# US 2014/0153812 A1 · Apparatus for and method of processing image and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153812 A1 - Document ID: US20140153812A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/065,484 - Filed: 2013-10-29 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroki FUJIMOTO; Jiro TSUMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153812A1 ## CPC - G06V 20/698: {Matching; Classification} - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract An image processing apparatus displays an object adopted and an object not adopted by an adoption/non-adoption process in a distinguishable manner. A user designates an object whose adoption/non-adoption result is desired to be reversed among the objects displayed by the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus changes an allowable range stored in a storage part so that the adoption/non-adoption result of the designated object is reversed. That is, the user views the adoption/non-adoption result of the objects to change the allowable range of a parameter so that the adoption/non-adoption result becomes proper. This makes the allowable range of the parameter for use in the adoption/non-adoption process proper with ease. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage part for storing therein allowable ranges of parameters for use in an adoption/non-adoption process for classifying an object included in an image as adopted or as not adopted; an object extraction part for extracting a plurality of objects from said image; an adoption/non-adoption processing part for determining that an object having said parameters within said allowable ranges is adopted and that an object having at least one of said parameters outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges is not adopted among said plurality of objects; a display output part for displaying the object adopted and the object not adopted by said adoption/non-adoption processing part in a distinguishable manner; an input designation part for accepting the designation of an object whose adoption/non-adoption result is desired to be reversed among the objects displayed by said display output part; and a parameter changing part for changing one of said allowable ranges stored in said storage part so that the adoption/non-adoption result of the object designated by said input designation part is reversed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said parameter changing part changes said one allowable range, based on an entry made by a user so as to make the change. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said display output part displays the values of said parameters for the object designated by said input designation part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said display output part further displays which parameter is outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges, when the object designated by said input designation part is an object not adopted. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a histogram display part for displaying a distribution of measurement values of each of said parameters for said plurality of objects in the form of a histogram. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said parameter changing part automatically judges a parameter with an allowable range to be changed to change the allowable range of the parameter by reference to the values of said parameters of the object designated by said input designation part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image is an image of each well of a specimen container having a plurality of wells. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image is an image of a cell clump that is a group of three-dimensionally aggregated cells. ### Claim 9 A method of processing an image, comprising the steps of: a) extracting a plurality of objects from an image; b) determining that an object having parameters within allowable ranges is adopted and that an object having at least one of said parameters outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges is not adopted among said plurality of objects; c) displaying the object adopted and the object not adopted in said step b) in a distinguishable manner; d) accepting the designation of an object whose adoption/non-adoption result is desired to be reversed among the objects displayed in said step c); and e) changing one of said allowable ranges so that the adoption/non-adoption result of the object designated in said step d) is reversed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein said one allowable range is changed in said step e), based on an entry made by a user so as to make the change. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of f) displaying the values of said parameters for the object designated in said step d), said step f) being performed before said step e). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein which parameter is outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges is further displayed in said step f), when the object designated in said step d) is an object not adopted. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of displaying a distribution of measurement values of each of said parameters for said plurality of objects in the form of a histogram. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein a computer automatically judges a parameter with an allowable range to be changed to change the allowable range of the parameter in said step e) by reference to the values of said parameters of the object designated in said step d). ### Claim 15 A storage medium readable by a computer and having an image processing program stored therein, said image processing program causing said computer to perform the steps of: a) extracting a plurality of objects from an image; b) determining that an object having parameters within allowable ranges is adopted and that an object having at least one of said parameters outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges is not adopted among said plurality of objects; c) displaying the object adopted and the object not adopted in said step b) in a distinguishable manner; d) accepting the designation of an object whose adoption/non-adoption result is desired to be reversed among the objects displayed in said step c); and e) changing one of said allowable ranges so that the adoption/non-adoption result of the object designated in said step d) is reversed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein said one allowable range is changed in said step e), based on an entry made by a user so as to make the change. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said image processing program causes said computer to further perform the step of f) displaying the values of said parameters for the object designated in said step d), said step f) being performed before said step e). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The storage medium according to claim 17, wherein which parameter is outside a corresponding one of said allowable ranges is further displayed in said step f), when the object designated in said step d) is an object not adopted. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein said image processing program causes said computer to further perform the step of displaying a distribution of measurement values of each of said parameters for said plurality of objects in the form of a histogram. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein said computer automatically judges a parameter with an allowable range to be changed to change the allowable range of the parameter in said step e) by reference to the values of said parameters of the object designated in said step d).