Patent ID: 7929797
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing device for selecting a set of photographic image data for printing from among multiple sets of photographic image data, the device comprising: a data acquiring module which is configured to receive photographic image data that contains pixel color information, and thumbnail image data of the photographic image data, the thumbnail image data containing pixel color information; a thumbnail image analyzing module which is configured to select one or more specific pixels from among pixels of the thumbnail image data; a photographic image analyzing module which is configured to perform analysis of the photographic image data, for a specific region thereof constituting a part of an image of the photographic image data corresponding to the specific pixels of the thumbnail image data; and calculate a localized blur level which represents indistinctness of image in the specific region; a printing module which is configured to carry out printing based on the photographic image data, in case where the localized blur level of the specific region contained in the photographic image data meets a prescribed condition; and a processor, wherein the thumbnail image analyzing module determines whether a pixel under examination is one of the specific pixels based on data for the pixel under examination and data for a pixel neighboring the pixel under examination, the photographic image analyzing module determines the localized blur level based on data for a plurality of pixels contained in the specific region, the plurality of pixels being lined up in a direction towards a position of the neighboring pixel with respect to the pixel under examination in an image of the thumbnail image data, and each of the modules of the printing device is executed by the processor.