Image processing system, method and program

• US 20050280717A1
• Filed: 06/13/2005
• Published: 12/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Masahiko
• Application Number:
  US11/150,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20050280717A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

If redeye-image correction processing has been applied to image data contained in an image file that has been stored on a memory card, what version of the processing was applied is recorded in the image file. If a digital still camera is capable of executing redeye-image correction processing whose version is newer than that of the redeye-image correction processing that has been applied to the image data contained in the image file recorded on the memory card, then this redeye-image correction of the newer version is executed in a correction processing circuit of the digital still camera. If the redeye-image correction of the newer version cannot be executed in the digital still camera, then this redeye-image correction is not executed.

Claims

1. An image processing system having an image processing device for executing prescribed image processing, comprising:

a first determination device for determining whether image processing that is newer than the prescribed image processing, which has been applied to given image data, can be executed by the image processing device; and

an image processing control device, responsive to a determination by said first determination device that the newer image processing can be executed by the image processing device, for controlling the image processing device in such a manner that the newer image processing is applied to the given image data.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second determination device for determining whether the newer image processing is unnecessary; and

a control device, which is responsive to a determination by said second determination device that the newer image processing is unnecessary, for controlling said image processing control device so as to halt control of the image processing device.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reading device for reading image data that has been recorded on a recording medium;

said first determination device executing the determination processing with regard to image data that has been read from said reading device;

a display control device for controlling a display unit so as to display an image represented by image data that has been subjected to image processing by the image processing device under the control of said image processing control device;

a record command input device for inputting a record command; and

a first recording control device, responsive to input of the record command from said record command input device, for recording image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device under control of said image processing control device, on the recording medium.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reading device for reading image data that has been recorded on a recording medium;

said first determination device executing the determination processing with regard to image data that has been read from said reading device;

a selecting device for selecting an overwrite mode or a save-as mode; and

a second recording control device, which is responsive to selection of the overwrite mode by said selecting device, for writing image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device under the control of said image processing control device, over a recording area in which image data read by said reading device has been recorded, and which is responsive to selection of the save-as mode by said selecting device, for recording image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device under the control of said image processing control device, in an available area of the recording medium.

5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reading device for reading image data that has been recorded on a recording medium;

a third determination device for determining whether image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device can be recorded in an available area of the recording medium; and

a recording control device, responsive to a determination by said third determination device that the image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing can be recorded in an available area of the recording medium, for recording the image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device under the control of said image processing control device, on the recording medium;

control of the image processing device by said image processing control device being halted in response to a determination by said third determination device that the image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing cannot be recorded in an available area of the recording medium.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reading device for reading image data that has been recorded on a recording medium;

said first determination device executing the determination processing with regard to image data that has been read from said reading device;

a safe-as mode setting device for setting a safe-as mode;

a fourth determination device, which is responsive to setting of the safe-as mode by said safe-as mode setting device, for determining whether image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device can be recorded in an available area of the recording medium;

a third recording control device, which is responsive to a determination by said fourth determination device that image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing can be recorded in an available area of the recording medium, for recording the image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device controlled under said image processing control device, on the recording medium;

an overwrite mode setting device for setting an overwrite mode; and

a fourth recording control device, which is responsive to setting of the overwrite mode by said overwrite mode setting device in a case where it has been determined by said fourth determination device that the image data that has been subjected to the newer image processing cannot be recorded in an available area of the recording medium, for writing image data, which has been subjected to the newer image processing by the image processing device under control performed by said image processing control device, over a recording area in which image data read by said reading device has been recorded.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a fifth determination device for determining whether the given image data is to undergo the prescribed image processing;

wherein said first determination device responds to a determination by said fifth determination device that the applied image data is to undergo the prescribed image processing by determining whether image processing that is newer than the prescribed image processing that has been applied to the applied image data can be executed by the image processing device.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the prescribed image processing is redeye-image correction processing;

and

said fifth determination device determines whether the prescribed image processing is to be executed or not based upon flash-photography information or luminance regarding the image represented by the given image data.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first determination device has an image processing detecting device for detecting what version of the prescribed image processing has been applied to the given image data;

said first determination device determining that the newer image processing can be executed by determining that image processing having a version later than that of the image processing detected by said image processing detecting device can be executed.

10. An image processing method in an image processing system having an image processing device for executing prescribed image processing, comprising the steps of:

determining whether image processing that is newer than the prescribed image processing, which has been applied to given image data, can be executed by the image processing device; and

in response to a determination that the newer image processing can be executed, controlling the image processing device in such a manner that the newer image processing is applied to the given image data.

11. A program for controlling an image processing system having an image processing device for executing prescribed image processing, said program comprising code for implementing the following steps:

determining whether image processing that is newer than the prescribed image processing, which has been applied to given image data, can be executed by the image processing device; and

in response to a determination that the newer image processing can be executed, controlling the image processing device in such a manner that the newer image processing is applied to the given image data.