Image processing apparatus and image processing program

• US 20060007501A1
• Filed: 06/22/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawada, Yukihiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,539,353 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/448
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00912 Arrangements for controlling a still picture apparatus or components thereof not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof

Abstract

The image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises an image acquisition device that acquires image data from an image recording device on which the image data was recorded, a date and time information reading device that reads date and time information of the image data, an image display device that displays a reproduced image of the image data, an image selection device that selects image data displayed on the image display device, and an image data processing device that, based on the date and time information that was acquired by the date and time information reading device, performs predetermined processing on the reproduced image in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an image acquisition device that acquires image data from an image recording device on which the image data was recorded;

a date and time information reading device that reads date and time information of the image data;

an image display device that displays a reproduced image of the image data;

an image selection device that selects image data displayed on the image display device; and

an image data processing device that, based on the date and time information that was acquired by the date and time information reading device, performs predetermined processing on the reproduced image in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data processing device performs on the reproduced image or the image data at least one kind of processing selected from the group including:

processing that applies a sepia or gray filter;

discoloration processing;

processing that alters lightness, saturation, hue, resolution, or contrast; and

processing that compresses, reduces, or applies traces of vermiculation, or spots or crosses or the like to the reproduced image or the image data.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the date and time information reading device reads date and time information of the selected image data, and the image data processing device performs processing on the reproduced image or the image data based on the date and time information of the selected image data.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an audio data recording device that records audio data that was associated with the image data;

an audio output device that outputs the audio data that was associated with the image data during display of a reproduced image of the image data; and

an audio processing device that performs predetermined processing on audio data in accordance with the period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the audio processing device changes at least one element selected from the group including sound volume and sound pitch.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the audio processing device performs predetermined processing on the audio output.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the audio processing device performs predetermined processing on the audio output.

17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a documentation data recording device that records documentation data; and

a data processing device that performs predetermined processing on the documentation data or erases the documentation data in accordance with the period of elapsed time since the date and time that the documentation data was stored, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

2. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an image recording device that records image data;

a date and time information reading device that reads date and time information of the image data;

an image data processing device that, based on the date and time information that was acquired by the date and time information reading device, performs predetermined processing on the image data in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured; and

an image re-recording device that causes image data that underwent the predetermined processing to be re-recorded by the image recording device.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image data processing device performs on the reproduced image or the image data at least one kind of processing selected from the group including:

processing that applies a sepia or gray filter;

discoloration processing;

processing that alters lightness, saturation, hue, resolution, or contrast; and

processing that compresses, reduces, or applies traces of vermiculation, or spots or crosses or the like to the reproduced image or the image data.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the date and time information reading device reads date and time information of the selected image data, and the image data processing device performs processing on the reproduced image or the image data based on the date and time information of the selected image data.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an audio data recording device that records audio data that was associated with the image data;

an audio output device that outputs the audio data that was associated with the image data during display of a reproduced image of the image data; and

an audio processing device that performs predetermined processing on audio data in accordance with the period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the audio processing device changes at least one element selected from the group including sound volume and sound pitch.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the audio processing device performs predetermined processing on the audio output.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when image data was selected by the image selection device, the audio processing device performs predetermined processing on the audio output.

18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a documentation data recording device that records documentation data; and

a data processing device that performs predetermined processing on the documentation data or erases the documentation data in accordance with the period of elapsed time since the date and time that the documentation data was stored, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

15. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an image recording device that records image data;

a date and time information reading device that reads date and time information of the image data; and

an image erasing device that erases the image data in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the image erasing device erases the image data at the time that the power of the image processing apparatus is turned on or off, or when an image is newly stored.

19. The image processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

a documentation data recording device that records documentation data; and

a data processing device that performs predetermined processing on the documentation data or erases the documentation data in accordance with the period of elapsed time since the date and time that the documentation data was stored, based on the date and time information acquired by the date and time information reading device.

20. An image processing program that causes a computer to implement the functions of:

acquiring image data from an image recording device on which the image data is recorded;

reading date and time information of the image data;

displaying a reproduced image of the image data;

selecting the displayed image data; and

performing predetermined processing on the reproduced image in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information that was read.

21. An image processing program that causes a computer to implement the functions of:

recording image data;

reading date and time information of the image data;

performing predetermined processing on the image data in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information that was read; and

re-recording the image data that underwent the predetermined processing.

22. An image processing program that causes a computer to implement the functions of:

recording image data;

reading date and time information of the image data; and

erasing the image data in accordance with a period of elapsed time since the date and time that the image data was captured, based on the date and time information that was read.