JP7248171B2 - Image processing program, information processing device, and image processing method - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art A technique for printing an image on a label surface of information storage media such as CDs and DVDs is known. Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-200000 discloses a technique for printing an image to be printed on a label surface by generating an image to be printed on the label surface using an information processing device and transmitting data of the generated image to a printing device. .

JP 2011-76674 A

It is desirable for the user to be able to print the generated image on the label surface with good appearance. In particular, when an area where an image is printed and a blank area where no image is printed coexist on the label surface, the difference in contrast and color at the boundary between the two will increase depending on the difference between the color of the image and the color of the blank area. may spoil the appearance of the label surface.

The information processing apparatus disclosed in the embodiments has a configuration that allows an image to be printed with good appearance on a print medium , which has been devised in view of the above problems.

An image processing program exemplified in the mode for carrying out the invention is a program that can be executed by a control unit in an information processing apparatus that includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The image processing program causes the control unit to execute area selection processing, object selection processing, object placement processing, and blurring processing.

The area selection process is a process of selecting, via the input section, an area in which the image object can be arranged in order to print the image object within the print target area provided on the print medium. Object selection processing is processing for selecting the image object via the input unit. The object arrangement processing causes the display unit to display a target area image indicating the print target area on the print medium, and places the object area corresponding to the area selected by the area selection process in the target area image. This is processing for arranging the image object selected in the object selection processing. 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 thereto becomes ambiguous. Therefore, it is possible to print an image with good appearance on a printing medium.

1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a label printing system according to an embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of label creation processing; FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a layout selection screen, a photo selection (album) screen, and an edit (label edit) screen; FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining specific contents of the blurring process; FIG. 5(a) is an explanatory diagram showing that an object image can be moved on the editing screen, and FIG. 5(b) 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. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of blurring processing;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 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 this embodiment includes an information processing device 10 and a printing device 5 . The label printing system of this embodiment is configured to be able to print an image on the label surface 8a of the disc medium 8. FIG.

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 device 10, and print data representing the generated image is transmitted to the printing device 5. 5, the image indicated by the print data can be printed on the label surface 8a.

The disk medium 8 of the present embodiment is a disc-shaped storage medium configured to be able to store data, such as a CD or a DVD. The label surface 8a is one of both surfaces of the disc medium 8, that is, a circular flat area. A hollow inner circular region 8b, which is a concentric circular region in which an image cannot be printed, is concentrically provided in the central portion of the label surface 8a. A part or all of the inner circular region 8b has a hole penetrating in the direction perpendicular to the plate surface.

(1-2) Configuration of Information Processing Apparatus The information processing apparatus 10 is a portable communication terminal capable of wireless communication, such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal. 3, 5A, and 5B show the information processing apparatus 10 viewed from the front.

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

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

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

Various software and data are stored in the storage unit 12 . In this embodiment, the storage unit 12 includes an OS (abbreviation of operating system) 12a as software,
A label creating application 12b and a printing application 12c are stored. The OS 12a, the label creation application 12b, and the print application 12c are installed in the computer system including the control section 11. FIG.

The storage unit 12 also stores data of image objects that can be selected on a photo selection screen 40 shown 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 programs may be simply referred to as the program name. For example, the statement "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 among the image objects stored in the storage unit 12. FIG.

The print application 12 c is application software that can convert the image data generated by the label creation application 12 b into print data in a specific data format that can be processed by the printer 5 and transmit the print data to the printer 5 . Note that the label creation application 12b may be provided as a plug-in for the print application 12c.

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

The touch panel 14 a is an input device that can detect an instruction operation of pointing a specific position with an indicator such as a fingertip or a pen on the image display area of the display unit 13 . The term "instruction" as used herein includes at least one of contact and proximity of an indicator. The touch panel 14a outputs an operation detection signal indicating the position at which the pointing operation is performed when the pointing operation is performed with the pointing body.

The control unit 11 performs pointer detection processing based on the operation detection signal output from the touch panel 14a. The pointer detection process is a process of detecting the presence or absence of a pointing operation by the pointing body, the position where the pointing operation is performed, the specific type of the pointing operation, and the like. The pointer detection processing may be performed by the OS 12a, for example, and the processing result may be notified to the label creation application 12b and the print application 12c. Further, for example, the pointer detection processing may be performed by each of the label creation application 12b and the print application 12c based on the operation detection signal. In this embodiment, for example, tapping, dragging, flicking, pinching in, and pinching out are examples of types of pointing operations that can be detected by the pointer detection process.

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

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 this embodiment, the wireless LAN communication performed by the first wireless communication unit 15 is wireless LAN communication conforming to the IEEE802.11b/g/n standard.

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

The second wireless communication unit 16 is an interface unit for voice communication and data communication via a mobile communication network (not shown). The second wireless communication unit 16 may be configured to perform wireless communication according to the LTE standard, for example. Note that "LTE" is an abbreviation for "Long Term Evolution".

(1-3) Configuration of Printing Apparatus The printing apparatus 5 has a label printing function capable of printing an image based on the print data received from the information processing apparatus 10 onto the label surface 8a of the disc medium 8. FIG. When print data specifying the disc medium 8 as the print medium is received from the information processing apparatus 10 , the printer 5 prints an image indicated by the print data on the label surface 8 a of the disc medium 8 .

The printing device 5 has a printing mechanism using inkjet technology or electrophotographic technology, 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 .

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

(1-4) Label Creation Processing Label creation processing executed by the control unit 11 based on the label creation application 12b will be described with reference to FIG. For the sake of simplification of explanation, FIG. 2 extracts and shows the processing up to the determination of the image to be printed on the label surface 8a out of the entire label creation processing. Processing is omitted.

After activation, the control unit 11 executes the label creation application 12b when the activation operation of the label creation application 12b is performed. When the label creation application 12b is started, the control section 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 the 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 among a plurality of types of layouts.

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

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

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

At S<b>110 , selection of a layout by the user on the layout selection screen 30 is accepted. 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 layout for printing.

In S120, image object selection processing is performed. Specifically, the photograph selection screen 40 illustrated in the center of FIG. 3 is displayed. 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, a list of thumbnails of data of photos stored in a predetermined folder of the storage unit 12 is displayed. The center of FIG. 3 shows an example in which eight thumbnails 41 to 48 are displayed on the photo selection screen 40 .

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

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

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

After the image object is set in S120, the control unit 11 then performs various preparatory processes shown in S130 to S160 for displaying the editing screen 50 illustrated on the right side of FIG.
The editing screen 50 displays a circular target area image 51 indicating the range of the label surface 8a. At the center of the target area image 51, an inner circle image 52 representing the inner circle area 8b provided on the disk medium 8 is arranged. The target area image 51 also includes a horizontal auxiliary line 51a and a vertical auxiliary line 51b corresponding to two mutually orthogonal diameters in the target area image 51 .

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 on the photo selection screen 40 is arranged in the object area 53. be.

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

In the initial state immediately after switching to the editing screen 50, the image object 60 is arranged in the initial position with the initial size in the object area 53, as shown in the right part of FIG. 3, for example. 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 such that the entire image object 60 is contained within the object area 53 .

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

If the set layout for printing is not a full layout, that is, if there is an empty area where the image object 60 cannot be arranged in the target area image 51, such as the semicircular layout shown in FIG. A blank area is set as the label background area 54 .

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

Note that the white margin may be calculated by other methods. For example, a color registered in advance by the user may be set as the margin white. Further, for example, the second most frequently used color after the most frequently used color may be calculated as the white margin. Note that the most frequently used color and the second color may be obtained from the entire image object 60, or the range displayed in the target area image 51 at the initial size and initial position of the image object 60, that is, the actual It may be determined from the range printed on the label surface 8a.

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

Note that the display vertical width Wv, which is the length of the image object 60 in the vertical direction, may be calculated as the size of the image object 60 . Alternatively, the size may be calculated by taking into account 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 blurred area 61 is calculated. A blurred area 61 is an area set at the periphery of the image object 60 . More specifically, the blurring area 61 is set to a peripheral edge that exists within the target area image 51 of the entire peripheral edge of the image object 60, that is, a peripheral edge that is in contact with the blank area 55 and forms a boundary with the blank area 55. .

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

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

In this embodiment, the peripheral edge width Whe and the peripheral edge vertical width Wve have the same length. Moreover, the peripheral edge width Whe and the peripheral edge vertical width Wve are calculated based on the size of the image object 60 calculated in S140, that is, the display horizontal 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 edge width Whe and the peripheral edge vertical width Wve. G1 may be any value, for example 4%.

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

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

Transmittance may be set using, for example, the well-known alpha value. In this embodiment, the transmittance can be set anywhere from 0% to 100%. When the transmittance is 0%, the image object 60 is completely invisible and is not displayed. As the transmittance increases, the image object 60 is displayed more clearly. When the transmittance reaches 100%, the image object 60 is completely transparent and the white margin is not displayed.

The transmittance of the marginal white for the blurred area 61 may be determined as appropriate. In this embodiment, the transmittance is gradually increased from the outer peripheral edge 60a toward the interior of the image object 60 . For example, the transmittance of a constant width region closest to the outer peripheral edge 60a is set to 5%, and the transmittance is increased, for example, by 5% at constant width intervals from there. The transmittance of the area farthest from the outer peripheral edge 60a in the blurred area 61 is, for example, 95%.

In S160, the control unit 11 performs the blurring process on the blurring area 61 surrounding the image object 60. Then, in S170, the editing screen 50 including the image object 60 subjected to the blurring process is displayed as shown in the right side of FIG. display. In S170, processing for coloring the margin area 55 with the margin white calculated in S130 is also performed.

In S180, it is determined whether or not the completion button 57 displayed on the editing 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 as the image to be printed on the label surface 8a. Then, the process proceeds to a process (not shown) for printing the determined image by the printing device 5 .

If the completion button 57 has not been 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 Done button 57 include, for example, an operation of tapping the layout change button 56 , an operation of tapping the blank area 55 to request a change of the margin, and moving and enlarging the image object 60 . Or there is an operation to shrink.

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's operation is determined.
In S200, when the blank area 55 is tapped, the process proceeds to S210. In S210, the user is prompted to select any one of a plurality of colors by displaying a margin white selection palette (not shown). Then change the margin to the selected color.

In S220, the image object 60 displayed in the target area image 51 is again blurred based on the blank white changed in S210. In other words, the same processing as in S160 is performed based on the margin changed in S210. As a result, the blurring area 61 is blurred with the color using the blank white after the change.

In S230, the image object 60 subjected to the blurring process in S220 is displayed on the editing screen 50. FIG. After the processing of S230, the process proceeds to S180.
In S200, when the layout change button 56 is tapped, the process proceeds to S300. At S300, the layout change is accepted. Specifically, the layout selection screen 30 exemplified on the left side of FIG. 3 is displayed to prompt the user to select any layout. Then, the selected layout is reset to the layout for printing, and the image object 60 is displayed in the initial size and initial position within the object area 53 according to the layout for printing.

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

An image object 60 is displayed in the upper half object area 53 with an initial size and an initial position corresponding to the semicircular layout. The initial size and initial position corresponding to the semicircle layout are such that, for example, as shown in FIG. The center of the lower side of the image object 60 is positioned at the center of the target area image 51 , and none of the four vertices of the image object 60 are set to inscribe the outer periphery of the target area image 51 .

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

In S270, based on the size calculated in S260, the blurring area 61 is calculated in the same manner as in S150.
In S280, blurring processing is performed on the blurring area 61 calculated in S270 in the same manner as in S160. In the semicircular layout, when the image object 60 touches the label background area 54, the blurring process is not performed on the area that touches the label background area 54, as shown in FIG. 5(b). FIG. 5B shows an example in which blurring is performed on three sides that do not touch the label background area 54 among the four sides of the image object 60 .

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

In this embodiment, the user can move, enlarge, and reduce the image object 60 displayed on the editing screen 50 . The user can move the image object 60 in the direction of the drag operation by, for example, dragging the image object 60 . For example, when the user drags the image object 60 in the upper right direction from the state shown in 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. be.

Also, the user can enlarge the image object 60 by, for example, performing a pinch-out operation on the image object 60 . Also, the user can reduce the size of the image object 60 by, for example, performing a pinch-in operation on the image object 60 .

If part of the image object 60 protrudes from the target area image 51 by moving, enlarging or reducing it, the protruding part is not printed on the label surface 8a. In the edit screen 50, the protruding portion may not be displayed, or the protruding portion may also be displayed. In this embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the protruding portion is configured not to be 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 user is performing an editing operation, that is, while the pointer is moving while touching the touch panel 14a, the blurring process is temporarily disabled and the blurring area 61 is also displayed without being blurred.

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

Note that while the pointer is in contact with the touch panel 14a after the movement, enlargement, or reduction operation is started, the blurring process can be continuously disabled regardless of whether the pointer is moving or not. good. Alternatively, the blurring process may be enabled while the pointer is stationary, and disabled again when the pointer starts to move.

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

When 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. Blur processing is not performed on the range in contact with the outer periphery of 51 . In the present embodiment, blurring processing is performed on a range adjacent to the blank area 55 in the periphery of the image object 60 .

As described above, in the present embodiment, after the editing screen 50 is displayed and the image object 60 is displayed in the initial size and initial position, the user changes the layout, the margin color, and the image object 60 . is moved, enlarged, or reduced, 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 obtained.
(a) In the present embodiment, blurring processing is performed on the periphery of the image object 60, so that the boundary between the image object 60 and the area adjacent thereto becomes ambiguous. Therefore, it is possible to print the image object 60 with good appearance on the print medium.

(b) Blur processing is performed not on the entire periphery of the image object 60 , but on a range of the periphery that contacts the blank area 55 within the object area 53 . Therefore, the blurring process can be performed efficiently.

(c) The blurring process is performed using marginal white that is colored in the adjacent marginal region 55 . As a result, the boundary between the image object 60 and the blank area 55 is appropriately ambiguous, and the visual effect of the blurring process can be enhanced.

(d) Blur processing is performed by superimposing marginal white with a specific transmittance. Also, the blurring area 61 where the blurring process is performed is determined according to the size of the image object 60 . Therefore, the blurring process can be easily applied to an appropriate range according to the size of the image object 60 .

(e) Blur processing is temporarily disabled while the image object 60 is being moved, enlarged or reduced by the user. Therefore, the user can move, enlarge, or reduce the image object 60 while clearly grasping the outer edge of the image object 60 .

(f) Each time the image object 60 is moved, enlarged or reduced by the user, blurring processing is performed again according to the size, position, etc. of the image object 60 after being moved, enlarged or reduced. Therefore, it is possible to print the image object 60 that has undergone appropriate blurring processing according to the size of the image object 60 and the size of the image object 60 on a print medium.

Here, the correspondence relationship between the wordings of the present embodiment and the wordings of the claims will be described.
The disk media 8 correspond to print media. The label surface 8a corresponds to a print target area. A drag operation for moving the image object 60 and a pinch-out operation and a pinch-in operation for enlarging or reducing the image object 60 on the edit screen 50 correspond to editing operations, and among these, the drag operation in particular is a moving operation. is also equivalent. The label background area 54 corresponds to an empty area.

Also, the process of S110 corresponds to the area selection process. The processing of S120 corresponds to object selection processing. The processing of S130 and S170 corresponds to margin processing, and the processing of S170 also corresponds to object placement processing. The processing of S150 and S270 corresponds to width calculation processing. The processing of S160 corresponds to blurring processing. The processing of S240 corresponds to editing processing, moving processing, and blurring invalidation processing.

[2. Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

(2-1) Blur processing may be performed using a processing method different from the above embodiment. For example, how to change the transmittance of the marginal white to be superimposed may be determined as appropriate.
For example, the distance from the outer peripheral edge 60a and the transmittance may have a linear relationship. Alternatively, the distance from the outer peripheral edge 60a and the transmittance may have a non-linear relationship. Alternatively, the transmittance may be the same over the entire range of the blurred area 61 .

Further, the blurring process may be performed by a method different from the method of superimposing and coloring the marginal white with a specific transmittance in the first place.
For example, like the blurring area 71 shown in FIG. 6, the marginal white color may be mixed, and the ratio of the marginal white color mixture may be increased toward the outer peripheral end.

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

Further, for example, the peripheral edge width Whe and the peripheral edge vertical width Wve may be calculated according to the horizontal width of the entire image object 60 or the vertical width 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 edge width Whe and the peripheral edge vertical width Wve may be fixed at a constant value.

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

Further, it is not essential to blur the entire range of the periphery in contact with the marginal region 55, and there may be regions that are not partially blurred even if they are in contact with the marginal region 55. FIG.
Conversely, a peripheral edge not in contact with the blank area 55 (eg, a peripheral edge in contact with the outer circumference 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 medium 8. FIG. Also, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention may be an information processing apparatus other than the portable information processing apparatus 10 shown in the above embodiment.

(2-4) A plurality of functions possessed by one component in the above embodiments are realized by a plurality of components, or a function possessed by one component is realized by a plurality of components. good too. Also, a plurality of functions possessed by a plurality of components may be realized by a single component, or a function realized by a plurality of components may be realized by a single component. Also, part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be omitted. Moreover, at least part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be added or replaced with respect to the configuration of the other above embodiment. In addition, every aspect included in the technical idea specified from the wording described in the claim is an embodiment of the present invention.

5... Printing device 8... Disc media 8a... Label surface 8b... Inner circular area 10... Information processing apparatus 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 to 36 Layout image 40 Photo selection screen 41 to 48 Thumbnail 50 Edit screen 51 Object area image 53 Object area 54 Label background area 55 Margin area 56 Layout change button 57 Complete button 60 Image object 60a Outer edge 61, 71... Blur area.

Claims (14)

a display unit;
an input unit;
a control unit;
An image processing program executable by the control unit in an information processing apparatus comprising
to the control unit ,
an object placement process of causing the display unit to display an object area image, which is an image indicating an area in which an image object can be printed on a print medium, and placing the image object in the object area image;
a blurring process for blurring a peripheral edge of the image object;
an editing process of moving, enlarging, or reducing the image object displayed on the display unit according to an editing operation input via the input unit;
a blurring disable process that disables the blurring process while the editing process is being performed and enables the blurring process when the editing process is stopped;
An image processing program that runs The image processing program according to claim 1,
The input unit includes a touch panel,
The editing operation includes moving an indicator while contacting the touch panel,
After disabling the blurring process, the blurring disable process continues to disable the blurring process while the pointer is in contact with the touch panel regardless of whether or not the pointer is moving. and enabling blurring by the blurring process when the pointer leaves the touch panel;
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 1,
The input unit includes a touch panel,
The editing operation includes moving an indicator while contacting the touch panel,
The blurring invalidation process enables the blurring process when the pointer stops while in contact with the touch panel after the blurring process is disabled, and after the pointer stops contacting the touch panel, the blurring process is disabled. Disable the blurring process when the pointer starts to move again while being maintained.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
The blurring process is configured to blur a range of the peripheral edge of the image object that is in contact with a blank area other than the image object in the object area image .
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
Furthermore, in the control unit,
margin processing for distributing a specific margin color to a margin region other than the image object in the object region image ;
and
The image processing program, wherein the blurring process is configured to blur using the marginal white. The image processing program according to claim 5 ,
The image processing program according to claim 1, wherein the blurring process 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 6 ,
The image processing program according to claim 1, wherein the blurring process is configured to increase the transmittance from an 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 7 ,
The blurring process is configured to blur an area of a specific width from an outer peripheral edge of the image object.
Image processing program. The image processing program according to claim 8 ,
Furthermore, in the control unit,
width calculation processing for calculating the specific width according to the size of the image object in the object area image ;
and
The blurring process is configured to blur the area 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 9 ,
The width calculation process calculates the specific width according to the size of the image object in the object area image 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 10 ,
The print medium is a disk-shaped storage medium configured to store data,
The area in which the image object can be printed is provided on one of both sides of the storage medium,
Image processing program. The image processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Furthermore, in the control unit,
Object selection processing for selecting the image object via the input unit;
and
The object placement process places the image object selected in the object selection process within the object area image.
Image processing program. a display unit;
an input unit;
a control unit;
An information processing device comprising
The control unit
an object placement process of causing the display unit to display an object area image, which is an image indicating an area in which an image object can be printed on a print medium, and placing the image object in the object area image;
a blurring process for blurring a peripheral edge of the image object;
an editing process of moving, enlarging, or reducing the image object displayed on the display unit according to an editing operation input via the input unit;
a blurring disable process that disables the blurring process while the editing process is being performed and enables the blurring process when the editing process is stopped;
Information processing device that executes An image processing method used in an information processing device having a display unit,
an object placement step of causing the display unit to display an object area image, which is an image indicating an area in which an image object can be printed on a print medium, and placing the image object in the object area image;
a blurring step of blurring edges in the image object;
an editing step of moving, enlarging, or reducing the image object displayed on the display unit in accordance with an editing operation input to the information processing device;
a blurring disable step that disables the blurring step while the editing step is performed and enables the blurring step when the editing step is stopped;
An image processing method comprising:

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