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IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

  • US 20130083221A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2012
  • Published: 04/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • an imaging section for capturing images in continuous succession by imaging a subject together with a marker, the captured images constituting moving images;

    a displaying image producing section for producing a displaying image on the basis of the captured image each time the image is captured, the displaying image being for making the motion of the subject continuous in displaying the moving images;

    an additional information reference image producing section for producing an additional information reference image on the basis of the captured image each time the image is captured, the additional information reference image representing the subject with less blurs and being used to acquire additional information that is to be overlaid on the displaying image;

    a reading section for reading the marker on the additional information reference image;

    an additional information recording section having additional information recorded therein in association with individual markers;

    an additional information acquiring section for retrieving and acquiring additional information that is associated with the marker read by the reading section from among a plurality of additional information recorded in the additional information recording section;

    an additional information overlaid image producing section for producing an additional information overlaid image which has the additional information, acquired by the additional information acquiring section, overlaid on the displaying image in the area of the marker; and

    a displaying device for displaying the additional information overlaid image.

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