Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080281797 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - With the conventional techniques, when the images taken under various conditions such as plural aspect ratios, horizontal shooting and vertical shooting are collectively selected and searched, the search conditions adaptable to all the images can not be specified, whereby there was a problem that the search could not be made as intended. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an image search apparatus comprising search object image designation means for designating a search object image, search condition input means for inputting the search conditions, feature amount extraction means for extracting a feature amount thereof from the search object image, feature amount transformation means for transforming the feature amount to adapt to the inputted search conditions, and determination means for determining whether or not the search object image is matched with the search conditions using the feature amount after transformation. | 11-13-2008 |
20090324091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE PRINT MEDIUM - A problem of the present invention is providing an image processing apparatus. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises inputting unit for inputting photography information of an image, judging unit for judging whether or not information of a major subject in the image is stored in the photography information, detecting unit for detecting the major subject in the image, comparing unit for comparing an area of the major subject detected by the detecting unit with an area of the major subject stored in the photography information when it is judged by the judging unit that the information of the major subject in the image is stored in the photography information, and correcting unit for determining an area of the major subject in accordance with the result of the comparison by the comparing unit to make a correction to the area of the major subject. | 12-31-2009 |
20100077297 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus selects, as layout targets, a plurality of images captured by an image capture apparatus. The information processing apparatus detects a subject or a specific portion of the subject as an object in each of the selected images, and analyzes distance information from the position of the image capture apparatus to the object based on the sizes of the image and object. The information processing apparatus edits the layout positions of the images based on the distance information obtained by the analysis, and lays out the images on a layout screen. | 03-25-2010 |
20110286683 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to this invention, image processes are classified into a plurality of categories, and the result of processes belonging to each category is written in an intermediate buffer prepared for the category. The order of categories is determined in advance, and an output from a process of a preceding category serves as an input to a process of a succeeding category. The preceding category includes image processes such as automatic correction requiring no quick response. The succeeding category includes image processes such as manual correction requiring a quick response. | 11-24-2011 |
20130021498 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A blurring process is performed on an addition area including a point light source area detected in an image to be processed so that the nearer to the circumference of the addition area, the higher the luminance value while an addition coefficient is being increased according to a distance from the center. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022289 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAPABLE OF DETERMINING A REGION CORRESPONDING TO LOCAL LIGHT FROM AN IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data to be processed, an determination unit configured to determine a region corresponding to local light in the image data input by the input unit, and a specification unit configured to determine a characteristic of the image data input by the input unit, wherein the determination unit changes, according to the characteristic of the image data specified by the specification unit, an determination criterion of the region corresponding to the local light. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022290 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, a detection unit configured to detect a region corresponding to local light in an image represented by the image data input by the input unit, and a processing unit configured to perform blur processing on the region corresponding to the local light and detected by the detection unit, wherein the processing unit varies, according to a position of the region corresponding to the local light and detected by the detection unit, an area on which to perform the blur processing. | 01-24-2013 |
20140078051 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to this invention, image processes are classified into a plurality of categories, and the result of processes belonging to each category is written in an intermediate buffer prepared for the category. The order of categories is determined in advance, and an output from a process of a preceding category serves as an input to a process of a succeeding category. The preceding category includes image processes such as automatic correction requiring no quick response. The succeeding category includes image processes such as manual correction requiring a quick response. | 03-20-2014 |
20140218753 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In low-resolution processing (reduction processing) in which input image data is separated into character print data and image print data to generate print data of lower resolution than that of the input image data, if a plurality of pixels is simply reduction-processed to one pixel, color of a color image surrounding a character may change. In an image processing method, calculation for performing reduction processing so that the plurality of pixels in the input image data corresponds to one pixel in the print data is performed as follows. A ratio of using a pixel value of a character attribute pixel in the calculation is set to 0, or set smaller than a ratio of using a pixel value of an image attribute pixel. As a result, a change in the color of the color image surrounding the character can be prevented. | 08-07-2014 |
20150022580 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Because the ejection state of a printing element in a printing apparatus may vary at all times, an inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set in consideration of the ejection state of the printing element. An inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set based on information including a temperature characteristic of a printing head and a state of ink such as an elapsed time from the last ejection. This allows image inspection that matches with variations in the ejection state of the printing element. | 01-22-2015 |