Image processing apparatus, method and printer for generating three-dimensional painterly image

摘要

An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a distance acquiring unit, a painterly transformation processor, a thickness information acquiring unit, and a data generating unit. The distance acquiring unit acquires distance information for each of at least one object image included in an acquired image. The painterly transformation processor transforms each of the object image, included in the acquired image, into a painterly image. The thickness information acquiring unit acquires thickness information corresponding to the distance for each of the object image. The data generating unit generates data in which the painterly image and the thickness information are associated with each other.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an image acquiring unit that acquires an image; a distance acquiring unit that acquires a distance to an object for an object image included in the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; a contour extracting unit that extracts a contour of the object image included in the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; a painterly transformation processor that transforms the object image included in the acquired image into a painterly image, wherein the painterly transformation processor comprises a line transformation processor that transforms the extracted contour of the object image into a line having a style corresponding to the acquired distance; a thickness information acquiring unit that acquires thickness information corresponding to the distance acquired by the distance acquiring unit for the corresponding line having the style corresponding to the acquired distance; and a data generating unit that generates data in which the line and the thickness information are associated with each other.