Patent ID: 8610943
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-processing device comprising: a first image data acquiring unit that acquires first image data; a display unit that has a display area; a display control unit that controls the display unit to display a first image on the display area based on the first image data, the first image occupying a first image area defined within the display area; an area designating unit that enables a user to specify his/her desired area as a designated area in the display area, the designated area including an image area and a non image area, the image area including a portion of the first image and the non image area not including any portion of the first image; an image area setting unit that sets, in the designated area, the image area that is located within the designated area and is located also within the first image area; a blank area setting unit that sets, in the designated area, a blank area that is located within the designated area and is located also within the non image area; a second image data acquiring unit that acquires second image data corresponding to the image area in the designated area; a blank data creating unit that creates blank data corresponding to the blank area in the designated area; and an image data creating unit that creates output image data by adding the blank data to the second image data.