Image pickup apparatus, information processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method and memory medium
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- image pickup means for image picking up an object image formed through an optical system and acquiring image information of said object image; and
communication means for transmitting the image information obtained in said image pickup means to an external unit and receiving the image information after an arbitrary image process from the external unit.
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Abstract
In order to provide an image pickup device capable of providing a high quality image by enabling satisfactory image processing, a photographing device transmits photographed image information, obtained by photographing means, through photographing side communication means to an information processing device, which receives the photographed image information from the photographing device, by information processing side communication means, and, after image processing by image processing means, returns the photographed image information after the image processing to the photographing device by the information processing side communication means.
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23 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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image pickup means for image picking up an object image formed through an optical system and acquiring image information of said object image; and
communication means for transmitting the image information obtained in said image pickup means to an external unit and receiving the image information after an arbitrary image process from the external unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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communication means for receiving image information transmitted from an external unit; and
image processing means for applying arbitrary image processing to the image information received by said communication means;
wherein said communication means returns the image information after the image processing by said image processing means to a source of transmission of the image information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image processing system composed of an image pickup device and an information processing device, wherein:
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said image pickup device comprises;
image pickup means for image picking up an object image formed through an optical system and acquiring image information of the object image; and
communication means for transmitting the image information obtained in said image pickup means to an external unit and receiving the image information after an arbitrary image process from the external unit; and
said image processing device comprises;
communication means for receiving image information transmitted from the external unit; and
image processing means for applying arbitrary image processing to the image information received by said communication means;
wherein said communication means is adapted to return the image information after the image processing by said image processing means to a source of transmission of the image information.
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15. An image processing method for use in an image processing system composed of a photographing device at least including photographing means, storage means and communication means, and an information processing device at least including communication means and image processing means, the method comprising:
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a photographing side transmission step of transmitting image information, obtained by photographing by said photographing means in said photographing device, from said photographing device through said communication means of the photographing side to said information processing device;
an information processing device side step for receiving, in said information processing device, the information transmitted from said image photographing device in said photographing side transmission step by said communication means, then applying image processing by said image processing means to said received image information and transmitting the image information after said image processing to said photographing device by said communication means; and
a storage step of receiving, by said communication means of said photographing side, the image information after the image processing transmitted from said information processing device in said information processing device side step and storing said received image information in said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
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21. An image processing method comprising:
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a photographing step of photographing an object image formed by an optical system and acquiring image information of said object image; and
a communication step of transmitting the image information obtained by said photographing step to an external unit and receiving said image information after arbitrary image processing from the external unit.
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22. A computer readable memory medium storing a program for realizing an image processing method to be executed by an image processing device, the program comprising:
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a photographing instruction code for photographing an object image formed by an optical system and acquiring image information of said object image; and
a communication instruction step of transmitting the image information obtained by said photographing step to an external unit and receiving said image information after arbitrary image processing from the external unit.
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