Patent Document ID: 8014021
Application ID: 11647262
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing method for use with an image printing apparatus, comprising steps of: (a) retrieving a specified digital image and a designated text/graph; (b) processing said specified digital image, thereby obtaining image information associated with a right-side-up image of said specified digital image, and comprising the sub-steps of: (b1) dividing said digital image into at least a first region and a second region, converting the digital data of said digital image into gray levels to obtain a first average gray level of said first section and a second average gray level of said second section, and comparing said first average gray level with said second average gray level, thereby discriminating a first possible upper section of said right-side-up image; (b2) dividing said digital image into at least a third region and a fourth region, converting the digital data of said digital image into gray levels to obtain a third average gray level of said third section and a fourth average gray level of said fourth section, and comparing said third average gray level with said fourth average gray level, thereby discriminating a second possible upper section of said right-side-up image; (b3) comparing the gray levels of said first possible upper section with said second possible upper section, thereby discriminating a most possible upper section of said right-side-up image as said image information; and (c) automatically adjusting and attaching said designated text/graph on a specified position relative to said right-side-up image according to said image information, thereby printing said specified digital image and said designated text/graph.