Image processing apparatus capable of selecting a non-rectangular area
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasumichi Suzuki, Yoshinori Ikeda, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Mitsuru Kurita, Toshiyuki Kitamura
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data, a storage unit for storing a plurality of non-rectangular area data, a selection unit for selecting the non-rectangular area data stored in the storage unit, a control unit for reading out the non-rectangular area data selected by the selection unit from the storage unit in synchronism with input of the image data by the input unit, and a processing unit for processing the image data in accordance with the non-rectangular area data selected by the selection unit.
Claims19
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- selection means for selecting a type of non-rectangular area from a plurality of types of non-rectangular areas, said plurality of types of non-rectangular areas having predetermined fixed shapes;
- display means for displaying, automatically after the selection by said selection means, guidance information for an operator in accordance with the type of non-rectangular area selected by said selection means, the guidance information providing the operator with instructions for performing one or more subsequent operations;
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- designation means capable of use by the operator for designating a size of the non-rectangular area in accordance with the guidance information displayed by said display means,
- wherein said guidance information comprises a sentence which informs the operator of an operation to designate the non-rectangular area,
- wherein said display means comprises a touch panel for inputting an instruction of an operator, said designation means comprises a pointing device different from said touch panel, and
- wherein said guidance information comprises a sentence which informs the operator of usage of both said touch panel and said pointing device to perform the operation.
An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a type of non-rectangular area from a plurality of types of non-rectangular areas, said plurality of types of non-rectangular areas having predetermined fixed shapes;
- displaying, automatically after the selection, guidance information for an operator in accordance with the type of non-rectangular area, the guidance information providing the operator with instructions for performing one or more subsequent operations;
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- designating a size of the non-rectangular area in accordance with the guidance information,
- wherein said guidance information comprises a sentence which informs the operator of an operation to designate the non-rectangular area, and
- wherein said guidance information comprises a sentence which informs the operator of a usage of both a touch panel and a pointing device to perform the operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.