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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kaku, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Fukushima, Mitaka, JP;
Kaori Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kaku, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Fukushima, Mitaka, JP;
Kaori Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them.