Image processing apparatus and image processing method and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Nakajima
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Abstract
An image processing method that allows a user to easily make image processing settings. An image processing parameter is set in response to a user inputting an instruction to process an image in accordance with the image processing parameter. An image is processed using a plurality of different image processing parameters and resulting images are output in an array. The relationship between the plurality of different image processing parameters is displayed using graphics.
Claims34
An image processing method of setting an image processing parameter in response to a user instruction to perform image processing in accordance with the image processing parameter, comprising the steps of:
- performing image processing on the image by using a plurality of different image processing parameters;
- displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
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- inputting a user instruction which indicates a desired image from the image processed by said plurality of different image processing parameters.
An image processing method having a first mode in which a display device displays on a display screen a plurality of images that are processed according to a plurality of image processing parameters and a second mode in which an image forming device forms on a recording material a plurality of images that are processed according to the plurality of image processing parameters, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting one mode out of a plurality of modes including said first mode and said second mode based on a user instruction;
- outputting said plurality of images based on the selected mode;
- setting an image processing parameter corresponding to one output image, designated by a user instruction, out of the plurality of output images, said output images being displayed in the first mode or formed in the second mode;
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- processing an input image using the set image processing parameter.
An image processing method of setting a color processing condition corresponding to a kind of image, comprising the steps of:
- selecting the kind of image for which the color processing condition is set;
- using a plurality of color processing conditions to a sample image corresponding to said selected kind of image, and displaying the color processed sample image which is obtained by performing color processing in parallel;
- displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
- inputting a user instruction to display the desired color processed sample image from said displayed color processed sample images;
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- setting a color processing condition corresponding to said displayed color processed image as the color processing condition corresponding to said selected kind of image.
An image processing method, which uses a user interface for performing a plurality of color processes to a same image to set color processing conditions, the method having a display mode and printing mode comprising the steps of:
- performing a plurality of color processes to an image sample different from an original image to display resulting images in the display mode;
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- performing a plurality of color processes to the original image, to print resulting images in the printing mode.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- setting means for setting an image processing parameter in accordance with a user instruction and image processing means for processing an image in accordance with the image processing parameter:
- means for performing processing on the image by using a plurality of different image processing parameters;
- means for displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
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- means for inputting a user instruction which indicates a desired image from the image processed by a plurality of different image processing parameters.
An image processing apparatus having a first mode in which a display device displays on a display screen a plurality of images that are processed according to a plurality of image processing parameters and a second mode in which an image forming device forms on a recording material a plurality of images that are processed according to the plurality of image processing parameters, the apparatus comprising:
- selecting means for selecting one mode out of a plurality of modes including said first mode and said second mode based on a user instruction;
- outputting means for outputting said plurality of images based on the selected mode;
- setting means for setting an image processing parameter corresponding to one output image, designated by a user instruction, out of the plurality of output images, said output images being displayed in the first mode or formed in the second mode;
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- image processing means for processing an input image using the set image processing parameter.
An image processing apparatus for setting a color processing condition corresponding to a kind of image, comprising:
- means for selecting the kind of image for which the color processing condition is set;
- means for using a plurality of color processing conditions to a sample image corresponding to said selected kind of image, and displaying the color processed sample image which is obtained by performing color processing in parallel;
- means for displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
- inputting a user instruction to display the desired color processed sample image from said displayed color processed sample images;
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- means for setting a color processing condition corresponding to said displayed color processed image as the color processing condition corresponding to said selected kind of image.
An image processing apparatus for performing a plurality of color processes on a same image to set color processing conditions, the apparatus comprising setting means for setting a display mode or a printing mode in response to a user instruction,
- wherein a plurality of color processes are performed to an image sample different from an original image to display resulting images in the display mode;
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- wherein a plurality of color processes are performed to the original image, to print resulting images in the printing mode.
A storage medium that stores in a computer-readable manner a program that provides an image processing method of setting a color processing condition corresponding to a kind of image, comprising the steps of:
- selecting the kind of image for which the color processing condition is set;
- using a plurality of color processing conditions to a sample image corresponding to said selected kind of image, and displaying the color processed sample image which is obtained by performing color processing in parallel;
- displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
- inputting the user instruction to display the desired color processed sample image from said displayed color processed sample images;
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- setting a color processing condition corresponding to said displayed color processed image as the color processing condition corresponding to said selected kind of image.
A storage medium that stores in a computer-readable manner a program that provides a user interface for displaying a same image with a plurality of color processes performed thereto to set color processing conditions, the program comprising the steps of:
- performing a plurality of color processes to an image sample different from an original image to display resulting images in the display mode;
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- performing a plurality of color processes to the original image, to print resulting images in the printing mode.
A storage medium that stores in a computer-readable manner a program for an image processing method of setting an image processing parameter in response to a user instruction to perform image processing in accordance with the image processing parameter, comprising the steps of:
- performing image processing on the image by using a plurality of different image processing parameters;
- displaying a relationship of said plurality of different image processing parameters visually on an operation display by using a map which indicates degrees of color adjustment;
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- inputting a user instruction which indicates a desired image from the image processed by said plurality of different image processing parameters.
A storage medium that stores in a computer-readable manner a program for an image processing method having a first mode in which a display device displays a plurality of images that are processed according to a plurality of image processing parameters on a display screen and a second mode in which an image forming device forms a plurality of images that are processed according to a plurality of image processing parameters on a recording material, the method comprising the steps of;
- selecting one mode out of a plurality of modes including said first mode and said second mode based on a user instruction;
- outputting said plurality of images based on the selected mode;
- setting an image processing parameter corresponding to one output image, designated by a user instruction, out of the plurality of output images, said output images being displayed in the first mode or formed in the second mode;
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- processing an input image using the set image processing parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.