IP Library Granted Patent US 12,229,855
Granted Patent B2
US 12,229,855 · App. 17/943,388 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Image editing support method and image editing support device

Inventor: Takashi Natori (Suwa, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G06T11/60
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Patent No.
US 12,229,855
App. No.
17/943,388
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image editing support method includes obtaining a reference position in a first image in which at least one first object representing at least one of a character string and a diagram is arranged, identifying a target object as a first object located in a range including the reference position out of the at least one first object, receiving an operation of designating a largeness of a blank around the reference position, and moving the target object in accordance with the operation.

Claims (43)

1. An image editing support method comprising:

obtaining a reference position in a first image in which at least one first object representing at least one of a character string and a diagram is arranged;

identifying, out of the at least one first object, a target object which is a first object located in a range including the reference position;

receiving an operation of designating a largeness of a blank around the reference position;

moving the target object in accordance with the operation; and

displaying a second object to receive the operation at the reference position, wherein

the second object is an object not written by a user.

2. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation is an operation for enlarging the blank, and

the moving the target object is moving the target object in a direction in which the target object gets away from the reference position.

3. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation is an operation for reducing the blank, and

the moving the target object is moving the target object in a direction in which the target object comes closer to the reference position.

4. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a second image representing a profile including the range, the second image being superimposed on the first image.

5. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the range is a range in which the second object exists in the first image.

6. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the target object is moved along an axis determined in accordance with a shape of the second object.

7. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

an upper limit of an amount of movement of the target object is determined in accordance with a length of a period in which the operation continues.

8. The image editing support method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

stopping the movement of the target object when the target object becomes to fail to overlap the range.

9. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a third image representing a profile including the at least one first object, the third image being superimposed on the first image.

10. The image editing support method according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one first object includes a third object different from the target object, and

the method further comprising moving the third object when a distance between a center of the target object and a center of the third object becomes shorter than a threshold value by moving the target object.

11. An image editing support device comprising:

a display device which displays a first image in which at least one first object representing at least one of a character string and a diagram is arranged; and

a processing device programmed to execute

obtaining a reference position in the first image,

identifying, out of the at least one first object, a target object as a first object located in a range including the reference position,

receiving an operation of designating a largeness of a blank around the reference position,

moving the target object in accordance with the operation; and

displaying a second object to receive the operation at the reference position, wherein the second object is an object not written by a user.

12. An image editing support method comprising:

obtaining a reference position in a first image in which at least one first object representing at least one of a character string and a diagram is arranged;

identifying, out of the at least one first object, a target object which is a first object located in a range including the reference position;

receiving an operation of designating a largeness of a blank around the reference position;

moving the target object in accordance with the operation; and

displaying a second object to receive the operation at the reference position, wherein

the target object is moved along an axis determined in accordance with a shape of the second object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: NATORI, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061074/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-148613 · Sep 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230083428A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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