Image processing system and image processing method

• US 7,389,003 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2004
• Issued: 06/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Naoki, Sakai, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassa; Yosef
• Application Number:
  US10/778,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 382/282, 382/284, 382/293, 382/294, 382/298, 358/538, 358/540, 358/453, 358/451
• US Class Current: 382/298
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30061 Lung
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection

Abstract

An image processing system of the present invention includes a partial enlarge unit for enlarging a part of an image so as to create an enlarged partial image, a display unit for displaying the image and the enlarged partial image created by the partial enlarge unit so that the enlarged partial image overlaps the image, a zoom processing unit for zooming the image displayed by the display unit, and a zoom process control unit for changing a position to be a criterion in case of the image zoom processing unit zooms the image according to whether the display unit displays the enlarged partial image so that the enlarged partial image overlaps the image.

Claims

1. An image processing system for processing image data and displaying an image, comprising:

(a) a partial enlarge unit for enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a display processing unit for processing, at a display device, a display of the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image at a position of the part of the image;

(c) a zoom processing unit for zooming the image displayed at the display device; and

(d) a zoom process control unit for controlling the zoom processing unit to determine a position of the enlarged partial image as a center position when the zoom processing unit zooms the image, in a case in which the display processing unit processes a display of the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the zoom process control unit controls the image zoom processing unit to determine a center of the image as the position which is a criterion when the zoom processing unit zooms the image, in a case in which the display processing unit does not process a display of the enlarged partial image.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein a positional relationship between the image and an image enlarged by the partial enlarge unit can be changed, and the partial enlarge unit stores information about the changed positional relationship therein.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.

5. An image processing system for processing image data so as to display an image, comprising:

(a) a partial enlarge unit for enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a display processing unit for processing, at a display device, a display of the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image at a first position of the part of the image;

(c) a zoom processing unit for zooming the image displayed at the display device around a position of a center of the image; and

(d) a partial enlarge process control unit for controlling the display processing unit to change a display of the enlarged partial image at a second position of the part of the image zoom-processed by the zoom processing unit.

6. The image processing system according to claim 5, wherein a positional relationship between the image and an image enlarged by the partial enlarge unit can be changed, and the partial enlarge unit stores information about the changed positional relationship therein.

7. The image processing system according to claim 5, wherein a display size of the enlarged partial image created by the partial enlarge unit can be changed, and the partial enlarge unit stores information about the changed display size therein.

8. The image processing system according to claim 5, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.

9. An image processing method using an image processing system for processing image data so as to display an image, comprising:

(a) a first step of enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a second step of displaying the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image;

(c) a third step of determining a position of the enlarged partial image as a center position when the image is zoomed, in a case in which the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image is displayed at the second step; and

(d) a fourth step of zooming the image displayed at the second step on the position determined at the third step as the center position.

10. The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein a center of the image is determined as the center position when the image is zoomed at the third step, in a case in which the enlarged partial image is not displayed at the second step.

11. The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.

12. An image processing method using an image processing system for processing image data so as to display an image, comprising:

(a) a first step of enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a second step of displaying the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image at a first position of the part of the image;

(c) a third step of zooming the image displayed at the second step around a position of a center of the image; and

(d) a fourth step of changing a display of the enlarged partial image at a second position of the part of the image zoom-processed at the third step.

13. The image processing method according to claim 12, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.

14. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer-readable program for processing image data so as to display an image, comprising:

(a) a first step of enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a second step of displaying the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image;

(c) a third step of determining a position of the enlarged partial image as a center position when the image is zoomed, in a case in which the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image is displayed at the second step; and

(d) a fourth step of zooming the image displayed at the second step on the position determined at the third step as the center position.

15. The computer-readable storage medium for storing the program according to claim 14, wherein a center of the image is determined as the center position when the image is zoomed at the third step, in a case in which the enlarged partial image is not displayed at the second step.

16. The computer-readable storage medium for storing the program according to claim 14, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.

17. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer-readable program for processing image data so as to display an image, comprising:

(a) a first step of enlarging a part of the image so as to create an enlarged partial image;

(b) a second step of displaying the image and the enlarged partial image which overlaps the image at a first position of the part of the image;

(c) a third step of zooming the image displayed at the second step around a position of a center of the image; and

(d) a fourth step of changing a display of the enlarged partial image at a second position of the part of the image zoom-processed at the third step.

18. The computer-readable storage medium for storing the program according to claim 17, wherein the enlarged partial image is zoomed and displayed with a zoom ratio corresponding to a zoom ratio of the image.