Patent ID: 9256921
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image generation device, comprising: at least one processor which implements: an acquiring unit that acquires a posting image posted by a user from a terminal device through a network; a specifying unit that specifies, in units of divided areas, an image area in which a layer image is drawn in each layer of a plurality of layers which configure a material image which is a source of a mosaic image, wherein each layer is divided into a plurality of divided areas; an allocating unit that allocates the posting image acquired by the acquiring unit to a divided area in the image area of one of the plurality of layers, based on color information of the posting image acquired by the acquiring unit and color information of each of the divided areas in the image area specified by the specifying unit; and a generating unit that generates the mosaic image by superimposing, between layers, layer images of at least two layers of the plurality of layers in which posting images are allocated to all of the divided areas in the image area of at least one layer and all of divided areas of other layer comprising a first display position which overlaps the divided areas of the at least one layer, or by superimposing, between layers, layer images of at least two layers of the plurality of layers wherein posting images are allocated to at least one divided area of the divided areas in the image area of at least one layer and an overlapping divided area of divided areas of other layer comprising a second display position which overlaps the divided areas of the at least one layer, wherein the layer images of the at least two layers are superimposed in a Z order set to each layer, the Z order indicating an order at which a layer is displayed in a Z axis direction.