Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKeigo Ihara, Junichi Rekimoto, Takahiko Sueyoshi, Toru Konishi
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus including: an image acquiring element for acquiring a target image; an identification information recognizing element for recognizing identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern from the target image acquired by the image acquiring element; and an activating element for activating selectively from among a plurality of previously stored processes a specific process corresponding to the identification information recognized by the identification information recognizing element so as to start execution of the specific process.
Claims10
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- image acquiring means for acquiring a target image;
- identification information recognizing means for recognizing identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern from said target image acquired by said image acquiring means;
- activating means for activating selectively from among a plurality of previously stored processes a specific process corresponding to said identification information recognized by said identification information recognizing means so as to start execution of said specific process;
- target image displaying means for displaying said target image acquired by said image acquiring means inside a specific display area;
- position information detecting means for detecting position information about said specific image pattern relative to said target image acquired by said image acquiring means;
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- rendering means for rendering an image corresponding to said identification information recognized by said identification recognizing means, inside said specific display area and in a position corresponding to said position information detected by said position information detecting means.
An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a target image;
- recognizing identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern from the target image acquired in said image acquiring step;
- activating selectively from among a plurality of previously stored processes a specific process corresponding to said identification information recognized in said identification information recognizing step so as to start execution of said specific process;
- displaying said target image acquired in said image acquiring step inside a specific display area;
- detecting position information about said specific image pattern relative to said target image acquired in said image acquiring step;
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- rendering an image corresponding to said identification information recognized in said identification recognizing step, inside said specific display area and in a position corresponding to said position information detected in said position information detecting step.
A storage medium for storing an image processing program executable by a computer and comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a target image;
- recognizing identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern from the target image acquired in said image acquiring step;
- activating selectively from among a plurality of previously stored processes a specific process corresponding to said identification information recognized in said identification information recognizing step so as to start execution of said specific process;
- displaying said target image acquired in said image acquiring step inside a specific display area;
- detecting position information about said specific image pattern relative to said target image acquired in said image acquiring step;
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- rendering an image corresponding to said identification information recognized in said identification recognizing step, inside said specific display area and in a position corresponding to said position information detected in said position information detecting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.