IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,121,226
Granted Patent B2
US 10,121,226 · App. 15/528,312 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

Inventors: Soh Masuko (Tokyo, JP); Hiromi Hirano (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Rikio Onai (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Okabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
G06T3/403G06K9/00456G06K9/325G07G1/14
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Patent No.
US 10,121,226
App. No.
15/528,312
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device sets a second scaling factor used to display a character image extracted from an image. The second scaling factor is different from a first scaling factor used to display a background image extracted from the image. The information processing device adjusts at least either the character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or the background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor, based on the relationship between the display state of the character image changed in display size and the display state of the surrounding area of the character image that has been changed in display size and is overlaid on the background image changed in display size.

Claims (32)

1. An information processing device comprising:

setting means for setting a second scaling factor used to display at least one character image extracted from at least one original image, the second scaling factor being different from a first scaling factor used to display at least one background image extracted from the at least one original image; and

adjusting means for adjusting at least either the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor, based on a relationship between a display state of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor and a display state of a surrounding area of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor, the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor being overlaid on the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image comprises a plurality of character images, the setting means sets second scaling factors used to display the plurality of character images, and the adjusting means adjusts a display position of at least one of the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors so that the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors are positioned not to overlap.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the at least one original image comprises a plurality of original images,

the plurality of character images are extracted from the plurality of original images,

a plurality of background images are extracted from the respective plurality of original images, and

the adjusting means adjusts at least one first character image, among the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors, so that the at least one first character image is positioned to partially extend out from an area for a first background image corresponding to the first character image, among the plurality of background images changed in display size with the first scaling factor, and adjusts a display position of at least either the first character image or a second character image corresponding to a second background image different from the first background image, among the plurality of background images changed in display size with the first scaling factor, so that the first and second character images do not overlap.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image comprises a plurality of character images, the setting means sets second scaling factors used to display the plurality of character images, and

when the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image comprises the plurality of character images and two or more of the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors overlap, the adjusting means makes display timings of at least the two or more character images different from each other.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

when the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image comprises the plurality of character images and two or more of the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors overlap, the adjusting means makes display timings of at least the two or more character images different from each other.

6. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

when the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image comprises the plurality of character images and two or more of the plurality of character images changed in display size with the second scaling factors overlap, the adjusting means makes display timings of at least the two or more character images different from each other.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting means increases a difference in color between an edge of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor and a portion adjoining the edge in the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising

second adjusting means for adjusting a thickness of characters shown by the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor, based on at least either an area of a region enclosed by the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or a relationship between an area and an outline length of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

when a size of characters shown by the at least one character image extracted from the at least one original image is less than a reference value, the setting means sets the second scaling factor to a scaling factor that makes the size of the characters greater than or equal to the reference value.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising

display control means for causing the at least one original image to be resized and displayed on a display device,

wherein the at least one original image is resized and displayed in a way that the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor is overlaid on the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor and at least either the at least one character image or the at least one background image is adjusted by the adjusting means.

11. An information processing method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

setting a second scaling factor used to display at least one character image extracted from at least one original image, the second scaling factor being different from a first scaling factor used to display at least one background image extracted from the at least one original image; and

adjusting at least either the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor, based on a relationship between a display state of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor and a display state of a surrounding area of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor, the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor being overlaid on the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon an information processing program, the information processing program causing a computer to function as:

setting means for setting a second scaling factor used to display at least one character image extracted from at least one original image, the second scaling factor being different from a first scaling factor used to display at least one background image extracted from the at least one original image; and

adjusting means for adjusting at least either the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor or the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor, based on a relationship between a display state of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor and a display state of a surrounding area of the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor, the at least one character image changed in display size with the second scaling factor being overlaid on the at least one background image changed in display size with the first scaling factor.

Assignments (3)
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.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 068066/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 058314/0657 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2018
From: MASUKO, SOH; HIRANO, HIROMI; OGAWA, NAOKI; ONAI, RIKIO; OKABE, MAKOTO
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 046718/0971 →
Continuity (1)
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