IP Library Granted Patent US 9,218,794
Granted Patent B2
US 9,218,794 · App. 14/186,178 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

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Patent No.
US 9,218,794
App. No.
14/186,178
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a photographing image including a user region is acquired. The user region is detected from the photographing image. The user region in the photographing image is changed so that a user's direction in the user region cannot be decided, and the photographing image in which the user region is changed is acquired as a change image. A position of the user region in the photographing image is calculated. An image of a back side-cloth is compounded with the user region in the change image at the position.

Claims (31)

1. An apparatus for processing an image, comprising

a computer processor; and

hardware storage communicatively coupled to the computer processor, the hardware storage storing a program that, when executed by the computer processor, causes the computer processor to perform operations comprising:

acquiring a photograph image of a user;

detecting a user region from the photograph image, and deciding a user's direction in the user region by detecting a face region of the user from the photograph image;

if the user's direction is forward-facing and if a back side image of a garment is to be compounded with the user region, acquiring a changed image by changing the photograph image to an image from which the user's direction in the user region cannot be decided;

calculating a position of the user region in the photograph image; and

compounding the back side image of the garment with the user region in the changed image at the calculated position.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the changed image is acquired by changing a luminance of the user region in the photograph image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the changed image is acquired by executing single-colorization of the user region in the photograph image.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the hardware storage is configured to store a plurality of back side images of garments; and the apparatus further comprises:

a selection device configured to select and extract a back side image of a garment from the hardware storage, based on input to the selection device.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the position of the user region in the photograph image is calculated based on a kind of garment selected according to input to the selection device.

6. A method for processing an image, comprising:

acquiring a photograph image of a user;

detecting a user region from the photograph image;

deciding a user's direction in the user region by detecting a face region of the user from the photograph image;

if the user's direction is forward-facing and if a back side image of a garment is to be compounded with the user region, acquiring a changed image by changing the photograph image to an image from which the user's direction in the user region cannot be decided;

calculating a position of the user region in the photograph image; and

compounding the back side image of the garment with the user region in the changed image at the calculated position.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for processing an image, the operations comprising:

acquiring a photograph image of a user;

detecting a user region from the photographing image;

deciding a user's direction in the user region by detecting a face region of the user from the photograph image;

if the user's direction is forward-facing and if a back side image of a garment is to be compounded with the user region, acquiring a changed image by changing the photograph image to an image from which the user's direction in the user region cannot be decided;

calculating a position of the user region in the photograph image; and

compounding the back side image of the garment with the user region in the changed image at the calculated position.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 048547 FRAME 0187. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded May 6, 2020
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052595/0307 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADD SECOND RECEIVING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 48547 FRAME: 187. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 13, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050041/0054 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048547/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2014
From: SUGITA, KAORU; SEKINE, MASAHIRO; NISHIYAMA, MASASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 032267/0359 →