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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKaoru Hosokawa, Kohji Nakamori
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A method and an apparatus are disclosed for simultaneously displaying different images in one whole image display area, and easily performing the switching and selection of display. The present invention distinguishes subtle differences between images by partitioning a whole image display area into several parts, and simultaneously displaying images before and after processing, or images that are results of different processing. Furthermore, so as to easily distinguish which image is currently selected, a selection frame is displayed around the image selected. In addition, so as to easily switch the display of images, a user interface is realized, that makes it possible to easily switch display methods without clicking by a system detecting a cursor position of a pointing device, and that makes it possible to easily select a desired image by clicking.
A method of simultaneously displaying a whole image comprised of an image before processing and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising the steps of:
A method of simultaneously displaying an image before processing and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for simultaneously displaying a whole image comprised of an image before processing and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising:
An apparatus for simultaneously displaying an image before and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising:
An article of manufacture for simultaneously displaying a whole image comprised of an image before processing and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
An article of manufacture for simultaneously displaying an image before and at least one image after processing on a whole image display area, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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Two-dimensional [2d] image generation
Image data processing or generation, in general
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing image display with which a user easily compares the difference between images before and after processing, or images which are the results of different processing, when a photographic image acquired from a digital camera, a scanner, or a folder is processed in a computer system. Furthermore, the present invention realizes a user interface through which a user can easily switch or select display when the user displays or selects a desired image among images displayed.
Heretofore, an application program displaying results of image processing of photographic images, as shown in FIG. 1, displays images before processing and images after processing in different areas. In addition, image processing in the specification of the present invention includes the following processing techniques discussed, for example, in “Master of Digital Camera, Version 1.0, Users Guide (SC88-3190), (IBM Japan, Ltd.),” incorporated by reference herein.
(1) Special Effect Processing
FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a conventional image display system;
FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a screen of an image processing program to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 3 is a hardware block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a software block diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows an example of screens of an image processing program to which the present invention is applied.
In addition, in this specification of the present invention, a part generated by combining a “display area of an image after processing,” which is shaded with diagonal lines, with a “display area of a selection frame of an image after processing,” which is shaded with dots, as shown at the top of FIG. 2, is called “inside of a masked area of an image after processing.”
Similarly, also in regard to an image before processing, a part generated by combining “a display area of an image before processing” with a “display area of a selection frame of an image before processing” is called a “masked area of an image before processing.”