Apparatus and method for processing a photographic image using a stencil
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1. An apparatus for processing a photographic image, comprising:
- an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects;
an image combining unit for overlaying a subject image as an image of a subject taken by an image pickup device, with a partially-transparent image having a transparent region set therein, thereby creating a composite image;
a display for displaying the composite image thus created;
a memory for storing the image taken by the image pickup device as a stored image; and
a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in the stored image stored in the memory, thereby creating the transparent image,the transparent-region setting unit including;
a stencil-pattern memory configured to store data on a plurality of stencil patterns in advance;
a stencil-pattern selecting unit configured to select a single stencil pattern from a plurality of stencil patterns in response to a user'"'"'s operation;
a setting unit configured to set a shape, size and display position of the selected stencil pattern in response to the user'"'"'s operation;
a stencil pattern display unit configured to display the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the size and display position;
a modifying unit configured to transform the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the outline of the subject by using an outline extracting method;
a shape extracting unit configured to extract a region corresponding to the shape of the transformed stencil pattern from the stored image; and
a transparent region determining unit configured to determine one of an interior and exterior of the extracted region on the stored image as the transparent region.
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Abstract
An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.
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1. An apparatus for processing a photographic image, comprising:
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an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects; an image combining unit for overlaying a subject image as an image of a subject taken by an image pickup device, with a partially-transparent image having a transparent region set therein, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the image taken by the image pickup device as a stored image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in the stored image stored in the memory, thereby creating the transparent image, the transparent-region setting unit including; a stencil-pattern memory configured to store data on a plurality of stencil patterns in advance; a stencil-pattern selecting unit configured to select a single stencil pattern from a plurality of stencil patterns in response to a user'"'"'s operation; a setting unit configured to set a shape, size and display position of the selected stencil pattern in response to the user'"'"'s operation; a stencil pattern display unit configured to display the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the size and display position; a modifying unit configured to transform the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the outline of the subject by using an outline extracting method; a shape extracting unit configured to extract a region corresponding to the shape of the transformed stencil pattern from the stored image; and a transparent region determining unit configured to determine one of an interior and exterior of the extracted region on the stored image as the transparent region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for processing a photographic image, comprising the steps of:
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overlaying a subject image as an image of a subject taken by an image pickup device, with a partially-transparent image having a transparent region set therein, thereby creating a composite image; displaying said composite image thus created; storing the image taken by the image pickup device as a stored image; and setting a transparent region in the stored image stored by the storing step, thereby creating the transparent image, setting a transparent region including the steps of; storing data on a plurality of stencil patterns in advance; selecting a single stencil pattern from a plurality of stencil patterns in response to a user'"'"'s operation; setting a shape, size and display position of the selected stencil pattern in response to the user'"'"'s operation; displaying the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the size and display position; transforming the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the outline of said subject by using an outline extracting method; extracting a region corresponding to the shape of the transformed stencil pattern from the stored image; and determining one of an interior and an exterior of the extracted region on the stored image as the transparent region.
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5. A computer-readable medium storing a program for processing a photographic image, when executed causes a computer to implement the functions of:
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overlaying a subject image as an image of a subject taken by an image pickup device, with a partially-transparent image having a transparent region set therein, thereby creating a composite image; displaying the composite image thus created; storing the image taken by the image pickup device as a stored image; and setting a transparent region in the stored image stored by the storing step, thereby creating the transparent image, setting a transparent region implementing the functions of; storing data on a plurality of stencil patterns in advance; selecting a single stencil pattern from a plurality of stencil patterns in response to a user'"'"'s operation; setting a shape, size and display position of the selected stencil pattern in response to the user'"'"'s operation; displaying the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the size and display position; transforming the shape of the stencil pattern on the stored image in accordance with the outline of said subject by using an outline extracting method; extracting a region corresponding to the shape of the transformed stencil pattern from the stored image; and determining one of an interior and exterior of the extracted region on the stored image as the transparent region.
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