Re-layout processing of the one or more objects is executed when an instruction for a re-layout for borderless printing of one or more objects included in a page that can be printed by a printing apparatus is received. The re-layout processing includes at least processing to scale down a predetermined object that does not satisfy a predetermined condition relative to a background object so that, for objects other than the background object from among the one or more objects, an object that satisfies the predetermined condition is allowed to extend into, from among a printable region and an extend region in the page in a case of borderless printing, the extend region and an object that does not satisfy the predetermined condition is not allowed to extend into the extend region.

An image processing apparatus generates a first image by adjusting luminance so as to preserve a signal value on a high-luminance side among signal values acquired by reading a document by a scanner, and detects a position of a region corresponding to the document in the generated first image. The image processing apparatus further generates a second image by performing adjustment so as to increase luminance of a pixel contained in the first image, and crops a document image from the generated second image based on the detected position of the region corresponding to the document.

An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit and a control unit. Through the image input unit, a first image including an insertion area and a second image different from the first image are input. The control unit functions as an image acquisition section, an insertion area detection section, an insertion image detection section, and an image processing section. The image acquisition section acquires the first image and the second image input through the image input unit. The insertion area detection section detects the insertion area from the first image. The insertion image detection section detects an insertion image from the second image. The image processing section generates a third image by inserting the insertion image into the insertion area.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section capable of forming an image on a sheet of paper based on an input image, a display section for displaying the input image, an operation section which receives a user's input operation to designate three or more arbitrary number of points inside the input image displayed on the display section as adjustment points, and designates at least one destination of the three or more adjustment points, and an image processing section which calculates each moving amount of the adjustment points from position information on the destinations of the adjustment points designated by the operation section so as to adjust a position of an image of a region enclosed by the three or more adjustment points.

Handwritten notes are captured organized and stored by a system as a digital representation. The system includes a notebook having a set of pages, wherein each page has placed thereon a folio identifier representation, such representation including a page identifier. The system also includes a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions, which, when running on a camera-equipped computing device at a time when the camera thereof views a page of the notebook, cause performance of processes. The processes performed by the instructions include: processing an image associated with the page, detecting and decoding the folio identifier representation to provide a page identifier for the page, and if the image has not been previously captured, then capturing the image of the page and saving the image in an image store.

An information processing apparatus includes a file name reading unit that reads a file name including form information indicating a printing form of an image to be printed, a preview image generating unit that specifies the printing form from the read file name, and generates a simple preview image of the image based on the printing form, and a selection display unit that displays the simple preview image as a selection for selecting the image which is desired.

A method to make a decoration, the decoration made from a plurality of colored objects arranged in a regular pattern on a colored substrate, individual colored objects discernable at arm's length, with the decoration recognizable at greater distance as corresponding to a digital image. The colored objects may be pushpins, and no colored objects are placed at positions where the substrate color is the desired color. Embodiments also include an apparatus to select a single pushpin from a container of pushpins, and an apparatus to orient a pushpin in preparation for insertion into the substrate.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a display unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The controller causes, before printing an image, the display unit to reduce and display, with respect to each of setting items for printing, images to each of which a processing indicated by one of the setting items is applied. When a user designates one of the images to which the processing indicated by one of the setting items is applied, the controller accepts an instruction to print the image, reflecting the processing indicated by the setting item corresponding to a designated image, and causes the display unit to reduce and display the images to each of which the processing indicated by a remaining setting item not designated by the user, and the processing indicated by the designated setting item corresponding to the designated image, are applied, with respect to remaining setting items.

A method and apparatus for redacting a document via a graphical user interface (GUI) on a multi-function device (MFD) are disclosed. For example, the method includes scanning a document, displaying the document on the GUI, receiving a selection of at least one portion of the document to redact via the GUI and creating a new document that redacts the at least one portion of the document that is selected.

An image reading system includes an image reading apparatus including a transport unit configured to transport a document from a bundle of cut documents one by one, a reading unit configured to read an image of the transported document, and a reading control unit, and an external control unit included in an external device coupled to the image reading apparatus, wherein an inclination correction process that corrects an inclination of the image of the document, a size determination process that determines a size of the image as a standard for the bundle of documents, and a size correction process that corrects the size of the image of the document to a specific size determined by the size determination process are performed.