US2018160053A1PendingUtilityA1

Image processing device that changes extent of image altering by first and second image processing

Assignee: NIKON CORPPriority: Aug 30, 2013Filed: Jan 30, 2018Published: Jun 7, 2018
Est. expiryAug 30, 2033(~7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04N 23/64H04N 23/632H04N 23/675H04N 23/62G03B 17/18G06F 3/04842H04N 5/23222G06F 3/0488G06F 3/0362H04N 5/2621H04N 5/23216H04N 5/23293G06F 3/04845
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Abstract

An image processing device includes: an image processing unit that alters an image by executing first image processing and second image processing on the image; and a processing change unit that changes an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing and an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing. The processing change unit raises the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing when the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered.

Claims

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         20 . An image processing device comprising a controller that includes at least a processor and a memory, the controller configured to:
 control a display to display an image that includes a selection image portion;   detect a selected position between a first position and a second position set apart from the first position on the selection image portion in the image displayed by the display; and   upon detecting that the selected position is between the first position and the second position: alter the image by executing a first image processing on the image and a second image processing on the image such that an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing is raised while an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered, wherein the first image processing is different from the second image processing.   
     
     
         21 . The image processing device according to  claim 20 , wherein
 the controller detects an enlarging operation performed to enlarge the selection image portion and a reducing operation performed to reduce the selection image portion;   the selection image portion includes a first image portion used to adjust the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing in steps, and a second image portion used to adjust the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing in steps; and   the controller displays the selection image portion by reducing a number of steps over which adjustment can be made both in the first image portion and in the second image portion in response to detection of the reducing operation, and displays the selection image portion by increasing the number of steps over which adjustment can be made both in the first image portion and in the second image portion in response to detection of the enlarging operation.   
     
     
         22 . The image processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the controller displays the selection image portion with the number of steps further increased in one of the first image portion and the second image portion, if the enlarging operation is detected while the number of steps is set at a predetermined upper limit value. 
     
     
         23 . The image processing device according to  claim 22 , wherein the controller displays one of the first image portion and the second image portion in an enlargement with the number of steps further increased and clears a remaining image portion that is not enlarged if the enlarging operation is detected while the number of steps is set at the predetermined upper limit value. 
     
     
         24 . The image processing device according to  claim 22 , wherein the controller displays one of the first image portion and the second image portion in an altered shape with the number of steps further increased and clears a remaining image portion that is not altered if the enlarging operation is detected while the number of steps is set at the predetermined upper limit value. 
     
     
         25 . The image processing device according to  claim 24 , wherein
 the selection image portion takes a circular shape and the first image portion and the second image portion both take a circular arc shape; and   the controller achieves the altered shape by altering the circular arc shape to a full circle shape, if the enlarging operation is detected while the number of steps is set at the predetermined upper limit value.   
     
     
         26 . The image processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the controller clears the selection image portion, if the reducing operation is detected while the number of steps is set at a predetermined lower limit value. 
     
     
         27 . The image processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the controller displays the selection image portion, if the enlarging operation is detected while the selection image portion is not being displayed. 
     
     
         28 . The image processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein the controller:
 detects a contact position at which a contacting object comes into contact with the display; and   while a plurality of contact positions are detected, detects an operation performed to widen a distance between the plurality of contact positions as the enlarging operation and an operation performed to narrow the distance between the plurality of contact positions is detected as the reducing operation.   
     
     
         29 . The image processing device according to  claim 21 , wherein
 the first image portion indicates ratios representing the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing executed on the image and the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing executed on the image; and   the second image portion indicates ratios representing the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing executed on the image and the extent to which the image is altered through a third image processing executed on the image.   
     
     
         30 . The image processing device according to  claim 20 , wherein
 the selection image portion includes setting areas respectively corresponding to image processing including at least the first image processing and the second image processing; and   if image processing is specified and a setting area corresponding to the specified image processing is not included in the selection image portion, the controller adds the setting area corresponding to the specified image processing into the selection image portion.   
     
     
         31 . The image processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein
 the controller displays the selection image portion having a predetermined setting area corresponding to a predetermined image processing; and   as a given image processing is specified, the controller sets a setting area corresponding to the predetermined image processing into the selection image portion in addition to the predetermined setting area.   
     
     
         32 . The image processing device according to  claim 31 , wherein
 the controller causes the display to display a plurality of image processing icons, each corresponding to one of a plurality of types of image processing; and   in response to an operation performed to move an image processing icon displayed at the display into the selection image portion, the controller adds a setting area for image processing corresponding to the image processing icon to the selection image portion.   
     
     
         33 . The image processing device according to  claim 32 , wherein: in response to an operation performed to move an image processing icon corresponding to the first image processing into a setting area corresponding to the second image processing, the controller alters the setting area to correspond to both the first image processing and the second image processing. 
     
     
         34 . The image processing device according to  claim 33 , wherein: in response to an operation performed to move an image processing icon corresponding to a third image processing into the setting area corresponding to the first image processing and the second image processing, the controller causes the display to add a setting area corresponding to the third image processing into the selection image portion. 
     
     
         35 . The image processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein the controller causes the display to remove a setting area in the selection image portion, in response to an operation performed to move the setting area out of the selection image portion. 
     
     
         36 . The image processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein
 in response to a position being specified in the setting area, the controller sets an image processing parameter for image processing corresponding to the setting area based upon the specified position; and   the controller executes the image processing on the image based upon the set image processing parameter.   
     
     
         37 . The image processing device according to  claim 36 , wherein
 the controller causes the display to display a plurality of icons each corresponding to one of a plurality of types of image processing; and   in response to an operation performed to move an image processing icon corresponding to a fourth image processing into a setting area for the fourth image processing, the controller alters a manner with which an image processing parameter pertaining to the fourth processing is adjusted in the setting area.   
     
     
         38 . The image processing device according to  claim 30 , wherein: if a position inside a first setting area and a position inside a second setting area, among setting areas in the selection image portion, are both specified, the controller executes both an image processing corresponding to the first setting area and an image processing corresponding to the second setting area on the image. 
     
     
         39 . The image processing device according to  claim 20 , further comprising: an image sensor that outputs image signals by capturing a subject image. 
     
     
         40 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to:
 control a display to display an image that includes a selection image portion;   detect a selected position between a first position and a second position set apart from the first position on the selection image portion in the image displayed by the display; and   upon detecting that the selected position is between the first position and the second position: alter the image by executing a first image processing on the image and a second image processing on the image such that an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing is raised while an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered, wherein the first image processing is different from the second image processing.

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