EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20100119177A1
• Filed: 11/09/2009
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Koichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,472,667 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/307
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

An apparatus for editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus inputs a shot image. The apparatus detects a change in the input image, and edits the shot image so that a region corresponding to the detected change is not displayed on the display apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus for editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising:

an inputting unit for inputting a shot image;

a detecting unit for detecting a change in an input image; and

an editing unit for editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said editing unit moves a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region corresponding to the detected change.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting unit detects a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a shooting area is changed, said detecting unit detects a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting unit includes a specifying unit that specifies a region included in a shot first image, and when the shooting area is changed, said detecting unit detects a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first region.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said editing unit includes a storing unit that stores a shot image, and said editing unit replaces the region with a corresponding region in the image stored in said storing unit.

7. A method of editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

inputting a shot image;

detecting a change in an input image; and

editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said editing step includes a step of moving a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region corresponding to the detected change.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting, when a shooting area is changed, a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a specifying step in which a region included in a shot first image is specified, and when the shooting area is changed, a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first region is detected in said detecting step.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein said editing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the region is replaced in said editing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.

13. A storage medium storing a computer program for a computer that edits an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, said program causing the computer to carry out the steps of:

inputting a shot image;

detecting a change in an input image; and

editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said editing step includes a step of moving a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region.

15. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

16. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting, when a shooting area is changed, a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

17. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a specifying step in which a region included in a shot first image is specified, and when the shooting area is changed, a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first image is detected in said detecting step.

18. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said editing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the region is replaced in said editing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.