IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence;
an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit;
an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit;
an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; and
an image extracting unit that extracts a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence includes a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence; an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit; and an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit. The apparatus also includes an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; and an image extracting unit that extracts a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit.
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26 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence, the image processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence; an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit; an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit; an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; and an image extracting unit that extracts a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence, the image processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence; an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit; an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit; an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; a feature value calculating unit that calculates a feature value of each image contained in the image information read by the image reading unit; and an image extracting unit that extracts an image from the image sequence based on the feature value of each image calculated by the feature value calculating unit and the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An image processing method performed by a computer that enables extracting images from a continuous image sequence and includes a storage unit which stores image information about images constituting the image sequence, the image processing method comprising:
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reading the image information from the storage unit; calculating a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the read image information; adding information about the calculated image change amount to a corresponding image; and extracting a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image.
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26. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer that enables extracting images from a continuous image sequence and includes a storage unit which stores image information about images constituting the image sequence, cause the computer to perform:
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reading the image information from the storage unit; calculating a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the read image information; adding information about the calculated image change amount to a corresponding image; and extracting a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image.
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