Image processing method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An image processing method that obtains input image data from a picture optically taken with a taking lens and that performs specified processing schemes on the obtained input image data to obtain output image data suitable for producing an output image, which comprises the steps of:
- displaying a processed image on a monitor as it is reproduced from processed image data obtained by performing specified processing schemes on the input image data obtained from said picture;
designating a portion of said processed image on said monitor to create a designated area in accordance with a state of an aberration in said processed image due to the taking lens;
determining a corrective value for correcting said aberration based on an information in the input image data for the designated area; and
correcting, based on said corrective value, said aberration on the input image data obtained from said picture and outputting the corrected image data.
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Abstract
The image processing method and apparatus display a processed image on a monitor as it is reproduced from processed image data obtained by performing specified processing schemes on input image data obtained from a picture optically taken with a taking lens, designate a portion of the processed image on the monitor to create a designated area in accordance with a state of an aberration in the processed image due to the taking lens, determine a corrective value for correcting the aberration based on an information in the input image data for the designated area and correct, based on the corrective value, the aberration on the input image data obtained from the picture and outputting the corrected image data. When the image suitable for outputting a print is obtained from the picture optically taken with the taking lens by the correction of the aberrations due to the taking lens is performed manually, the correction of the aberrations is capable of performing in a uniform and appropriate manner independently of the operator'"'"'s experience and obtaining efficiently a satisfactory finished print.
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10 Claims
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1. An image processing method that obtains input image data from a picture optically taken with a taking lens and that performs specified processing schemes on the obtained input image data to obtain output image data suitable for producing an output image, which comprises the steps of:
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displaying a processed image on a monitor as it is reproduced from processed image data obtained by performing specified processing schemes on the input image data obtained from said picture;
designating a portion of said processed image on said monitor to create a designated area in accordance with a state of an aberration in said processed image due to the taking lens;
determining a corrective value for correcting said aberration based on an information in the input image data for the designated area; and
correcting, based on said corrective value, said aberration on the input image data obtained from said picture and outputting the corrected image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image processing apparatus that obtains input image data from an image optically taken with a taking lens and that performs specified processing schemes on the obtained input image data to obtain output image data suitable for producing an output image, comprising:
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information acquisition means for acquiring an information about the taking lens used to take said image;
initial correcting means for performing on the input image data initial correction of an aberration due to said taking lens based on either an initial corrective value that is determined by the information about the taking lens that was obtained by said information acquisition means or a predetermined initial corrective value;
a monitor for displaying an image that has been subjected to said initial correction;
designating means by which a portion of said image that has been subjected to said initial correction is designated as a designated area on said monitor; and
correcting means which, based on an image information about the designated area created by designation by said designating means, determines a corrective value for correcting said aberration and corrects the aberration in said taken image based on the corrective value.
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