Image processing apparatus and image processing method
First Claim
1. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
- taken-image acquisition means for acquiring a taken image;
to-be-processed area setting means for carrying out an analysis on the taken image and for using a pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in said taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with a size of said photographed-subject image if a result of said analysis indicates that said photographed-subject image exists in said taken image; and
conversion means for carrying out said image conversion process on said photographed-subject image with said pixel area thereof used as said to-be-processed area in order to generate a post-conversion image obtained as a result of said image conversion process,wherein;
said to-be-processed area setting means produces a first result of determination as to whether said taken image is taken in a manual photographing with a timing set by a manual operation or taken in an automatic photographing carried out automatically;
if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the manual photographing with the timing set by the manual operation, said to-be-processed area setting means produces a second result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the second result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is small, said to-be-processed area setting means uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process; and
if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the automatic photographing, said to-be-processed area setting means produces a third result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the third result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is large, said to-be-processed area setting means uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image-processing apparatus. The apparatus includes: a taken-image acquisition section configured to acquire a taken image; and a to-be-processed area setting section configured to carry out an analysis on a taken image acquired by the taken-image acquisition section and configured to use the pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in the taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with the size of the photographed-subject image if a result of the analysis indicates that the photographed-subject image exists in the taken image. The apparatus further includes an image conversion section configured to carry out the image conversion process on the photographed-subject image with the pixel area thereof used as the to-be-processed area in order to generate a post-conversion image obtained as a result of the image conversion process.
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19 Claims
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1. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
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taken-image acquisition means for acquiring a taken image; to-be-processed area setting means for carrying out an analysis on the taken image and for using a pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in said taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with a size of said photographed-subject image if a result of said analysis indicates that said photographed-subject image exists in said taken image; and conversion means for carrying out said image conversion process on said photographed-subject image with said pixel area thereof used as said to-be-processed area in order to generate a post-conversion image obtained as a result of said image conversion process, wherein; said to-be-processed area setting means produces a first result of determination as to whether said taken image is taken in a manual photographing with a timing set by a manual operation or taken in an automatic photographing carried out automatically; if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the manual photographing with the timing set by the manual operation, said to-be-processed area setting means produces a second result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the second result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is small, said to-be-processed area setting means uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process; and if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the automatic photographing, said to-be-processed area setting means produces a third result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the third result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is large, said to-be-processed area setting means uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a taken image; carrying out an analysis on the taken image and using a pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in said taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with a size of said photographed-subject image if a result of said analysis indicates that said photographed-subject image exists in said taken image; and carrying out said image conversion process on said photographed-subject image with said pixel area thereof used as said to-be-processed area in order to generate an image as a result of said image conversion process wherein; carrying out the analysis comprises producing a first result of determination as to whether said taken image is taken in a manual photographing with a timing set by a manual operation or taken in an automatic photographing carried out automatically; if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the manual photographing with the timing set by the manual operation, carrying out the analysis further comprises producing a second result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the second result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is small, using the pixel area of the photographed-subject image comprises using the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process; and if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the automatic photographing, carrying out the analysis further comprises producing a third result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the third result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is large, using the pixel area of the photographed-subject image comprises using the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process.
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19. An image-processing apparatus comprising:
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a taken-image acquisition section configured to acquire a taken image; a to-be-processed area setting section configured to carry out an analysis on the taken image acquired by said taken-image acquisition section and configured to use a pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in said taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with a size of said photographed-subject image if a result of said analysis indicates that said photographed-subject image exists in said taken image; and a conversion section configured to carry out said image conversion process on said photographed-subject image with said pixel area thereof used as said to-be-processed area in order to generate a post-conversion image obtained as a result of said image conversion process wherein; said to-be-processed area setting section produces a first result of determination as to whether said taken image is taken in a manual photographing with a timing set by a manual operation or taken in an automatic photographing carried out automatically; if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the manual photographing with the timing set by the manual operation, said to-be-processed area setting section produces a second result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the second result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is small, said to-be-processed area setting section uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process; and if the first result of said determination indicates that said taken image is taken in the automatic photographing, said to-be-processed area setting section produces a third result of determination as to whether the size of the photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image is small or large and, if the third result of said determination indicates that said size of said photographed-subject image of the specific type is large, said to-be-processed area setting section uses the pixel area of said photographed-subject image of the specific type in said taken image as the to-be-processed area of the image conversion process.
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