selecting means for selecting image data corresponding to a background image to be arranged in an output image from a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium; and the person image is included as a subject. Based on the image data selected by the person image selection means and the image data selected by the background image selection means, output image data corresponding to an output image in which the person and the background image are arranged It functions as a generating means for generating.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 2 is the image processing program described in the technical idea 1, in which the location information acquisition unit acquires location information indicating the location where the image was taken for the image data stored in the recording medium. As described above, the computer is caused to function, and the generation unit generates the output image data so that the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit is included in the output image.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 3 is the image processing program described in the technical idea 2, wherein the location information includes place name information and facility name information, and the generation means includes a plurality of the location information. When the same place name information is included and a plurality of different facility name information are included, an output image in which one of the same place name information is arranged and the plurality of different facility name information is arranged The output image data corresponding to is generated.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 4 is the image processing program described in the technical idea 2 or 3, wherein the image is recorded for each place where photographing is performed based on the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit. Counting means for counting the number of data is executed by the computer, and the background image selecting means selects image data corresponding to the background image based on the number counted by the counting means.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 5 is the image processing program described in any of the technical ideas 1 to 4, in which two or more image data among the image data stored in the recording medium are photographed. A shooting time point that includes shooting time point information that represents a broken time point, and a shooting period that includes a time point when the two or more pieces of image data are shot based on the shooting time point information acquired by the shooting time point acquisition unit. As the shooting period acquisition means for acquiring the shooting period information representing the above, the computer functions, and the generation means includes the output period so that the shooting period information acquired by the shooting period acquisition means is included in the output image. Output image data is generated.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 6 is the image processing program described in any of the technical ideas 1 to 5, and each of the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium is photographed with a person as a focus. The computer functions as an image type determination unit that determines whether the image data is image data, and the person image selection unit is determined by the image type determination unit to be image data photographed with a person as a focus. The background image selection means selects one of the image data determined not to be image data photographed with a person as a focus by the image type determination means. Is to choose.
The image processing program according to the technical idea 7 is the image processing program according to any one of the technical ideas 1 to 6, wherein the plurality of image data are classified into two or more groups and stored in the recording medium. The person image selecting unit selects image data corresponding to the person image for each group, and the background image selecting unit selects image data corresponding to the background image for each group. The generation means includes a composite image obtained by combining the person image included in the person image as a subject and the background image for each of the groups in the output image for each of the two or more groups. As described above, the output image data is generated.
The image processing program described in the technical idea 8 is the image processing program described in the technical idea 7, which causes the computer to execute person recognition means for recognizing a person included as a subject in a person image corresponding to the image data. The generating means creates two or more groups different from each other when the same person is recognized by the person recognition means for two or more image data classified into two or more different groups. The output image data is generated so that the same person is arranged in association with two or more synthesized images.
The image processing apparatus described in the technical idea 9 includes a person image selection unit that selects image data corresponding to a person image including a person as a subject among a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, and the image processing apparatus stores the image data in the recording medium. Out of the plurality of image data, background image selection means for selecting image data corresponding to the background image to be arranged in the output image, the person included as a subject in the person image, and the background image are arranged. Generating means for generating output image data corresponding to the output image based on the image data selected by the person image selecting means and the image data selected by the background image selecting means.
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According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 1, image data corresponding to a person image and image data corresponding to a background image are selected from among a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium. Then, output image data corresponding to an output image in which a person included in the person image as a subject and a background image are arranged is generated. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to generate output image data corresponding to an output image that is preferable for the user and that allows the user to grasp a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 2, in addition to the effect produced by the technical idea 1, the location information indicating the location where the image data was taken is included in the output image, and therefore stored in the recording medium. There is an effect that output image data corresponding to an output image capable of more accurately grasping a plurality of image data can be generated.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 3, in addition to the effect produced by the technical idea 2, it is possible to generate output image data corresponding to an output image in which place name information and a plurality of different facility name information are arranged in an easy-to-see manner. There is an effect.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 4, in addition to the effect produced by the technical idea 2 or 3, the number of image data is counted for each place where the image data is taken, and based on the counted number. Since the image data corresponding to the background image is selected, the output image data can be generated so that an appropriate background image is included in the output image.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 5, in addition to the effect of any one of the technical ideas 1 to 4, shooting period information representing a shooting period including a time point when two or more pieces of image data are shot is output. The output image data can be generated so as to be included in the image.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 6, in addition to the effect of any of the technical ideas 1 to 5, image data corresponding to the person image is selected from the image data photographed with the person as a focus. Since the image data corresponding to the background image is selected from the image data that is determined not to be image data photographed with a person as the focus, an appropriate image for both the person image and the background image is included in the output image. As described above, the output image data can be generated.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 7, in addition to the effect of any one of the technical ideas 1 to 6, when a plurality of image data are classified into two or more groups and stored in the recording medium The effect is that output image data can be generated so that a composite image obtained by combining a person image and a background image included in a person image for each group is included in the output image for each of two or more groups. is there.
According to the image processing program described in the technical idea 8, in addition to the effect produced by the technical idea 7, when two or more image data classified into two or more different groups are recognized, There is an effect that output image data can be generated so that the same person is arranged in the output image in association with two or more composite images created for each of two or more different groups.
According to the image processing apparatus described in the technical idea 9, the same effect as the computer that executes the image processing program described in the technical idea 1 can be obtained.

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An image processing program,
Computer
A person image selecting means for selecting image data corresponding to a person image including a person as a subject among a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium;
A background image selection means for selecting image data corresponding to a background image to be arranged in the output image from the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium;
Output image data corresponding to an output image in which the person included as the subject in the person image and the background image are arranged is selected by the image data selected by the person image selection means and the background image selection means. Generating means for generating the generated image data based on the image data ;
In human image it is corresponding to the image data, to function as a recognized person recognizing means a person included as a subject,
When the plurality of image data is classified into two or more groups and stored in the recording medium, the person image selection unit selects image data corresponding to the person image for each group, The background image selection means is for selecting image data corresponding to the background image for each group,
The generating means includes the output image so that a composite image obtained by combining the person image and the background image included in the person image for each group is included in the output image for each of the two or more groups. When the same person is recognized by the person recognizing unit for generating two or more image data classified into two or more different groups, the two or more different groups are generated. An image processing program for generating the output image data so that the same person is arranged in association with two or more composite images created for each of the above . For the image data stored in the recording medium, the computer is caused to function as location information acquisition means for acquiring location information representing a location where the image was taken,
The image processing program according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates the output image data so that the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit is included in the output image. The location information includes location name information and facility name information,
The generating means includes
When the same place name information is included in a plurality of the place information and a plurality of different facility name information are included, one piece of the same place name information is arranged, and the plurality of different place name information is The image processing program according to claim 2, which generates output image data corresponding to the arranged output image. Based on the location information acquired by the location information acquisition means, causing the computer to execute counting means for counting the number of the image data for each location where photographing has been performed,
The background image selection means includes
The image processing program according to claim 2 or 3, wherein image data corresponding to the background image is selected based on the number counted by the counting means. Shooting time acquisition means for acquiring shooting time information indicating the time when shooting was performed for two or more image data among the image data stored in the recording medium;
The computer is used as a shooting period acquisition unit that acquires shooting period information representing a shooting period including a time point at which the two or more pieces of image data are shot based on the shooting point information acquired by the shooting point acquisition unit. Make it work
The said production | generation means produces | generates the said output image data so that the said imaging | photography period information acquired by the said imaging | photography period acquisition means is included in the said output image. Image processing program. For each of a plurality of image data stored in the recording medium, the computer functions as image type determination means for determining whether or not the image data is taken with a person as a focus.
The person image selecting means selects one of the image data determined by the image type determining means to be image data photographed with a person as a focus,
6. The background image selecting unit is for selecting any one of image data determined by the image type determining unit as not being image data photographed with a person as a focus. The image processing program described in 1. An image processing apparatus,
A person image selecting means for selecting image data corresponding to a person image including a person as a subject among a plurality of image data stored in a recording medium;
A background image selection means for selecting image data corresponding to a background image to be arranged in the output image from the plurality of image data stored in the recording medium;
Output image data corresponding to an output image in which the person included as the subject in the person image and the background image are arranged is selected by the image data selected by the person image selection means and the background image selection means. Generating means for generating the generated image data based on the image data ;
Human recognition means for recognizing a person included as a subject in a person image corresponding to the image data,
When the plurality of image data is classified into two or more groups and stored in the recording medium, the person image selection unit selects image data corresponding to the person image for each group, The background image selection means is for selecting image data corresponding to the background image for each group,
The generating means includes the output image so that a composite image obtained by combining the person image and the background image included in the person image for each group is included in the output image for each of the two or more groups. When the same person is recognized by the person recognizing unit for generating two or more image data classified into two or more different groups, the two or more different groups are generated. An image processing apparatus for generating the output image data so that the same person is arranged in association with two or more composite images created for each of the above .

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