EP1429290A2
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Image correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 2003-12-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2023-12-09
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to an image correction apparatus and an image pickup apparatus for detecting a particular eye-related defect, such as red-eyes and gold-eyes, in an image, and correcting the detected defect. The present invention provides an image correction apparatus and an image pickup apparatus enabling a particular eye-related defect, such as a red-eye portion or a gold-eye portion, in an image to be easily confirmed. The number of positions in an image at which a particular eye-related defect, such as a red-eye portion and a gold-eye portion, has been detected is displayed together with an image including the positions. By displaying the number of positions at which a defect has been detected, the number of unconfirmed positions can be easily recognized and the defect of overlooking the unconfirmed positions can be prevented.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiko c/o Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Kaku
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T5/00; G06T5/77; G06T7/00; G06T7/0002; G06T7/90; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/62; H04N1/624; G06T2200/00; G06T2200/24; G06T2207/00; G06T2207/30; G06T2207/30216
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
An image correction apparatus comprising: an image acquisition section that acquires image data
representing an image; a correction section that detects a particular eye-related
defect in the image represented by the image data acquired by the
image acquisition section and corrects the detected defect; and an image display section that displays the number of
positions at which the defect has been detected by the correction
section, together with the image including the positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the correction section not only detects the defect in the image
but also prioritizes the positions at which the defect has been
found based on a predetermined criteria, and wherein the image display section, when displaying the image,
displays in preference a position to which a higher priority has
been given by the correction section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the image, displays
a list of the positions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the image, zooms at
least one of the positions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the image, displays
a normal image in which none of the positions is zoomed and a zoomed
image in which at least one of the positions is zoomed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
69 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 1, further
comprising a confirmation section that receives an operation for
confirming the positions in the image displayed by the image
display section, at which the defect has been detected by the
correction section, wherein the image display section, when displaying the number
of the positions, displays the number of the positions minus the
number of positions confirmed by the confirmation section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the correction section detects red-eye portions in the image and
corrects the detected red-eye portions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
An image correction apparatus comprising: an image acquisition section that acquires image data
representing an image; a correction section that detects an eye-related defect in
the image represented by the image data acquired by the image
acquisition section and corrects the detected defect; and an image display section that displays an image based on the
image data, wherein the image display section, when the image data is
acquired by the image acquisition section, displays a corrected
image in which the defect has been corrected by the correction
section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
64 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the correction section not only detects the defect in the image
but also prioritizes positions at which the defect has been found
based on a predetermined criteria, and wherein the image display section, when displaying the
corrected image, displays in preference a position to which a
higher priority has been given by the correction section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the corrected image,
displays a list of positions at which the defect has been detected
by the correction section.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the corrected image,
displays a normal image in which none of the positions at which
the defect has been detected by the correction section is zoomed
and a zoomed image in which at least one of the positions is zoomed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, further
comprising a correction cancellation section that restores the
defect corrected by the correction section, in the corrected image
displayed by the image display section, to the original condition
held before the defect is corrected by the correction section.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the image display section, when displaying the corrected image,
emphasizes the defect corrected by the correction section.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
57 words
The image correction apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
the correction section detects red-eye portions in the image and
corrects the detected red-eye portions, and wherein the image display section, when the image data is
acquired by the image acquisition section, displays a corrected
image in which the red-eye portions have been corrected by the
correction section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
97 words
An image pickup apparatus that forms a photographed object
image by light of the photographed object sent via a photographing
optical system onto a solid-state image pickup element to acquire
image data representing the photographed object image; the image
pickup apparatus comprising: a correction section that detects a particular eye-related
defect in the photographed object image and corrects the detected
defect; and an image display section that displays an image including
positions at which the defect has been detected by the correction
section and displays the number of the positions at which the
defect has been detected.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
104 words
An image pickup apparatus that forms a photographed object
image by light of the photographed object sent via a photographing
optical system onto a solid-state image pickup element to acquire
image data representing the photographed object image; the image
pickup apparatus comprising: an image display section that displays an image based on image
data; and a correction section that detects an eye-related defect in
the photographed object image and corrects the detected defect, wherein the image display section, when the image data
representing the photographed object image is acquired, displays
a corrected image in which the defect has been corrected by the
correction section.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
103 words
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup section that forms a photographed object
image by light of the photographed object sent via a photographing
optical system onto a solid-state image pickup element to acquire
image data representing the photographed object; a photographing condition acquisition section that acquires
photographing conditions in photographing an object to be
photographed; a presumption section that makes a presumption on whether
or not a particular eye-related defect is to occur in the
photographed object image represented by the image data acquired
by the image pickup section, based on the photographing conditions
acquired by the photographing condition acquisition section.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
52 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 17, further
comprising: a flash emitting section that emits a flash in
synchronization with photographing performed by the image pickup
section; and a control section that controls emission performed by the
flash emitting section based on the result of the presumption by
the presumption section.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
43 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 17, further
comprising a correction section that detects the particular
eye-related defect in the photographed object image and corrects
the detected defect when it is presumed by the presumption section
that the defect is to occur.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 17, further
comprising a warning section that issues a warning indicating that
the defect is to occur when it is presumed by the presumption
section that the defect is to occur.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
112 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 17, further
comprising a flash emitting section that emits a flash, wherein the image pickup section acquires first image data
by avoiding the flash emitted by the flash emitting section and
acquires second image data in synchronization with the flash
emitted by the flash emitting section, and wherein the presumption section comprises a defect detection
section that compares colors in a first image represented by the
first image data and colors in a second image represented by the
second image data and considers the defect to have occurred at
positions where the colors are different to the degree equal to
or exceeding a predetermined level.
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