IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMERCIAL USE

Abstract

Provided is a sample image that is close to an actual object. The following steps 1 to 5 are performed. (Step 1) Image data (A0) corresponding to an image (A) is converted to acquire image data (A1). (Step 2) Image data (B0) corresponding to an article (B) is converted to acquire image data (B1) corresponding to a surface state of a region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed. (Step 3) Image data (A2) is acquired from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1). (Step 4) The image data (A2) is converted to acquire image data (A3). (Step 5) Image data (C0) corresponding to a product (C) is acquired from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

Description

Claims

1. An image data processing method for performing the following steps 1 to 5 for handling a product (C) in which a specific image (A) is applied to a specific article (B), the method comprising: (step 1) a step of converting image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) to acquire image data (A1);(step 2) a step of converting image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) to acquire image data (B1) corresponding to a surface state of a region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed;(step 3) a step of acquiring image data (A2) from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1);(step 4) a step of converting the image data (A2) to acquire image data (A3); and(step 5) a step of acquiring image data (C0) corresponding to the product (C) from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

2. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 1, a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) is converted to acquire the image data (A1).

3. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 1, a value corresponding to one or more of brightness, chroma, and transparency of the image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) is converted so as to reduce one or more of brightness, chroma, and transparency, thereby acquiring the image data (A1).

4. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 2, the image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) is converted to acquire the image data (B1) corresponding to unevenness and/or texture of a region of the article (B) to which the image (A) is applied.

5. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein the article (B) is clothing, andin the step 2, color image data included in the image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) is converted into grayscale image data and/or the image data (B0) is subjected to blurring to acquire the image data (B1) corresponding to unevenness and/or texture of the region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed.

6. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 3, the image data (A2) that reflects both the image (A) and a surface state of a region of the article (B) to which the image (A) is applied is acquired from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1).

7. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 3, the image data (A2) that reflects both the image (A) and the region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed is acquired from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1).

8. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 4, a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A2) is converted to acquire the image data (A3).

9. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 4, a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A2) is converted so as to increase one or more of brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness, thereby acquiring the image data (A3).

10. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein, in the step 5, the image data (C0) as a sample image of a made-to-order product obtained by applying the image (A) to the article (B) is acquired from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

11. The image data processing method according to claim 1, wherein the article (B) is clothing, andin the step 5, the image data (C0) as a sample image of made-to-order clothing obtained by printing the image (A) on the article (B) is acquired from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

12. An image data processing apparatus having the following devices 1 to 5 for handling a product (C) in which a specific image (A) is applied to a specific article (B), the apparatus comprising: (device 1) a device converting image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) to acquire image data (A1);(device 2) a device converting image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) to acquire image data (B1) corresponding to a surface state of a region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed;(device 3) a device acquiring image data (A2) from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1);(device 4) a device converting the image data (A2) to acquire image data (A3); and(device 5) a device acquiring image data (C0) corresponding to the product (C) from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

13. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 1 converts a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) to acquire the image data (A1).

14. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 1 converts a value corresponding to one or more of brightness, chroma, and transparency of the image data (A0) corresponding to the image (A) so as to reduce one or more of brightness, chroma, and transparency, thereby acquiring the image data (A1).

15. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 2 converts the image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) to acquire the image data (B1) corresponding to unevenness and/or texture of a region of the article (B) to which the image (A) is applied.

16. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the article (B) is clothing, andthe device 2 converts color image data included in the image data (B0) corresponding to the article (B) into grayscale image data and/or performs blurring on the image data (B0) to acquire the image data (B1) corresponding to unevenness and/or texture of the region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed.

17. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 3 acquires the image data (A2) that reflects both the image (A) and a surface state of a region of the article (B) to which the image (A) is applied, from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1).

18. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 3 acquires the image data (A2) that reflects both the image (A) and the region of the article (B) on which the image (A) is printed, from the image data (A1) and the image data (B1).

19. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 4 converts a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A2) to acquire the image data (A3).

20. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 4 converts a value corresponding to one or more of hue, brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness of the image data (A2) so as to increase one or more of brightness, chroma, transparency, and sharpness, thereby acquiring the image data (A3).

21. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the device 5 acquires the image data (C0) as a sample image of a made-to-order product obtained by applying the image (A) to the article (B), from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

22. The image data processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the article (B) is clothing, andthe device 5 acquires the image data (C0) as a sample image of made-to-order clothing obtained by printing the image (A) on the article (B), from the image data (A3) and the image data (B0).

23. A commercial use of a product (C) in which a specific image (A) is applied to a specific article (B) using the image data processing method according to claim 1.

24. A commercial use of a product (C) in which a specific image (A) is applied to a specific article (B) using the image data processing apparatus according to claim 12.