IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
First Claim
1. An image processing method for processing images in a plurality of related frames, in which the image data supplied from an image data source is subjected to specified image processing so as to produce output image data, comprising the steps of:
- in the processing of an image in a first frame among the plurality of related frames, designating a specific region in the first frame;
calculating an image characteristic quantity of the specific region; and
subjecting the specific region to image modification;
as well as storing information about the image characteristic quantity of the specific region and the image modification of specific region; and
, further comprising the steps of;
in the processing of the images in second and subsequent frames, extracting a similar region that is similar in said image characteristic quantity to the specific region without the image modification in said first frame; and
subjecting the similar region to the same image modification as has been performed on the specific region of said first frame.
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Abstract
The images in a plurality of related images are processed such that a specific region of the image in the first frame is designated and a specific image in the specific region is modified while at the same time the information about the image characteristic quantity of the specific region and what was modified about the specific image are both stored and such that in the processing of the images in the second and subsequent frames, a similar region that is similar in the image characteristic quantity to the initial specific image in the specific region of the first frame is extracted and subjected to the same image modification as has been performed on the specific region of said first frame. Therefore, highly amusing images that have been finished to satisfy the customer'"'"'s request and other needs can be obtained by simple and efficient operations; as a result, prints of high quality that reproduce such images can be produced in high yield.
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Citations
8 Claims
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1. An image processing method for processing images in a plurality of related frames, in which the image data supplied from an image data source is subjected to specified image processing so as to produce output image data, comprising the steps of:
- in the processing of an image in a first frame among the plurality of related frames, designating a specific region in the first frame;
calculating an image characteristic quantity of the specific region; and
subjecting the specific region to image modification;
as well as storing information about the image characteristic quantity of the specific region and the image modification of specific region; and
, further comprising the steps of;
in the processing of the images in second and subsequent frames, extracting a similar region that is similar in said image characteristic quantity to the specific region without the image modification in said first frame; and
subjecting the similar region to the same image modification as has been performed on the specific region of said first frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- in the processing of an image in a first frame among the plurality of related frames, designating a specific region in the first frame;
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5. An image processing method for processing images in a plurality of related frames and for subjecting image data of the respective images in the plurality of the related frames supplied from an image data source to specific image processing so as to produce output image data of the respective images, comprising:
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a step of processing an image in a first frame among the plurality of the related frames, comprising steps of designating manually a specific region having a specific image in the first frame, calculating an image characteristic quantity of the specific image in the specific region and then modifying manually the specific image in the specific region as well as storing information about the image characteristic quantity of the specific region and what was modified about the specific image; and
a step of processing of the images in second and subsequent frames, comprising the steps of extracting automatically a similar region that is similar in said image characteristic quantity to the specific region of unmodified specific image in said first frame and subjecting automatically an image in the similar region to the same image modification as has been performed on the specific image in the specific region of the first frame. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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