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Method of and system for image processing, method of and system for image reproduction and image confirmation system for use in the methods
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 1998-07-14
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Granted: 2003-12-02
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Expires: 2018-07-14
Abstract
Abstract When carrying out an image processing on given digital image data, an image confirmation system having functions of setting a condition of image processing which is to be carried out on the given digital image data according to a desired finish, displaying a visible image on the basis the digital image data processed according to the set image processing condition so that whether the processed digital image data actually produces a picture of the desired finish can be confirmed through the visible image displayed, and obtaining desired image processing condition information representing the image processing condition which has been confirmed to be suitable for producing a picture of the desired finish is used to take in the digital image data and the desired image processing condition information. Image processing is carried out on the digital image data according to the image processing condition represented by the desired image processing condition information.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Takemura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32112; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00129; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00204; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2112; H04N1/32128; H04N2101/00; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3242; H04N2201/3256; H04N2201/3259; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3277
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
An image processing method utilizing an image confirmation device comprising: setting a desired finish for digital image data; confirming a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; attaching finish data that represents said set finish to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; and administering image processing on said digital image data so that a finish according to said finish data is obtained.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
An image processing method utilizing an image confirmation device comprising: setting a desired finish for digital image data; confirming a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; attaching finish data that represents said set finish to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; and administering image processing on said digital image data so that a finish according to said finish data is obtained.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image processing method as defined in claim 1 , wherein digital image data on which said image processing has been administered is reproduced as a visible image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
150 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image confirmation device having: a finish setting function for setting a desired finish for digital image data; a finish confirmation function for confirming a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; and a finish data attachment function for attaching finish data that represents said set finish to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; a data input means for inputting said finish data and said digital image data from said image confirmation device; and an image processing means for administering image processing on said digital image data so that a finish according to said finish data is obtained.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
150 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image confirmation device having: a finish setting function for setting a desired finish for digital image data; a finish confirmation function for confirming a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; and a finish data attachment function for attaching finish data that represents said set finish to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; a data input means for inputting said finish data and said digital image data from said image confirmation device; and an image processing means for administering image processing on said digital image data so that a finish according to said finish data is obtained.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image processing apparatus as defined in claim 3 , further comprising an image reproducing means for reproducing digital image data, on which said image processing has been administered, as a visible image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A printer provided with an image processing apparatus as defined in claim 3 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image confirmation device comprising: a finish setting means for setting a desired finish for digital image data; a display confirmation means for enabling confirmation of a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; and a finish data attachment means for attaching said set finish data to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image confirmation device comprising: a finish setting means for setting a desired finish for digital image data; a display confirmation means for enabling confirmation of a finish of an image on which processing has been administered to be of said desired finish by displaying said image; and a finish data attachment means for attaching said set finish data to said digital image data after said confirmation is completed wherein the finish data and the digital image data are recorded in a same computer readable medium where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 6 , wherein said finish setting means sets a color and/or a gradation balance of an image to be reproduced.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 6 , wherein said finish setting means sets a brightness level of an image to be reproduced.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 6 , wherein said finish setting means sets a reproduction region of an image to be reproduced.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 6 , wherein said finish is set by selecting a desired finish from among a plurality of predefined finishing processes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A digital camera provided with an image confirmation device as claim 6 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
A printer provided with an image confirmation device as defined in claim 6 .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
115 words
An image reproducing method for displaying digital image data as an image utilizing an image confirmation device having a positional data obtainment function for obtaining positional data related to a set desired region and a positional data attachment function for attaching said positional data to said digital image, the image reproducing method comprising the steps of: inputting positional data and digital image data; selecting, based on said positional data, digital image data corresponding to said desired region wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other; and reproducing said selected digital image data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
115 words
An image reproducing method for displaying digital image data as an image utilizing an image confirmation device having a positional data obtainment function for obtaining positional data related to a set desired region and a positional data attachment function for attaching said positional data to said digital image, the image reproducing method comprising the steps of: inputting positional data and digital image data; selecting, based on said positional data, digital image data corresponding to said desired region wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other; and reproducing said selected digital image data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image reproducing method as defined in claim 13 , wherein said image confirmation device displays an image of said desired region, based on said positional data, instead of the original image.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image reproducing method as defined in claim 13 , wherein an alarm is issued in the case that the number of pixels in the digital image data corresponding to said desired region is less than a predetermined value.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
59 words
An image reproducing method as defined in claim 13 , wherein a region having a number of pixels at least equal to a predetermined value is set as said image instead of said desired region in the case that the number of pixels in the digital image data corresponding to said desired region is less than said predetermined value.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
136 words
An image reproducing apparatus comprising: an image confirmation device for displaying digital image data as an image, while having a function for obtaining positional data related to a set desired region of said image and a positional data attachment function for attaching said positional data to said digital image data; a data input means for inputting said positional data and said digital image data; a data selecting means for selecting, based on said positional data, digital image data corresponding to said desired region from the original digital image data wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other; and a reproducing means for reproducing the digital image data selected by said data selecting means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
136 words
An image reproducing apparatus comprising: an image confirmation device for displaying digital image data as an image, while having a function for obtaining positional data related to a set desired region of said image and a positional data attachment function for attaching said positional data to said digital image data; a data input means for inputting said positional data and said digital image data; a data selecting means for selecting, based on said positional data, digital image data corresponding to said desired region from the original digital image data wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other; and a reproducing means for reproducing the digital image data selected by said data selecting means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
A digital camera provided with an image reproducing apparatus as defined claim 17 .
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
14 words
A printer provided with an image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 17 .
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
89 words
An image confirmation device comprising: a display means for displaying digital image data as an image; a region setting means for setting a desired region within said image displayed by said display means; and a positional data attachment means for attaching positional data related to a region set by said region setting means to said digital image data wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
89 words
An image confirmation device comprising: a display means for displaying digital image data as an image; a region setting means for setting a desired region within said image displayed by said display means; and a positional data attachment means for attaching positional data related to a region set by said region setting means to said digital image data wherein the positional data and the digital image data are stored on a same computer readable medium where the positional data and the digital image data are related to each other.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 20 , further comprising a desired region display means for displaying, based on said positional data, an image of said desired region instead of the original image.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
43 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 20 , further comprising a warning means for issuing an alarm in the case that the number of pixels in the digital image data corresponding to said desired region is less than a predetermined value.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
64 words
An image confirmation device as defined in claim 20 , further comprising a region resetting means for setting a region having a number of pixels at least equal to a predetermined value as said image instead of said desired region in the case that the number of pixels in the digital image data corresponding to said desired region is less than said predetermined value.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
A printer provided with an image confirmation device as defined in claim 20 .
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
118 words
An image processing method comprising: inputting digital image data in a first apparatus; setting finish data based on the digital image data in the first apparatus; confirming the finish of an image on which processing has been administered by displaying the image; attaching the digital image data and the finish data wherein the digital image data and the finish data are stored on the same computer readable medium and where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; transmitting the attached digital image data and finish data to a second apparatus; and processing the transmitted attached digital image data and finish data wherein a finish is obtained based upon the transmitted finish data.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
118 words
An image processing method comprising: inputting digital image data in a first apparatus; setting finish data based on the digital image data in the first apparatus; confirming the finish of an image on which processing has been administered by displaying the image; attaching the digital image data and the finish data wherein the digital image data and the finish data are stored on the same computer readable medium and where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; transmitting the attached digital image data and finish data to a second apparatus; and processing the transmitted attached digital image data and finish data wherein a finish is obtained based upon the transmitted finish data.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
145 words
An image processing system comprising: an input device for inputting digital image data in a first apparatus; a finish setting module for setting finish data based on the digital image data in the first apparatus; a confirmation module for confirming the finish of an image on which processing has been administered by displaying the image; an attachment module for attaching the digital image data and the finish data wherein the digital image data and the finish data are stored on the same computer readable medium and where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; a transmitter for transmitting the attached digital image data and finish data to a second apparatus; and a processor for processing, at the second apparatus, the transmitted attached digital image data and finish data wherein a finish is obtained based upon the transmitted finish data.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
145 words
An image processing system comprising: an input device for inputting digital image data in a first apparatus; a finish setting module for setting finish data based on the digital image data in the first apparatus; a confirmation module for confirming the finish of an image on which processing has been administered by displaying the image; an attachment module for attaching the digital image data and the finish data wherein the digital image data and the finish data are stored on the same computer readable medium and where the finish data and the digital image data are related to each other; a transmitter for transmitting the attached digital image data and finish data to a second apparatus; and a processor for processing, at the second apparatus, the transmitted attached digital image data and finish data wherein a finish is obtained based upon the transmitted finish data.
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