Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100097642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus that extracts multiple still images from a moving image and performs an image process. A parameter indicating characteristics of moving image data are extracted, and a number of multiple still images is determined based on the parameter indicating characteristics of the moving image data. Then, based on a determined number of still images, multiple still images are extracted from the moving image, a extracted multiple still images are saved as a single file, and the image process is carried out using a saved multiple still images. | 04-22-2010 |
20120013642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When combining a plurality of images, deterioration has occurred at a contour part. A feature amount of a partial region in a first image included in a plurality of images for image composition is calculated, and a weight for composition of the region in the first image or a weight of a region in a second image included in the plurality of images is determined based on the calculated feature amount. Then, by weighting based on the composition weight determined for the region of the first image or the region of the second image, the first image and the second image are combined. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014453 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method according to the present invention comprises the step of; inputting a plurality of images; reducing a first image of the plurality of images to a reduced image in a predetermined ratio; specifying a feature point included in the reduced image, on the basis of image data of the reduced image; designating a feature point in the first image so that the feature point corresponds to the feature point in the reduced image; calculating a corresponding point which is similar to the feature point in the first image, from a second image of the plurality of images by using a filter, the filter being corresponding to the predetermined ratio at time of reducing the first image; and determining a motion vector between the first image and the second image on the basis of the feature point and the calculated corresponding point. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014565 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - When a feature point in a first image is employed to search for corresponding points in a second image, there is a case wherein an appropriate motion vector can not be determined, such as a case wherein multiple corresponding point choices are present, or no corresponding points are found. Therefore, when a corresponding point that has a high similarity to the feature point in the first image is not specified in the second image, a motion vector that is to be determined for a feature point, other than the feature point in the first image, is examined, and a motion vector for this feature point is determined. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014606 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - To improve the precision of a motion vector of a pixel included in an image by appropriately performing region division of the image. A plurality of images is obtained, any of the plurality of the obtained images is analyzed and a feature point of the image is extracted. A feature point of the image are added to the corners of the image and at least one feature point is added to any of positions on four sides formed by the feature points located at the corners of the image. Then, based on the extracted feature point and the added feature points, a motion vector of a pixel included in the image with respect to another image included in the plurality of images is determined. | 01-19-2012 |
20130021494 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of appropriately arranging a plurality of images of an output target in an output region is provided. For example, when the plurality of images is arranged in rows and columns by the arrangement unit, if there is a row or a column in which a number of images is less than a predetermined number of images, the number of images in the row or column is identified. Then, from the plurality of combinations, based on the number of images identified by the identification unit, for each of a plurality of combinations of number of rows and number of columns when the plurality of imaged is arranged, a combination of the number of rows and the number of columns is determined. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus specifies, based on a reference image out of a plurality of images and a plurality of comparative images out of the plurality of images, a difference region, in each of the plurality of comparative images, including an object subjected to combination corresponding to a difference from a reference image, determines, based on a plurality of difference regions specified in the plurality of comparative images, an object region corresponding to an object included in the reference image, and combines, based on the determined object region in the reference image and the plurality of difference regions in the plurality of comparative images, with the reference image, the objects subjected to combination included in the plurality of difference regions so that an object corresponding to the object region is included in the reference image with which the plurality of difference regions are combined. | 01-24-2013 |
20140009796 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a technique for generating a layout which matches preferences of more persons by selecting images having high preference evaluation values including not only preference degrees explicitly set by the user but also access counts in response to browse instructions and the like. To this end, using both a value indicating a preference degree explicitly set for a given image by the user and an interest degree (automatic preference degree) determined based on a browse count, an importance degree (preference evaluation value) for that image is obtained. Then, images to be laid out on a template are determined according to the importance degrees. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010444 | APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Images of a layout target for a template are acquired. The plurality of acquired images are edited using editing processing corresponding to a category corresponding to a layout. The edited images are arranged on the template corresponding to the category. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010454 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method includes a state determination step of determining the quality of an object in image data, an extraction step of extracting feature information from the object, and a registration step of registering, in a dictionary, the feature information extracted in the extraction step. In the registration step, when the quality of the object determined in the determination step is lower than a predetermined reference, registration of the feature information of the object in the dictionary by the registration step is not performed. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010458 | APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus extracts feature information from an object of image data. The apparatus registers the extracted feature information in a dictionary. The apparatus refers to the dictionary and determines a similarity between feature information registered in the dictionary and the extracted feature information. The apparatus does not use, of feature information to be registered in the dictionary, feature information not satisfying a predetermined evaluation criterion in similarity determination. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010459 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to determine, based on a region that satisfies a predetermined condition in an image as a candidate of an output target, whether to set the region as the output target; and a decision unit configured to, in a case where a plurality of regions that satisfy the predetermined condition exists in the image, decide a portion of the image including one or a plurality of regions determined, out of the plurality of regions, as the output target by said determination unit as a portion of the output target. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OBJECT EXTRACTED FROM IMAGE DATA - An apparatus includes a first management unit configured to classify and manage feature information of a plurality of objects extracted from image data in units of similar feature information, a second management unit configured to classify and manage the plurality of objects extracted from the image data object by object, an association unit configured to associate the objects in the first management unit with feature information in the second management unit, and an input unit configured to input a correction instruction about classifications of the objects by the second management unit. The second management unit is configured to, if the correction instruction is input, correct and manage a classification to which a target object of the correction instruction belongs and the first management unit is configured to change and manage a classification to which feature information associated with the target object of the correction instruction belongs. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OBJECT EXTRACTED FROM IMAGE DATA - An apparatus includes a first management unit configured to classify and manage feature information of a plurality of objects extracted from image data in units of similar feature information, a second management unit configured to classify and manage the plurality of objects extracted from the image data object by object, an association unit configured to associate classifications of the objects by the second management unit with classifications of the feature information by the first management unit, and an input unit configured to input a correction instruction about the classifications of the objects by the second management unit, wherein the association unit is configured to, if the correction instruction is input, update an association between the classifications of the objects and the classifications of the feature information and the second management unit is configured to correct and manage the classifications of the objects based on updating of the association. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013213 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a technique for generating a layout which matches preferences of a larger number of persons by selecting images with higher preference evaluations based on not only preference degrees which are explicitly set by the user, and access counts in accordance with browse designations. To this end, an importance degree (preference evaluation value) for a given image is obtained using both a value indicating a preference degree which is explicitly set by the user for that image and an interest degree (automatic preference degree) determined by a browse count. In this case, the preference degree explicitly set by the user is multiplied by a larger weight than the interest degree. Then, images to be laid out on a template are determined according to the importance degrees. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING LAYOUT IMAGE - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image group including a plurality of images, a specifying unit configured to specify feature information of each of the images, a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of layout candidates by arranging images selected from the acquired image group, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate each of the layout candidates generated by the generation unit based on a plurality of evaluation standards including an image evaluation based on the feature information of each image arranged in the layout candidate and an overall evaluation of the layout candidate, and a determination unit configured to select and determine a layout to be output from the plurality of layout candidates based on a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit. | 01-09-2014 |
20140044360 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - To improve the precision of a motion vector of a pixel included in an image by appropriately performing region division of the image. A plurality of images is obtained, any of the plurality of the obtained images is analyzed and a feature point of the image is extracted. A feature point of the image are added to the corners of the image and at least one feature point is added to any of positions on four sides formed by the feature points located at the corners of the image. Then, based on the extracted feature point and the added feature points, a motion vector of a pixel included in the image with respect to another image included in the plurality of images is determined. | 02-13-2014 |
20150062652 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one image group including at least one image; a creating unit configured to create a layout candidate by laying out images included in an image group that has been acquired by the acquisition unit; an evaluating unit configured to evaluate the layout candidate created by the creating unit, based on individual evaluation of each of the images in accordance with a feature of a subject in the images that have been laid out in layouts; and an output unit configured to output the layout candidate created by the creating unit, at a predetermined output size. The feature of the subject in the images includes a size of the subject in the image identified by an output size of the layout candidate output by the output unit. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one image group including at least one image; a creating unit configured to create a plurality of layout candidates, by selecting at least one image from an image group acquired by the acquisition unit, and arranging the at least one selected image; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the layout candidates created by the creating unit; a deciding unit configured to decide a presentation order of a plurality of selected layout candidates, based on evaluation results from the evaluation unit; and a presenting unit configured to present layout candidates in the presentation order decided by the deciding unit; wherein the deciding unit decides the presentation order so that the presentation order is different from an order of evaluation values from the evaluation unit, based on the evaluation results of the evaluation unit. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063724 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image group including at least one image is acquired, a layout candidate is created, by laying out images included in an acquired image group, and the created layout candidate is evaluated. Evaluation of the layout candidate is performed based on evaluation of each image laid out within a layout, and a scaling factor based on image size of the image placed in the layout, and a size of the image. | 03-05-2015 |