Image processing device and image processing method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorShunsuke Tsuda
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Abstract
An image processing device is configured to record a captured image acquired from an imaging device, to detect a monitor request made by a user with respect to a monitored object reflected in the captured image, to specify the monitored object in the captured image according to the monitor request, and to generate an output image including the monitored object such that the user can monitor the monitored object in the output image. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the user with the output image including an enlarged image of the monitored object, and it is possible to record captured images each normally covering a prescribed wide imaging range on storage media.
Claims9
An image processing device comprising:
- a captured-image recorder configured to record a captured image acquired from an imaging device, wherein the captured image is equally divided into a predetermined number of small areas each having a predetermined size;
- a monitor request detector configured to detect a monitor request for designating a monitored object having its characteristic information to be reflected in the captured image;
- a monitored-object specifying part configured to specify a position indicating the characteristic information of the monitored object in the captured image according to the monitor request and to thereby determine a small area corresponding to the specified position among the plurality of small areas in the captured image;
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- an output part configured to generate an output image including the small area of the monitored object in the captured image.
An image processing method, comprising:
- recording a captured image acquired from an imaging device, wherein the captured image is equally divided into predetermined number of small areas each having a predetermined size;
- detecting a monitor request for designating a monitored object having its characteristic information to be reflected in the captured image;
- specifying a position indicating the characteristic information of the monitored object in the captured image according to the monitor request;
- determining a small area corresponding to the specified position among the plurality of small areas in the captured image;
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- generating an output image representing the determined small area in the captured image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.