JP7073700B2 - Image processing program, information processing device and image processing method - Google Patents

Description

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

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

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-76674

For the user, it is desired that the generated image can be printed on the label surface in a good-looking manner. In particular, when the area where the image is printed and the margin area where the image is not printed are mixed on the label surface, the difference in contrast and color at the boundary between the two becomes large depending on the difference between the color of the image and the color of the margin area. The appearance of the label may be spoiled.

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

The image processing program of the present invention is a program that can be executed by the 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 an area selection process, an object selection process, an object arrangement process, and a blurring process.

The area selection process is a process of selecting an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium, via the input unit. The object selection process is a process of selecting the image object via the input unit. In the object arrangement process, a target area image showing the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is 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 in this way, the periphery 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 an image on a 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 a label creation process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the layout selection screen, the photograph selection (album) screen and the editing (label editing) screen. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the specific content of a blurring process. FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram showing that the object image can be moved on the editing screen, and FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the editing screen when the layout different from that on the right side of FIG. 3 is changed. be. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of blurring processing.

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 device 10 and a printing device 5. The label printing system of the present embodiment is configured to be able to print an image on the label surface 8a of the disc media 8.

More specifically, in the label printing system of the present embodiment, an image to be printed on the label surface 8a is generated by the information processing apparatus 10, and print data indicating the generated image is transmitted to the printing apparatus 5, so that the printing apparatus In 5, the image indicated by the print data can be printed on the label surface 8a.

The disk media 8 of the present embodiment is a disk-shaped storage medium such as a CD or a DVD, which is configured to be able to store data. The label surface 8a is one surface of both sides of the disc media 8, that is, a circular flat area. In the central portion of the label surface 8a, a hollow inner circle region 8b, which is a concentric region in which an image cannot be printed, is provided concentrically. The inner circle region 8b has a hole in which a part or all of the inner circle region 8b is vertically penetrated through 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. 3, FIGS. 5 (a), and 5 (b) show a state in which the information processing apparatus 10 is viewed from the front.

The information processing device 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 audio input. The output unit 18 and the photographing unit 19 are provided. Each of these parts is connected to each other via a bus line 20 so as to be able to send and receive data. I / F is an abbreviation for the interface unit.

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

The control unit 11 realizes various functions by executing a program stored in a non-transitional substantive recording medium. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 12 corresponds to a non-transitional substantive recording medium in which a program is stored. 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 executing the program, and some or all of them may be realized by using one or a plurality of hardware.

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

Further, the storage unit 12 also stores data of an image object that can be selected on the photo selection screen 40 in the center of FIG. 3, which will be described later.
In the following description, the control unit 11 (specifically, the CPU (not shown) of the control unit 11) that executes the program may be simply described by the 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 12b can generate image data of an image including at least an image object selected by the user from the image objects stored in the storage unit 12.

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

The display unit 13 has 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 included in the input unit 14 includes a touch panel 14a. The touch panel 14a is superposed on the image display area 25 (see FIG. 3) of the display device included in the display unit 13.

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

The control unit 11 performs an indicator detection process based on the operation detection signal output from the touch panel 14a. The instruction body detection process is a process for detecting the presence / absence of an instruction operation by the instruction body, the position where the instruction operation is performed, the specific type of the instruction operation, and the like. The indicator detection process may be performed by, for example, the OS 12a so that the process result is notified to the label creation application 12b and the print application 12c. Further, for example, the indicator detection process may be performed by each of the label creation application 12b and the print application 12c based on the operation detection signal. In the present embodiment, examples of the type of instruction operation that can be detected by the instruction body detection process include tap, drag, flick, pinch-in, and pinch-out.

The external I / F 17 is an interface unit to which a rewritable non-volatile storage medium (not shown) is mounted, and controls writing and reading of data to the mounted storage medium. The audio input / output unit 18 is an audio input / output device composed 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 captured by the photographing unit 19 is stored in, for example, 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 a wireless LAN communication conforming to the standard of IEEE802.11b / g / n.

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

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 a configuration capable of performing wireless communication according to the LTE standard, for example. In addition, "LTE" is an abbreviation for "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 8a of the disc media 8. When the printing device 5 receives the print data in which the disc media 8 is designated as the print medium from the information processing device 10, the printing device 5 prints the image indicated by the print data on the label surface 8a of the disc media 8.

The printing device 5 has a printing mechanism using an inkjet technique or an electrophotographic technique, and is configured to be able to print an image indicated by input print data on various printing media by the printing mechanism. Further, the printing device 5 can perform wireless LAN communication with various other devices including the information processing device 10.

The transmission of print data from the information processing device 10 to the printing device 5 may be performed by, for example, the above-mentioned 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 by a wired LAN, and the like. In addition, "NFC" is an abbreviation for "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 extracts and shows the process of determining the image to be printed on the label surface 8a from the entire label creation process for the sake of simplification of the description, after the image to be printed is determined. The processing is omitted.

After the start-up, the control unit 11 executes the label creation application 12b when the start operation of the label creation application 12b is performed. When the control unit 11 starts the label creation application 12b, 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 layout of an image object to be printed on the label surface 8a, that is, an area in which the image object can be arranged on the label surface 8a from a plurality of types of layouts.

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

The six types of layouts include, for example, a full-page layout in which an image object can be placed on the entire surface of the label surface 8a, and a semi-circular layout in which an image object can be placed in the semicircular area of the upper half or the 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 arranged and a layout in which text cannot be arranged.

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.

S110 accepts the user to select a layout for the layout selection screen 30. Then, 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 print layout.

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

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

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

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 the image that can be selected as the image object may be appropriately determined. For example, an image of JPEG, PDF, or a plurality of other data formats may be selectable as an image object.

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

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

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

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

In this case, a margin area 55 in which the image object 60 does not exist is generated in the object area 53.
The initial size and initial position may be appropriately determined. For example, the initial size and initial position may be such that a part of the image object 60 protrudes from the object area 53 and is not displayed in the object area 53. Further, 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 margin area 55 does not occur.

If the set print layout is not a full-page layout, that is, if there is a free area in the target area image 51 where the image object 60 cannot be arranged, for example, as in the semicircular layout shown in FIG. 5 (b), the layout thereof is the same. The free area is set as the label background area 54.

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

The white margin may be calculated by another method. For example, the color registered in advance by the user may be set to the margin white. Further, for example, the runner-up color that is most often used next to the most colors may be calculated as the marginal white color. The maximum number of colors and the next color may be obtained from the entire image object 60, or the range displayed in the target area image 51 at the above initial size and initial position of the image object 60, that is, actually. It may be obtained 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 entire image object 60 within the range displayed in the target area image 51 at the above initial size and initial position. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the display 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 width Wh and the display height Wv, such as calculating the average value of the display width Wh and the display height Wv.

In S150, the blur area 61 is calculated. The blur area 61 is an area set on the peripheral edge of the image object 60. More specifically, the blur area 61 is set for the peripheral edge of the entire peripheral edge of the image object 60 that exists in the target area image 51, that is, the peripheral edge that is in contact with the margin area 55 and forms a boundary with the margin area 55. ..

The blur area 61 is an area in which the actual image is blurred and displayed by performing the blur processing on the actual image. In the present embodiment, the blur area 61 is set to an area having a specific width from the outer peripheral edge 60a of the image object 60.

That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the peripheral edges of the left and right two sides of the four sides of the image object 60, the range of the width from the outer peripheral edge 60a to the peripheral edge width What is set in the blur region 61. Further, in the peripheral edges of the upper and lower two sides of the four sides of the image object 60, the range of the width from the outer peripheral edge 60a to the peripheral vertical width Wve is set in the blur region 61.

In the present embodiment, the peripheral width Wve and the peripheral vertical 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 width Wh and the peripheral vertical width Wve. G1 may be any value, for example 4%.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, for the image object 60, a region within the range of What (= Wve) from the outer peripheral edge 60a is calculated as the blur region 61 over the entire peripheral range.
In S160, the peripheral edge of the image object 60 is blurred. More specifically, the blurring process for the blurring area 61 calculated in S150 is performed.

The blurring process of the present embodiment is a process of superimposing and displaying the residual white color on the image object 60 in the blurring area 61 so that the image object 60 is transparently displayed at a specific transmittance.

The transmittance may be set using, for example, a well-known alpha value. In this embodiment, the transmittance can be set to any of 0% to 100%. When the transmittance is 0%, the image object 60 is not transparent at all and is not displayed. The higher the transmittance, the clearer the image object 60 will be displayed. When the transmittance reaches 100%, all the image objects 60 are transmitted and no marginal white color is displayed.

The transmittance at which the marginal white color is arranged with respect to the blurred region 61 may be appropriately determined. In the present embodiment, the transmittance is gradually increased from the outer peripheral edge 60a toward the inside of the image object 60. For example, the transmittance of a region having a constant width closest to the outer peripheral edge 60a is set to 5%, and the transmittance is increased by, for example, 5% at regular width intervals. In the blurred region 61, the transmittance of the region farthest from the outer peripheral edge 60a is, for example, 95%.

The control unit 11 performs blurring processing on the blurring region 61 on the periphery of the image object 60 in S160, and then edits the screen 50 including the image object 60 in which the blurring processing is performed in S170, as illustrated on the right side of FIG. Is displayed. In S170, a process of coloring the margin white calculated in S130 is also performed on the margin region 55.

In S180, it is determined whether or not the completion button 57 displayed on the edit screen 50 has been tapped. When the completion button 57 is tapped, the entire image including the image object 60 displayed in the target area image 51 is determined to be 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 apparatus 5.

If 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 completion button 57 on the edit screen 50 has been performed. User operations other than tapping the completion button 57 include, for example, an operation of tapping the layout change button 56, an operation of requesting a margin change by tapping the margin area 55, and an operation of moving or enlarging the image object 60. Or there is an operation to reduce it.

If 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 margin area 55 is tapped in S200, the process proceeds to S210. In S210, by displaying a margin white selection palette (not shown), the user is made to select one of a plurality of colors. Then, the white margin is changed to the selected color.

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

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

For example, when the semicircle layout showing the upper half semicircle area is selected, the screen is switched to the editing screen 50 as illustrated in FIG. 5 (b). In the edit screen 50 of FIG. 5B, the upper half area of the target area image 51 is set to the object area 53 and the lower half area is the label background because the layout is changed to the semicircular layout. It is set in the area 54.

Then, in the object area 53 of the upper half, the image object 60 is displayed at the initial size and the initial position corresponding to the semicircular layout. As for the initial size and initial position corresponding to the semi-circular 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 set to be in contact with the center of the target area image 51, and none of the four vertices of the image object 60 is 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 in the same manner as in S140.

In S270, the blur area 61 is calculated in the same manner as in S150 based on the size calculated in S260.
In S280, the blur region 61 calculated in S270 is subjected to the blur processing in the same manner as in S160. In the semicircular layout, when the image object 60 is in contact with the label background area 54, the range in contact with the label background area 54 is not blurred as shown in FIG. 5B. FIG. 5B shows an example in which the blurring process is performed on three sides of the four peripheral edges of the image object 60 that do not touch 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 processing 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 this embodiment, the user can move, enlarge, and reduce the image object 60 displayed on the edit screen 50. The user can move the image object 60 in the direction of the drag operation by, for example, 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 side of FIG. 3, the image object 60 is moved in the upper right direction following the drag operation as shown in FIG. 5 (a). The object.

Further, the user can enlarge the image object 60 by, for example, pinching out the image object 60. Further, 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 target area image 51 by moving, enlarging or reducing, the protruding portion is not printed on the label surface 8a. In the editing screen 50, the protruding portion may not be displayed, or the protruding portion may also be displayed. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the protruding portion is not displayed.

In S240, the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced according to 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 disabled so that the blurring area 61 is also displayed without blurring.

In S250, it is determined whether or not the movement, enlargement, or reduction operation is completed, that is, whether or not the instruction body is separated from the touch panel 14a and the instruction operation is no longer performed. If the indicator is not separated from the touch panel 14a, the process proceeds to S240, and the image object 60 is continuously moved, enlarged, or reduced according to the movement of the indicator. When the indicator is separated from the touch panel 14a, the process proceeds to S260.

Even if the blurring process is continuously disabled regardless of whether the indicator is moving or not, while the indicator is in contact with the touch panel 14a after the movement, enlargement, or reduction operation is started. good. Alternatively, the blurring process may be enabled while the indicator body is stopped, and the blurring process may be disabled again when the indicator body starts to move.

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 blur area 61 is recalculated based on the position and size of the image object 60 after being moved, enlarged or reduced, and the recalculated blur area 61 is subjected to the blur processing.

When a part of the image object 60 protrudes from the target area image 51 due to movement, enlargement, or the like, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, 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 the area adjacent to the margin area 55 in the peripheral edge of the image object 60.

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

(1-5) Effect of Embodiment According to the embodiment described above, the following effects (a) to (f) are exhibited.
(A) In the present embodiment, a 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 to the image object 60 becomes ambiguous. Therefore, it is possible to print the image object 60 on a print medium with good appearance.

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

(C) The blurring process is performed using the marginal white color arranged in the adjacent marginal area 55. Therefore, the boundary between the image object 60 and the margin area 55 is appropriately ambiguous, and the visual effect of the blurring process can be enhanced.

(D) The blurring process is performed by superimposing the residual white color at a specific transmittance. Further, the blur area 61 on which the blur processing 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 according to the size of the image object 60.

(E) While the image object 60 is being moved, enlarged or reduced by the user, the blurring process is temporarily disabled. Therefore, the user can move, enlarge, or reduce the image object 60 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 and the like of the image object 60 after the movement, enlargement or reduction. Therefore, the image object 60 that has been appropriately blurred according to the size and 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 disc media 8 corresponds to a print medium. The label surface 8a corresponds to a print target area. The drag operation for moving the image object 60, the pinch-out operation for enlarging / reducing the image object 60, and the pinch-in operation on the edit screen 50 correspond to the edit operation, and the drag operation is particularly the move operation. Is also equivalent. The label background area 54 corresponds to an empty area.

Further, the process of S110 corresponds to the area selection process. The process of S120 corresponds to the object selection process. The processing of S130 and S170 corresponds to the margin processing, and the processing of S170 also corresponds to the object placement processing. The processing of S150 and S270 corresponds to the width calculation processing. The process of S160 corresponds to the blur process. The process of S240 corresponds to an edit process, a move process, and a blur invalidation process.

[2. Other embodiments]
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be variously modified and carried out.

(2-1) The blurring process may be performed using a process method different from that of the above embodiment. For example, how to change the transmittance of the surplus white to be superimposed may be appropriately determined.
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 used over the entire range of the blur area 61.

Further, in the first place, the blurring process may be performed by a method different from the method of superimposing and arranging the residual white color with a specific transmittance.
For example, as in the blur area 71 shown in FIG. 6, the marginal white color may be mixed, and the ratio of the residual white color mixed may be increased as it approaches the outer peripheral edge.

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

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

The peripheral width Wve and the peripheral vertical width Wve may have the same value or different values. For example, the peripheral width Wh may be G3% of the display horizontal 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 margin region 55, and there may be a region that is in contact with the margin region 55 but is not partially blurred.
On the contrary, the peripheral edge that does not touch the margin area 55 (for example, the peripheral edge that touches the outer periphery of the target area image 51 may also be blurred.

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

(2-4) A plurality of functions possessed by one component in the above embodiment may be realized by a plurality of components, or one function possessed by one component may be realized by a plurality of components. May be good. Further, a plurality of functions possessed by the plurality of components may be realized by one component, or one function realized by the plurality of components may be realized by one component. Further, a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be omitted. Further, at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be added or replaced with the configuration of the other above embodiment. It should be noted that all aspects included in the technical idea specified from the wording described in the claims are embodiments of the present invention.

5 ... printing device, 8 ... disk media, 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 unit, 14 ... Input unit, 14a ... Touch panel, 15 ... First wireless communication unit, 25 ... Display area, 30 ... Layout selection screen, 31-36 ... Layout image, 40 ... Photo selection screen, 41-48 ... Thumbnail, 50 ... Edit screen, 51 ... Target area image, 53 ... Object area, 54 ... Label background area, 55 ... Margin area, 56 ... Layout change button, 57 ... Done button, 60 ... Image object, 60a ... Outer edge, 61, 71 ... Blurred area.

Claims (15)

Display and
Input section and
Control unit and
An image processing program that can be executed by the control unit in an information processing apparatus equipped with the above.
In the control unit
An area selection process for selecting an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium via the input unit, and an area selection process.
An object selection process that selects the image object via the input unit, and
A target area image showing the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. The object placement process for arranging the image object
Blurring processing that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation input via the input unit, and a movement process.
While the image object is being moved by the movement process, the blurring of the image object by the blurring process is temporarily disabled, and when the movement of the image object is stopped, the blurring by the blurring process is enabled again. , Blur invalidation processing,
An image processing program that runs. Display and
An input unit equipped with a touch panel and
Control unit and
An image processing program that can be executed by the control unit in an information processing apparatus equipped with the above.
In the control unit
An area selection process for selecting an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium via the input unit, and an area selection process.
An object selection process that selects the image object via the input unit, and
A target area image showing the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. The object placement process for arranging the image object
Blurring processing that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation in which the indicator body 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 disabled, and when the indicator leaves the touch panel, the blurring by the blurring process is enabled again.
An image processing program that runs. The image processing program according to claim 1 or 2 .
The blurring process is configured to blur a range of the periphery of the image object that is in contact with a margin area other than the image object in the object area.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .
Further, in the control unit,
Margin processing that colors a specific margin in a margin area other than the image object in the object area,
To execute,
The blurring process is an image processing program configured to blur using the marginal white color. The image processing program according to claim 4 .
The blurring process is an image processing program that superimposes the marginal white on the image object so that the image object is transparently displayed at a specific transmittance. The image processing program according to claim 5 .
The blurring process is an image processing program configured to increase the transmittance from the outer peripheral edge of the image object toward the inside of the image object. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 6 .
The blurring process is configured to blur an area of a specific width from the outer peripheral edge of the image object.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 7 .
Further, in the control unit,
A width calculation process that calculates the specific width according to the size of the image object in the object area.
To execute,
The blurring process is configured to blur a region of the specific width calculated by the width calculation process from the outer peripheral edge of the image object.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 8 .
Further, in the control unit,
An editing process for moving, enlarging, or reducing the image object displayed on the display unit is executed in response to an editing operation input via the input unit.
The width calculation process calculates the specific width according to the size of the image object in the object area after the editing process each time the editing process is executed.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 9 .
The object area is a part of the target area image, and is
The blurring process is configured so as not to blur a range of the periphery of the image object that touches an empty area other than the object area in the target area image.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 .
The print medium is a storage medium having a disk-like shape and is configured to be able to store data.
The print target area is provided on one of both sides of the storage medium.
Image processing program. Display and
Input section and
Control unit and
It is an information processing device equipped with
The control unit
An area selection process for selecting an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium via the input unit, and an area selection process.
An object selection process that selects the image object via the input unit, and
A target area image showing the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. The object placement process for arranging the image object
Blurring processing that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation input via the input unit, and a movement process.
While the image object is being moved by the movement process, the blurring of the image object by the blurring process is temporarily disabled, and when the movement of the image object is stopped, the blurring by the blurring process is enabled again. , Blur invalidation processing,
Information processing device that executes. Display and
An input unit equipped with a touch panel and
Control unit and
It is an information processing device equipped with
The control unit
An area selection process for selecting an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium via the input unit, and an area selection process.
An object selection process that selects the image object via the input unit, and
A target area image showing the print target area on the print medium is displayed on the display unit, and the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image is selected by the object selection process. The object placement process for arranging the image object
Blurring processing that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement process for moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation in which the indicator body 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 disabled, and when the indicator leaves the touch panel, the blurring by the blurring process is enabled again.
Information processing device that executes. An image processing method used in an information processing device including a display unit and an input unit .
An area selection step for selecting an area in which the image object can be placed in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium, and an area selection step.
An object selection step that causes the image object to be selected, and
A target area image showing 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 step in the target area image is selected by the object selection step. An object placement step for placing the image object
A blur step that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement step for moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation input via the input unit, and a movement step.
While the image object is being moved by the movement step, the blurring of the image object by the blur step is temporarily disabled, and when the movement of the image object is stopped, the blurring by the blur step is enabled again. , Blur invalid step, and
Image processing method having. An image processing method used in an information processing device including a display unit including a touch panel and an input unit.
An area selection step for selecting an area in which the image object can be placed in order to print the image object in the print target area provided on the print medium, and an area selection step.
An object selection step that causes the image object to be selected, and
A target area image showing 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 step in the target area image is selected by the object selection step. An object placement step for placing the image object
A blur step that blurs the periphery of the image object,
A movement step of moving the image object displayed on the display unit in response to a movement operation in which the indicator body 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 step is temporarily disabled, and when the indicator leaves the touch panel, the blurring by the blurring step is enabled again.
Image processing method having.

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