Image processing method and system using computer graphics

An image processing system utilizing computer graphics comprising:

• a host computer;
• and
• an image processor which is connected to the host computer through a communication network and forms a computer graphics image for forming an output image in said host computer, said image processor including:
• a selecting section for selecting for a computer graphics software a particular algorithm and a particular drawing level from a plurality of algorithms and a plurality of drawing levels set in advance in said host computer based on at least one of an amount of computation processing, an amount of data and a display resolution;
• a download section for downloading the computer graphics software corresponding to the thus selected particular algorithm and drawing level from said host computer;
• and
• an image forming section for forming said computer graphics image by using the thus downloaded computer graphics software;
• wherein image editing data in a process of forming said computer graphics image or said image editing data and data attached thereto are transmitted to said host computer through said communication network.

An image processing system utilizing computer graphics comprising:

• an image processor;
• and
• a host computer which forms an output image based on a computer graphics image formed in said image processor connected to said host computer through a communication network;
• said host computer including:
• a selecting section for selecting a computer graphics software at a higher drawing level than in a computer graphics software used by said image processor to form said computer graphics image;
• and
• a section for forming said output image by the selected computer graphics software at the higher drawing level by using image editing data when said computer graphics image was formed in said image processor or the image editing data and data attached thereto, which have been received from said image processor through said communication network;
• wherein the output image is output as a print, recorded on a predetermined recording medium, or transmitted through said communication network.

An image processing system utilizing computer graphics comprising:

• a first image processor for forming a computer graphics image;
• and
• a second image processor for forming an output image based on said computer graphics image formed in said first image processor;
• wherein said first image processor includes:
• a selecting section for selecting for a computer graphics software a particular algorithm and a particular drawing level from a plurality of algorithms and a plurality of drawing levels set in advance in said second image processor based on at least one of an amount of computation processing, an amount of data and a display resolution;
• and
• a computer graphics image forming section for forming the computer graphics image by using the computer graphics software corresponding to the thus selected particular algorithm and drawing level, whereas said second image processor includes:
• a selecting section for selecting a computer graphics software at a higher drawing level than in said computer graphics software used in said first image processor to form said computer graphics image;
• and
• a section for forming said output image by the thus selected computer graphics software at the higher drawing level by using image editing data when said computer graphics image was formed in said first image processor or the image editing data and data attached thereto;
• and
• wherein the output image is output as a print, recorded on a predetermined recording medium, or transmitted through a communication network.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• reading a hand-drawn image;
• extracting from the thus read hand-drawn image a figure having a shape registered in advance;
• and
• substituting an image registered in advance and corresponding to the thus extracted figure for the extracted figure in the read hand-drawn image thereby forming an output image.

An image processing method having at least one mode corresponding to a figure having a shape registered in advance which is selected from:

• a mode in which a complete computer graphics image is registered in advance;
• a mode in which computer graphics forming algorithms and setting parameter editing data are registered in advance;
• and
• a mode in which said complete image and said editing data are selectively registered, said method comprising the steps of:
• reading a hand-drawn image;
• extracting from the thus read hand-drawn image the figure having the shape registered in advance;
• and
• forming an output image by substituting for the extracted figure the complete image registered in advance and corresponding to the extracted figure, or by forming a computer graphics image by using said editing data registered in advance and corresponding to the extracted figure and by substituting the formed computer graphics image for the extracted figure according to one of said modes.