IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130194480A1
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukata, Yoko, Ono, Toshiki, Mikami, Masanori
• Application Number:
  US13/744,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/672 based on the phase difference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/673 based on contrast or high frequency components of image signals, e.g. hill climbing method

Abstract

There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display control unit that, when an object frame showing an object included in an input image and the input image are displayed on a display unit and a trimming frame showing a trimming region of the input image is further displayed on the display unit, changes display of the object frame.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit that, when an object frame showing an object included in an input image and the input image are displayed on a display unit and a trimming frame showing a trimming region of the input image is further displayed on the display unit, changes display of the object frame.

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

a composition setting unit that sets the trimming region such that the object is arranged with a predetermined composition.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the object includes a first object and a second object, and

wherein, when the trimming frame is displayed, the display control unit changes displays of a first object frame corresponding to the first object and a second object frame corresponding to the second object using respective different methods.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the display control unit causes the second object frame to disappear.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the composition setting unit sets the trimming region such that the first object is arranged with the predetermined composition.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the composition setting unit sets the trimming region in order to include a third object, the third object being a part of the second object, and

wherein the display control unit causes the second object frame corresponding to the second object other than the third object to disappear.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein, when a number of the third object is equal to or more than a predetermined number, the display control unit causes the second object frame corresponding to the third object to disappear.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein, when the trimming frame is displayed, the display control unit displays the second object frame with an animation different from an animation of the first object frame.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the display control unit flickers the second object frame.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the display control unit displays the second object frame in a color different from a color of the first object frame.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the display control unit displays the second object frame with transmittance higher than transmittance of the first object frame.

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

a focus determining unit that determines whether the object is focused on,

wherein the composition setting unit sets the trimming region, when the object is focused on.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit causes display of the object frame to disappear.

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

a trimming unit that generates a trimming image of the trimming region from the input image and expands the trimming image to a size of the input image by performing a process of pixel interpolation to increase resolution; and

a recording control unit that records the input image and the trimming image.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein, when the recorded images are reproduced, the display control unit displays the input image and the trimming frame on the display unit.

16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein, when the recorded images are reproduced, the display control unit displays the input image and the trimming image on the display unit in parallel and displays a display on at least one of the input image or the trimming image for distinguishing between the input image and the trimming image.

17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein, when the recorded images are reproduced, the display control unit sequentially displays the input image and the trimming image on the display unit and displays an animation in which the trimming region of the input image is expanded to change into the trimming image.

18. An image processing method comprising:

when an object frame showing an object included in an input image and the input image are displayed on a display unit and a trimming frame showing a trimming region of the input image is further displayed on the display unit, changing display of the object frame.

19. A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded,

wherein the program causes a computer to realize a function of, when an object frame showing an object included in an input image and the input image are displayed on a display unit and a trimming frame showing a trimming region of the input image is displayed on the display unit, changing display of the object frame.