An image forming apparatus includes circuitry that binarizes image data, a memory, and a print engine unit that forms an image of the binarized image data. When the image data is low in resolution, the circuitry has the image data stored in the memory and thereafter performs on the image data, detection processing for detecting whether or not the image data includes a predetermined pattern before binarization processing. When the image data is high in resolution, the circuitry binarizes the image data, thereafter has the image data stored in the memory, thereafter further performs multivalue converting processing on the image data, and thereafter performs detection processing.

An image processing apparatus that is capable of preventing an additional image from being arranged at a position that overruns from a displayed base image when a user carelessly designates such a position. The image processing apparatus including an instruction unit that instructs a composition position by a user's operation at which an additional image selected by a user is combined with a base image displayed on a display, and a controller that controls so as to combine the additional image with the base image at a composition position instructed by the instruction unit. When the composition position where at least a part of the additional image overruns from the base image is instructed by the instruction unit, the controller changes the composition position so that the additional image will fit into the base image and combines the additional image at the changed composition position.

A method is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) and includes receiving a desired transparency level for an annotation image to be added to a canvas image, applying a transparency factor based on the desired transparency level to a transparency output function and an opaque output function to calculate an output value for each pixel of the canvas image that overlaps a pixel of the annotation image in a color space associated with the MFD, and generating an annotated canvas image that includes the output value that is calculated for each pixel of the canvas image that overlaps the pixel of the annotation image.

A method for displaying an image is applied to an electronic device including a first camera and a second camera. The method includes: acquiring a first real-time image collected by the first camera and a second real-time image collected by the second camera, the first real-time image being different from the second real-time image; determining a target object in the first real-time image; generating a real-time virtual image corresponding to the target object; and displaying the real-time virtual image on the second real-time image.

A printed matter processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data of an environment in which a printed matter is set, a processor, and a display unit, in which the processor configured to, by executing a program, input the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, display how the printed matter is seen in a case where the printed matter is set in the environment on the display unit, by compositing the printed matter in the image data in accordance with a printing condition of the printed matter, and decide the printing condition of the printed matter by changing the printing condition of the printed matter in accordance with a user operation and displaying the printed matter.

An image processing apparatus includes an image reading device, a communication device, and a control device. The control device acts as a controller. The controller recognizes at least one text region in the source image, extracts a predetermined keyword from the at least one text region, generates a cover page by pasting a character string of the text region from which the keyword has been extracted, on a pasting position on a predetermined cover page template, associated with the keyword extracted, and causes the communication device to transmit the generated cover page together with the source image, to the external terminal device.

A printed matter processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data of an environment in which a printed matter is set, a processor, and a display unit, in which the processor configured to, by executing a program, input the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, display how the printed matter is seen in a case where the printed matter is set in the environment on the display unit, by compositing the printed matter in the image data in accordance with a printing condition of the printed matter, and decide the printing condition of the printed matter by changing the printing condition of the printed matter in accordance with a user operation and displaying the printed matter.

Object model data is obtained, defining an object to be generated by a three-dimensional printer. An envelope is obtained within which the object is to be generated, the envelope having a main section and at least one of a base and/or a lid, and printer control data is generated comprising build data to control a three-dimensional printer to generate the object and the envelope and a build mode data, wherein the printer control data comprises instructions to cause a three-dimensional printer to generate a build layer of the base and/or lid of the envelope using a first build mode, and to generate the object using a second build mode. The first build mode uses an extended time-per-build-layer for the generating of the build layer of the base and/or lid of the envelope compared with the second build mode.

An image processing apparatus includes an image reading device, a communication device, and a control device. The control device acts as a controller. The controller recognizes at least one text region in the source image, extracts a predetermined keyword from the at least one text region, generates a cover page by pasting a character string of the text region from which the keyword has been extracted, on a pasting position on a predetermined cover page template, associated with the keyword extracted, and causes the communication device to transmit the generated cover page together with the source image, to the external terminal device.

A system and method for interactive printed media are disclosed in which a mobile or wearable computing device has an application that captures an image of a piece of printed media and associates a link to the piece of printed media using a backend component to make the piece of printed media interactive. The system and method may be used to generate a piece of printed media that is interactive that may be sent to third parties or to make an existing piece of printed media interactive.