Patent ID: 8910042
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a key operation unit having a plurality of keys; a display screen comprising a first area and a second area; an image storage unit that stores image data; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the image processing apparatus to: display at least a part of an image that is based on the image data stored in the image storage unit, the image having a quadrilateral shape defined by a first pair of parallel sides and a second pair of parallel sides; display an indicator for specifying a first selection region with respect to the image displayed on the display screen, the first selection region within the image having a quadrilateral shape defined by a third pair of parallel sides and a fourth pair of parallel sides, the third pair and the fourth pair being substantially in parallel with the first pair and the second pair, respectively, the indicator defining the first selection region by indicating positions of the third pair of parallel sides, and the indicator display unit configured to display the indicator, such that the indicator moves in a direction parallel to the second pair of parallel sides based on an input entered from the key operation unit while the third pair of parallel sides is retained at a predetermined distance from each other; decide the position of the indicator for determining a position of the first selection region; determine a first position of the third pair of parallel sides in accordance with the decided position of the indicator and a second position of the fourth pair of parallel sides to substantially coincide with the second pair of parallel sides of the image; select first image data corresponding to a region defined by the first position and the second position as first selected image data; display the first selected image based on the first selected image data on the second area, wherein the first selected image is enlarged with a scaling factor greater than the image displayed on the first area; store the first selected image data in the image storing unit; select second image data corresponding to a second selection region determined based on a second selection region within the image specified by the position of the indicator as second selected image data; change the position of the indicator when a blank space of the recording medium left as a result of a first selected image based on the first selected image data stored in the image storage unit to be printed is smaller than an area for the second selected image data, wherein the position of the indicator is changed so that the position of the indicator corresponds to the third pair of the parallel sides of the second selection region to shorten a distance between the sides of the third pair of parallel sides of the second selection region to be disposed within the blank space; store the second selected image data determined based on the second selection region specified by the changed position of the indicator in the image storing unit; and print an image based on the first and second selected image data stored in the image storing unit on a recording medium, wherein the indicator for specifying the selection region within the image is movable within the image on the display screen without moving a portion of the image in the selection region, wherein the selected image based on the selected image data and the indicator are displayed on the first area of the display screen, and wherein the selected image, of which the selection region is specified by the indicator, and the enlarged image are simultaneously displayed on the first area and the second area, respectively.