Image processing apparatus and image processing method

• US 8,229,220 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2007
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Eun-ok
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Anh Hong
• Application Number:
  US11/774,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20080013865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• Field of Search: 382/173, 382/282, 382/307, 382/311, 345/619, 358/1.9, 358/2.1, 358/474
• US Class Current: 382/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00225 details of image data generation, e.g. scan-to-email or network scanners using an image reading device as a local input to a computer H04N1/00241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00421 using drop-down menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution

Abstract

An image processing apparatus and method which revises a certain region of a scanned image to meet a user demand. The image processing method includes displaying a scanned image by scanning an scanning object, selecting a plurality of regions of the displayed scanned image, setting an image process to be performed on the selected regions and generating a final image by performing the set image process on the selected regions.

Claims

1. An image processing method, comprising:

displaying, by a display part of an image processing apparatus, a scanned image by scanning a scanning object;

selecting, by a controller of the image processing apparatus, a plurality of regions of the displayed scanned image;

setting, by the controller, an image process to be performed on the selected regions; and

generating, by an image processor of the image processing apparatus, a final image by performing the set image process on the selected regions,

the final image including a non-selected region of the scanned image and the selected regions on which the set image process is performed.

2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting the respective regions comprises displaying a selection box on the displayed scanned image.

3. The image processing method according to claim 2, wherein the position or size of the selection box is adjustable.

4. The image processing method according to claim 2, wherein the selection box is selectable and cancelable.

5. The image processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

removing, by a user interface processor of the image processing apparatus, the selection box when the selection of the selected regions is cancelled.

6. The image processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

restoring, by the image processor, the image process performed on the selected regions when the selection of the selected regions is cancelled.

7. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the generating the final image comprises:

determining, by the controller, coordinate values of the selected regions of the scanned image;

determining, by the controller, start indexes and end indexes of the selected regions based on the determined coordinate values;

extracting, by the controller, data between the start and end indexes from data of the scanned image;

performing, by the image processor, the determined image processes on the extracted data; and

combining, by the image processor, the data performed with the image processes and the data of the scanned image.

8. The image processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by a storage part of the image processing apparatus, information on at least one of the selected regions and the determined image process.

9. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a display part;

an image processor which performs predetermined image processes on a scanned image generated by scanning a scanning object; and

a controller which displays the generated scanned image on the display part, selects a plurality of regions of the displayed scanned image, determines image processes to be performed on the selected regions and controls the image processor to generate a final image by performing the determined image processes on the selected regions,

wherein the final image includes a non-selected region of the scanned image and the selected regions on which the determined image processes are performed.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a user interface (UI) processor which displays a selection box on the displayed scanned image according to a control of the controller.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to adjust a position or a size of the selection box.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to select the selection box or to cancel the selection of the selection box.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller controls the UI processor to remove the selection box when the selection of the selected region is cancelled.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller controls the image processor to restore the image process performed on the selected regions when the selection of the selected region is cancelled.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the controller determines coordinates values of the selected regions of the scanned image, determines start indexes and end indexes of the selected regions based on the determined coordinate values, extracts data between the start and end indexes from data of the scanned image and controls the image processor to perform the determined image processes on the extracted data and to combine the data performed with the image process and the data of the scanned image.

16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a storage part which stores information on at least one of the selected regions and the determined image process.

17. An image processing method, comprising:

selecting, by a controller of an image processing apparatus, certain regions of a scanned image with a user command; and

generating, by an image processor of the image processing apparatus, a final image by performing predetermined image processes on the selected regions,

the final image including a non-selected region of the scanned image and the selected regions on which the predetermined image processes are performed.

18. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein the image processes performed on the selected regions are performed according to a user command.

19. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein the generating a final image is performed by combining the processed images of the selected regions with the original scanned image.

21. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein an image process performed on at least one of the selected regions is different from an image process performed on other selected regions.

22. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein the selected regions and the predetermined image processes are determined based on stored information that includes information about locations of the selected regions and the image processes for the selected region.

23. The image processing method according to claim 17, further comprising:

storing, by a storage part of the image processing apparatus, information about location of the selected regions and the image processes performed for the selected region.

24. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein the performing of the image processes includes performing at least one of blurring, sharpening, pixelating, and covering.

20. An image processing apparatus to process a scanned image, comprising:

a user input part to receive a user command on a scanning operation;

a storage part to store operation data to drive the image processing apparatus and to store result data from the operations of the image processing apparatus; and

a controller to transmit a scanning command to a scanning device according to the user command received through the user input part, to control a user interface (UI) processor to display a user interface including the scanned image, selection boxes on the scanned image to select regions of the scanned image to be processed, and items to set a scanning operation to be performed on the selected regions, and to control the image processing apparatus to perform image processes on the selected regions of the scanned image according to the received user command.

25. An image processing method, comprising:

displaying, by a display part of an image processing apparatus, a scanned image generated based on a scanned object;

selecting, by a controller of the image processing apparatus, at least one region of the scanned image;

selecting, by the controller, an image process to be performed on the at least one region; and

generating, by an image processor of the image processing apparatus, a final image by performing the image process on the at least one selected region and combining the processed at least one image with non-selected regions of the scanned image.