An image reading apparatus includes a document setting table, an image data generation unit, a downsized image data generation unit, a document information generation unit, and an image cropping unit. The image data generation unit reads a plurality of source documents placed on the document setting table and generates image data representing the plurality of source documents. The downsized image data generation unit generates downsized image data by reducing a size of the image data. The document information generation unit analyzes the downsized image data to detect respective positions of the plurality of source documents and generate document information indicating the detected positions. The image cropping unit cuts out a plurality of regions from the image data according to the document information and acquires a plurality of items of cropped image data respectively representing the plurality of source documents.

The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for enhancing content of a document according to visual lens power of a user. In the method, a document from a user is received for a pre-defined operation such as printing, scanning, copying, or the like. Then, a selection of visually enhanced content option is received from the user. Based on the selection of the option, a profile of the user is checked for visual lens power information of the user. Based on the check, the content of the document is automatically enlarged according to the visual lens power information of the user. Subsequently, an output document including the enhanced content is generated based on the pre-defined operation such that the enhanced content is comfortably read by the user.

Embodiments may include a reception processor that receives image data corresponding to an image including a plurality of image objects. A controller may determine whether image objects are in contact with a boundary of a printing area of medium, and, based on a result of the determination, may perform expansion processing on one of the plurality of image objects that is in contact with the boundary of the printing area of the medium to expand image objects in contact with the boundary of the printing area and does not perform expansion processing on image objects not in contact with the boundary of the printing area of the medium such image objects not in contact with the boundary of the printing area are not expanded. Expansion image data including the expanded image objects and image objects on which expansion processing is not performed may be generated and output.

To enable a user to, in a case where the user scans a plurality of documents en bloc and acquires an image in units of documents by using a multi-cropping function and metadata thereon, reacquire them efficiently. A configuration is designed so that scan processing can be performed again in a preview display of the image corresponding to each document obtained by multi-cropping and it is made possible for a user to perform the scan again in a case where the user checks the scanned contents by the preview display and determines that the scan has not been performed accurately. Then, for the scanned image obtained by the re-scan, necessary analysis processing is performed only for the document for which it becomes necessary to perform the scan again.

A method of controlling an information processing apparatus includes displaying an edit screen including an obtained image and a print range frame based on obtained print setting information, accepting an edit operation of arrangement of the image in the edit screen, generating image data based on an edited image, and transmitting the generated image data and the print setting information to the image forming apparatus as a print job. Where the image has been edited such that there is a region where the image is not arranged in the print range frame, combining processing in which a predetermined image is added in the region is performed and whereby image data including the image and predetermined image is generated, and where the image has been edited such that there is no region where the image is not arranged in the print range frame, the combining processing is not performed.

An image generating device has a camerawork information extracting unit (315) that extracts imaging information of a captured image, a composition information calculating unit (316) that decides a cut-out frame for cutting out a new image from the imaging information and the captured image based on a constraint condition, and a composition information shaping unit (317) that cuts out the new image from the captured image by using the cut-out frame and converts a size of the new image to a predetermined size. With this configuration, the new image generated from the captured image becomes a favorable image that is easy to see for a viewer, without requiring skilled imaging techniques during capturing.

A controller of an image processing apparatus performs one or both of an enlargement process and a conversion process when a coded image in which information is coded is included in the image data. The enlargement process is a process of pasting an enlarged coded image instead of the coded image on the image data. The conversion process is a process of pasting decoded information instead of the coded image.

This application relates to systems and methods for scaling and assembling framed images, and to offering the framed images for purchase. In some embodiments, a computing device is configured to receive a first customer selection of a frame style and a frame size, where the frame size indicates dimensions of a frame window. The computing device is also configured to receive a second customer selection of a mat style. Further, the computing device is configured to determine, based at least on the dimensions of the frame window and the mat style, a mat size, where the mat size includes dimensions of a mat window. The computing device is also configured to determine, based at least on the dimensions of the mat window, an image size for an image. For example, the computing device may execute a rule-based model, or a machine learning model, to determine the image size.

According to one embodiment, an image reading device includes a scanner and a controller. The scanner can read multiple documents placed together on a document platen and generate image data accordingly. The controller generates individual document image data by cropping a region corresponding to each document on the document platen from the generated image data. When a multi-sided scanning mode or option is selected, the controller associates generated document image data for a front surface of each document with generated document image data for a back surface of the same document to establish a document image data pair for each individual document. When a rotation instruction is received for one piece of document image data in a document image pair, the controller rotates both pieces of document image data in the document image pair together. The rotated document image data pair can then be output together.

An image capturing method can be applied to an application, and include: determining a dimension adjustment approach set for a preset object in an acquired image to be processed after a dimension adjustment function of the application is turned on; and obtaining and displaying an adjusted image by adjusting a dimension of the preset object in the image to be processed according to the dimension adjustment approach, so as to support real-time preview of the adjusted image. As the dimension of the preset object in the image to be processed is adjusted in the image capturing process, the image capturing experience of the user is improved, and satisfying photos or videos can be obtained quickly.