Image processing and arranging system, image processing and arranging method, and computer readable medium for image processing and arranging

1. An image processing system comprising:

a display that displays a still image and a moving image to move over the still image, the still image including a document image having a character;

a snapshot image producing unit that produces a snapshot image of the moving image;

an arranging unit that arranges the snapshot image on the still image; and

a region separating unit that separates the still image into separate regions, the separate regions including a plurality of background regions and a plurality of character regions each including a character, and that determines a result, wherein the result includes the size of each said background region and the size of each said character region, wherein one of said plurality of character regions has a smallest character size, wherein the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image on the still image in accordance with the result of regional separation by the region separating unit; and

when none of said background regions are large enough to contain the snapshot image, the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image to overlap with the character region having the smallest character size.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit arranging the snapshot image so that the snapshot image does not overlap with a character region of the plurality of character regions having a character size greater than a specific size among the plurality of character regions.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

wherein the separate regions include a picture region including a picture; and

the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image so that the snapshot image does not overlap with the picture region.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit makes the snapshot image semi-transparent in a case the snapshot image arranged overlaps with a region other than the background region.

5. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image so that a region other than the background region overlaps with the snapshot image and is on top of the snapshot image.

6. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image so that the snapshot image overlaps with a region other than the background region corresponding to a top and bottom relationship of the snapshot image and the region other than the background region being selectable.

7. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit produces a plurality of images each arranged with the snapshot image on the still image and provides a selecting section that selects one image from the plurality of images.

8. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the arranging unit produces a composite image arranged with the snapshot image on the still image and provides a moving section that moves the snapshot on the composite image.

9. A method for processing an image comprising:

displaying a still image and a moving image to move over the still image, the still image including a document image having a character;

producing a snapshot image of the moving image;

arranging the snapshot image on the still image;

separating the still image into separate regions, the separate regions including a plurality of background regions and a plurality of character regions each including a character, and determining a result, wherein the result includes the size of each said background region and the size of each said character region, wherein one of said plurality of character regions has a smallest character size, wherein the arranging of the snapshot image on the still image is performed in accordance with the result of regional separation; and

when none of said background regions are large enough to contain the snapshot image, arranging the snapshot image to overlap with the character region having the smallest character size.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing an image, the process comprising:

displaying a still image and a moving image to move over the still image, the still image including a document image having a character;

producing a snapshot image of the moving image;

arranging the snapshot image on the still image;

separating the still image into separate regions, the separate regions including a plurality of background regions and a plurality of character regions each including a character, and determining a result, wherein the result includes the size of each said background region and the size of each said character region, wherein one of said plurality of character regions has a smallest character size, wherein the arranging of the snapshot image on the still image is performed in accordance with the result of regional separation; and

when none of said background regions are large enough to contain the snapshot image, arranging the snapshot image to overlap with the character region having the smallest character size.

11. An image processing system comprising:

a display that displays a still image and a moving image to move over the still image, the still image including a document image having a character;

a snapshot image producing unit that produces a snapshot image of the moving image;

an arranging unit that arranges the snapshot image on the still image; and

a region separating unit that separates the still image into separate regions, the separate regions including a plurality of background regions and a plurality of character regions each including a character, and that determines a result, wherein the result includes the size of each said background region and the size of each said character region, wherein one of said plurality of character regions has a smallest character size, wherein the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image on the still image in accordance with the result of regional separation by the region separating unit;

when none of said background regions are large enough to contain the snapshot image, the arranging unit arranges the snapshot image to overlap with the character region having the smallest character size; and

the region separating unit discriminates types of separate regions based on features of characters within the separated regions, the features of characters including size and form of a black-pixel cluster, black-pixel count in the separate regions and arrangement of black-pixel clusters.