IP Library Granted Patent US 12688630
Granted Patent B2
US 12688630 · App. 18/494,803 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Printed matter production system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing signature image production program

Inventors: Yuto Fukuchi (Matsumoto, JP); Yuka Kobayashi (Shiojiri, JP); Yuko Ishifuro (Shiojiri, JP); Ayako Kobayashi (Okaya, JP); Toshifumi Sakai (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G06T11/60G06V30/1423G06V30/333
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12688630
App. No.
18/494,803
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printed matter production system includes an image acquiring section that acquires an image; a signature acquiring section that acquires a handwritten signature; a synthesizing section that synthesizes the signature and the image according to a synthesis method based on at least one of the image and the signature; and a printing section that prints the image after the synthesis so as to produce a printed matter.

Claims (19)

1 . A printed matter production system comprising:

an image acquiring section that acquires an image;

a signature acquiring section that acquires a handwritten signature;

a synthesizing section that synthesizes the signature and the image by determining whether a writing direction of the signature is horizontal or vertical and by automatically arranging the signature on the image at a predetermined one of different positions of the image depending on determination result as to whether the writing direction of the signature is horizontal or vertical; and

a printing section that prints the image after the synthesis so as to produce a printed matter.

2 . The printed matter production system according to claim 1 , wherein

the synthesizing section changes a character type of the signature to a character type according to the writing direction and synthesizes the signature after the change and the image.

3 . The printed matter production system according to claim 1 , wherein

the synthesizing section arranges the signature at a position according to the image.

4 . The printed matter production system according to claim 1 , wherein

the synthesizing section synthesizes the signature and the image according to a synthesis method based on a result of machine learning.

5 . The printed matter production system according to claim 4 , wherein

the machine learning is learning in which the image, the signature, and a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the image and the signature specified by a user are used as teacher data.

6 . The printed matter production system according to claim 1 , wherein

the synthesizing section determines a color of the signature according to a color of the image at a predetermined position on which the signature is arranged.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a signature image production program for causing a computer to function as:

an image acquiring section that acquires an image;

a signature acquiring section that acquires a handwritten signature; and

a synthesizing section that synthesizes the signature and the image by determining whether a writing direction of the signature is horizontal or vertical and by automatically arranging the signature on the image at a predetermined one of different positions of the image depending on determination result as to whether the writing direction of the signature is horizontal or vertical so as to produce a signature image.