IP Library Granted Patent US 11,012,583
Granted Patent B2
US 11,012,583 · App. 16/026,506 · Granted May 18, 2021

Image processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Kana Shiratori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
H04N1/0066H04N1/00145H04N1/00167H04N1/00411H04N1/00453H04N1/00461H04N1/00954
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Patent No.
US 11,012,583
App. No.
16/026,506
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a selector and an instructor. The selector selects an image. The instructor provides an instruction if an aspect ratio of the selected image exceeds a maximum ratio of a range of predetermined aspect ratios. The instruction is an instruction to remove an end portion of the selected image in a width direction so that the aspect ratio of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined aspect ratios. The instructor also provides an instruction if the aspect ratio of the selected image is smaller than a minimum ratio of the range of the predetermined aspect ratios. The instruction is an instruction to add a margin to an end portion of the selected image in the width direction so that the aspect ratio of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined aspect ratios.

Claims (45)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programed to

select an image;

provide a first instruction if a ratio of a longer side to a shorter side of the selected image exceeds a maximum ratio of a range of predetermined ratios, the first instruction being an instruction to remove an end portion of the selected image in a direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios; and

provide a second instruction if the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image is smaller than a minimum ratio of the range of the predetermined ratios, the second instruction being an instruction to add a margin to an end portion of the selected image in the direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programed to

perform control so that a scaled-down image of the selected image will be displayed and so that a range of a portion to be removed from the selected image will be changeable if the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image exceeds the maximum ratio of the range of the predetermined ratios.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor performs control so that a mark indicating a range of an image to be obtained by removing the end portion of the selected image will be superposed on the scaled-down image and so that the range of a portion to be removed from the selected image will be changeable by shifting the mark.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programed to

perform control so that a scaled-down image of the selected image will be displayed and so that a range of the margin will not be changeable if the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image is smaller than the minimum ratio of the range of the predetermined ratios.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programed to

send the selected image and the provided one of the first and the second instructions to an external device.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further programed to

send the selected image and the provided one of the first and the second instructions to an external device.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further programed to

send the selected image and the provided one of the first and the second instructions to an external device.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further programed to

send the selected image and the provided one of the first and the second instructions to an external device.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programed to

process the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions; and

send the image processed by the processor to an external device.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further programed to

process the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions; and

send the image processed by the processor to an external device.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further programed to

process the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions; and

send the image processed by the processor to an external device.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further programed to

process the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions; and

send the image processed by the processor to an external device.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programed to

select a type of sheet on which the selected image will be printed, wherein

if a photo sheet is selected by the processor, the processor processes the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions,

if a sheet other than the photo sheet is selected by the processor, the processor does not process the selected image in accordance with the provided one of the first and the second instructions.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further programed to

perform control so that a check screen for print settings will be displayed if the sheet other than the photo sheet is selected by the processor and so that an end portion of the selected image in the direction parallel to the longer side will not be removed nor will a margin be added to an end portion of the selected image in the direction parallel to the longer side if the photo sheet is selected.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

selecting an image;

providing a first instruction if a ratio of a longer side to a shorter side of the selected image exceeds a maximum ratio of a range of predetermined ratios, the first instruction being an instruction to remove an end portion of the selected image in a direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios; and

providing a second instruction if the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image is smaller than a minimum ratio of the range of the predetermined ratios, the second instruction being an instruction to add a margin to an end portion of the selected image in the direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios.

16. An image processing apparatus comprising:

selecting means for selecting an image; and

instructing means for providing

a first instruction if a ratio of a longer side to a shorter side of the selected image exceeds a maximum ratio of a range of predetermined ratios, the instruction being an instruction to remove an end portion of the selected image in a direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios, and

a second instruction if the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image is smaller than a minimum ratio of the range of the predetermined ratios, the second instruction being an instruction to add a margin to an end portion of the selected image in the direction parallel to the longer side so that the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of the selected image will be contained within the range of the predetermined ratios.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 061374/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2018
From: SHIRATORI, KANA
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046260/0102 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-139011 · Jul 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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