Patent Document ID: 20070279696
Application ID: 11809609
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
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; and 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.