Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for executing image processing method, and storage medium that stores program for executing image processing method
First Claim
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.
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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.
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16 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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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.
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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.
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