Editing apparatus and method

• US 8,472,667 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2009
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, KANJIBHAI B
• Application Number:
  US12/614,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20100119177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: 382/162, 382/167, 382/282, 382/283, 382/300, 382/305, 382/312, 382/103, 382/276, 382/307, 348/143, 348/155, 348/169, 348/192, 348/208.16, 348/208.99, 345/606
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

An apparatus for editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus inputs a shot image. The apparatus detects a change in the input image, and edits the shot image so that a region corresponding to the detected change is not displayed on the display apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus for editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising:

an inputting unit for inputting a shot image;

a detecting unit for detecting a change in the shot image; and

an editing unit for editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said editing unit moves a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region corresponding to the detected change.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting unit detects a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a shooting area is changed, said detecting unit detects a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting unit includes a specifying unit that specifies a region included in a shot first image, and when the shooting area is changed, said detecting unit detects a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first region.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said editing unit includes a storing unit that stores a shot image, and said editing unit replaces the region with a corresponding region in the image stored in said storing unit.

7. A method of editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

inputting a shot image;

detecting a change in the shot image; and

editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said editing step includes a step of moving a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region corresponding to the detected change.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting, when a shooting area is changed, a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein said detecting step includes a specifying step in which a region included in a shot first image is specified, and when the shooting area is changed, a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first region is detected in said detecting step.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein said editing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the region is replaced in said editing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a computer that edits an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, said program causing the computer to carry out the steps of:

inputting a shot image;

detecting a change in the shot image; and

editing the shot image so as to prevent a region corresponding to the detected change from being displayed on the display apparatus.

14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said editing step includes a step of moving a region to be edited so as to follow a movement of the region.

15. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting a change in a predetermined region in the shot image.

16. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a step of detecting, when a shooting area is changed, a change in an area newly included in the shooting area.

17. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said detecting step includes a specifying step in which a region included in a shot first image is specified, and when the shooting area is changed, a change in a region included in a second image shot after the change in the shooting area and which corresponds to a region included in the first image is detected in said detecting step.

18. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein said editing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the region is replaced in said editing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.

19. An apparatus for changing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising:

an inputting unit for inputting an image shot by a camera;

a detecting unit for detecting an object in the input image;

a changing unit for changing the input image so as to prevent the detected object from being displayed on the display apparatus; and

a limiting unit for setting a limited region in the input image such that an object in the limited region is prevented from being displayed on the display apparatus, and when the shooting region of the camera changes, updating the limited region so as to include a region that is included in the shooting region after the change and that is not included in the shooting region before the change.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said changing unit moves a region to be changed so as to follow a movement of the detected object.

21. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said changing unit includes a storing unit that stores a shot image, and said changing unit replaces the detected object with a corresponding region in the image stored in said storing unit.

22. A method of changing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, comprising the steps of:

inputting an image shot by a camera;

detecting an object in the input image;

changing the input image so as to prevent the detected object from being displayed on the display apparatus;

setting a limited region in the input image such that an object in the limited region is prevented from being displayed on the display apparatus; and

updating, when the shooting region of the camera changes, the limited region so as to include a region that is included in the shooting region after the change and that is not included in the shooting region before the change.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein said changing step includes a step of moving a region to be changed so as to follow a movement of the detected object.

24. The method according to claim 22, wherein said changing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the detected object is replaced in said changing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a computer that changes an image to be displayed on a display apparatus, said program causing the computer to carry out the steps of:

inputting an image shot by a camera;

detecting an object in the input image;

changing the input image so as to prevent the detected object from being displayed on the display apparatus;

setting a limited region in the input image such that an object in the limited region is prevented from being displayed on the display apparatus; and

updating, when the shooting region of the camera changes, the limited region so as to include a region that is included in the shooting region after the change and that is not included in the shooting region before the change.

26. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein said changing step includes a step of moving a region to be changed so as to follow a movement of the detected object.

27. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein said changing step includes a storing step in which a shot image is stored, and the detected object is replaced in said changing step with a corresponding region in the stored image.