Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for executing image processing method, and storage medium that stores program for executing image processing method

• US 20030031355A1
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Published: 02/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Corporation (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Corporation (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Nagatsuka, Sumiya
• Granted Patent: US 7,127,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/132
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/92 based on global image properties

Abstract

There is described an image-processing apparatus for converting a first image data inputted into the image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on the second image data. The image-processing apparatus includes a data-characteristics acquiring section to acquire data-characteristics of the first image data, including at least one of a dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing the first image data inputted into the image-processing apparatus; a memory section to store apparatus-characteristics of the visible-image outputting apparatus; and a processing section to adaptively change a data-converting method for converting the first image data to the second image data, corresponding to the data-characteristics of the first image data acquired by the data-characteristics acquiring section and the apparatus-characteristics of the visible-image outputting apparatus, stored in the memory section.

Claims

1. An image-processing apparatus for converting a first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on said second image data, said image-processing apparatus comprising:

a data-characteristics acquiring section to acquire data-characteristics of said first image data, including at least one of a dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing said first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus;

a memory section to store apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus; and

a processing section to adaptively change a data-converting method for converting said first image data to said second image data, corresponding to said data-characteristics of said first image data acquired by said data-characteristics acquiring section and said apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus, stored in said memory section.

2. The image-processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein, based on image data corresponding to an image of a part of human body to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus, said data-characteristics acquiring section acquires said data-characteristics of said first image data.

3. The image-processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein, based on image data corresponding to an image of a part of human body to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus, said data-characteristics acquiring section selects associate data relating to said image data, and then, said data-characteristics acquiring section acquires said data-characteristics of said first image data, based on said associate data.

4. The image-processing apparatus of claim 3,

wherein said associate data includes information in respect to a name of a medical department, in which said image of said part of human body, to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus, is utilized for making a diagnosis on said part of human body.

5. The image-processing apparatus of claim 3,

wherein said associate data includes information in respect to a name of said part of human body, to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus.

6. The image-processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein said visible-image outputting apparatus is an image-displaying monitor.

7. The image-processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein said visible-image outputting apparatus is a printer.

8. An image-processing method for converting a first image data inputted into an image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on said second image data, comprising the steps of:

acquiring data-characteristics of said first image data, including at least one of a dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing said first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus;

storing apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus in a memory; and

adaptively changing a data-converting method for converting said first image data to said second image data, corresponding to said data-characteristics of said first image data acquired in said acquiring step and said apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus, stored in said memory.

9. The image-processing method of claim 8, further comprising the step of:

acquiring said data-characteristics of said first image data, based on image data corresponding to an image of a part of human body to be visualized.

10. The image-processing method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

selecting associate data relating to image data, which correspond to an image of a part of human body to be visualized, based on said image data; and

acquiring said data-characteristics of said first image data, based on said associate data selected in said selecting step.

11. The image-processing method of claim 10,

wherein said associate data includes information in respect to a name of a medical department in which said image of said part of human body, to be visualized, is utilized for making a diagnosis on said part of human body.

12. The image-processing method of claim 10,

wherein said associate data includes information in respect to a name of said part of human body, to be visualized.

13. The image-processing method of claim 8,

wherein said visible-image outputting apparatus is an image-displaying monitor.

14. The image-processing apparatus of claim 8,

wherein said visible-image outputting apparatus is a printer.

15. A program of executing an image-processing method for converting a first image data inputted into an image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on said second image data;

wherein said image-processing method comprises the steps of;

acquiring data-characteristics of said first image data, including at least one of a dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing said first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus;

storing apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus in a memory; and

adaptively changing a data-converting method for converting said first image data to said second image data, corresponding to said data-characteristics of said first image data acquired in said acquiring step and said apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus, stored in said memory.

16. A storage medium storing a program of executing an image-processing method for converting a first image data inputted into an image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on said second image data;

wherein said image-processing method comprises the steps of;

acquiring data-characteristics of said first image data, including at least one of a dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing said first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus;

storing apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus in a memory; and

adaptively changing a data-converting method for converting said first image data to said second image data, corresponding to said data-characteristics of said first image data acquired in said acquiring step and said apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus, stored in said memory.