Image processing method

• US 7,173,732 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2002
• Issued: 02/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Matama, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams; Kimberly
• Assistant Examiner(s): Menberu; Beniyam
• Application Number:
  US10/109,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20020140957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.9, 358/1.2, 358/528, 358/532, 358/451, 358/3.27, 358/527, 382/298, 382/148, 382/299, 382/263, 382/260, 382/264
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/00 Digital computers in general details G06F1/00 – G06F13/00; Data processing equipment in general
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/00 Image enhancement or restoration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00135 Scanning of a photographic original
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00175 from a still image storage medium H04N1/00172, H04N1/0018 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00177 from a user terminal, e.g. personal computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6011 with simulation on a subsidiary picture reproducer H04N1/622 takes precedence; matching two or more picture reproducers H04N1/6052

Abstract

An image processing method of subjecting image data having been supplied to image processing so as to arrange the image data as output image data has the steps of: performing a verification for adjusting image processing conditions when necessary referring to a finished-state anticipating image; and performing an image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is performed regardless of whether or not the verification has been finished.

Claims

1. An image processing method of subjecting image data having been supplied to image processing so as to arrange the image data as output image data, comprising the steps of:

performing a verification for adjusting image processing conditions when necessary referring to a finished-state anticipating image; and

performing an image processing operation, which is not affected by adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is performed regardless of whether or not the verification has been finished,

wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, relates to at least one of image compression processing, enlargement/reduction processing, sharpness emphasis processing, and image density dynamic range compression processing, and wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is frequency separation processing in the compression of an image to JPEG 2000 format.

2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, relates to at least one of image compression processing, enlargement/reduction processing, sharpness emphasis processing, and image density dynamic range compression processing.

3. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is the creation of thumb nail images for index print.

4. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the finished-state anticipating image is created using image data corresponding to the output image data.

5. An image processing method of subjecting image data having been supplied to image processing so as to arrange the image data as output image data, comprising the steps of:

performing a verification for adjusting image processing conditions when necessary referring to a finished-state anticipating image; and

performing an image processing operation, which is not affected by adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is performed regardless of whether or not the verification has been finished,

wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, relates to at least one of image compression processing, enlargement/reduction processing, sharpness emphasis processing, and image density dynamic range compression processing and wherein the image processing operation, which is not affected by the adjustment of the image processing conditions performed by the verification, is sharpness emphasis processing and the creation of frequency components in the image density dynamic range compression processing.