IP Library Granted Patent US 9,519,984
Granted Patent B2
US 9,519,984 · App. 14/439,662 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Image processing device, image processing method, information storage medium, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,519,984
App. No.
14/439,662
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a combined image obtained by superposing a character image on an image such that a second text rendered in the character image overlaps a first text rendered in the image, an image processing device according to the present invention determines a part of a character portion constituting a pre-translation character string, not covered by non-transparent pixels constituting a post-translation character string as a deficient pixel D, and corrects color attribute of the deficient pixel D in the combined image by utilizing color attribute of a part of the combined image or of the image.

Claims (28)

1. An image processing device, comprising:

a target specification unit for specifying, in a combined image where a cover image is superposed on an original image such that a second text rendered in the cover image overlaps a first text rendered in the original image, a correction target part that is within a part constituting the first text and is not covered by a part constituting the second text, and

an output unit for outputting data designating the correction target part specified to a correction unit for correcting a color attribute of a correction target part in an image, being correlated with the combined image.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the correction unit:

calculates, for each of a plurality of candidate patches, a similarity in the color attribute between an adjacent part of the correction target part in a target part and a part corresponding to the adjacent part in one of the plurality of candidate patches,

then specifies one similar patch among the plurality of candidate patches, based on the respective similarities calculated, and

determines the color attribute of the correction target part by utilizing a color attribute of a part corresponding to the correction target part in the specified similar patch.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the correction unit specifies the plurality of candidate patches in the combined image or the original image.

4. The image processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising a range specification unit for specifying a search range in the combined image, the search range including at least one of the part constituting the first text and the part constituting the second text, and the search range being smaller than an entirety of the combined image,

wherein

the correction unit specifies the plurality of candidate patches in the search range specified.

5. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the range specification unit specifies, as the search range, an inside of a bounding rectangle including both of the part constituting the first text and the part constituting the second text.

6. The image processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising range specification unit for specifying a search range in the original image, the search range including the part constituting the first text and being smaller than an entirety of the original image,

wherein

the correction unit specifies the plurality of candidate patches in the search range specified.

7. The image processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising a combining unit for generating the combined image by superposing the cover image on the original image, wherein the combining unit determines a position at which the cover image is superposed on the original image so as to satisfy a predetermined condition as to a percentage by which the part constituting the first text is covering the part constituting the second text.

8. The image processing device according to claim 7 , further comprising a calculation unit for calculating a coverage rate indicating a percentage by which the part constituting the first text is covered by the part constituting the second text,

wherein

the combining unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the coverage rate calculated is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold.

9. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cancelling unit for cancelling the color attribute of the correction target part specified,

wherein

the output unit outputs the combined image, with the color attribute of the correction target thereof cancelled, to the correction unit for correcting the color attribute of a part with the color attribute missed in the correction target image as the correction target part.

10. An image processing method, comprising:

specifying, with a target specification unit, in a combined image where a cover image is superposed on an original image such that a second text rendered in the cover image overlaps a first text rendered in the original image, a correction target part within a part constituting the first text that is not covered by a part constituting the second text, and

outputting, with an output unit, data designating the correction target part specified to a correction unit for correcting a color attribute of a correction target part in an image, so as to be correlated to the combined image.

11. A non-transitory computer readable information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:

a target specification unit for specifying, in a combined image where a cover image is superposed on an original image such that a second text rendered in the cover image overlaps a first text rendered in the original image, a correction target part within a part constituting the first text and is not covered by a part constituting the second text, and

an output unit for outputting data designating the correction target part specified to correction unit for correcting a color attribute of a correction target part in an image, so as to be correlated to the combined image.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE PATENT NUMBERS 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; AND 10827591 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 58314 FRAME: 657. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 21, 2016
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2015
From: MASUKO, SOH
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
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