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US 7,119,841 B1Granted
Image processing apparatus method and storage medium therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsukasa Sako
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Abstract
From among a group of taken images, an image suitable for inspection is identifiably displayed and can be arbitrarily selected. Also an image may be re-taken as a result of an instruction for re-taking the image and also displayed on a display. Images already taken prior to the re-taking of the image are displayed with a character or symbol, such as a cross mark, for easy identification by the operator. Also, the operator may arbitrarily select an image from the re-taken image and the already taken images.
Claims27
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving ordering information;
- image taking means for taking an image based on an image taking condition corresponding to the ordering information received by said receiving means;
- storing means for storing the image taken by said image taking means and the image taking condition;
- display control means for controlling display of the image taken by said image taking means;
- selection means for selecting an image as an object for re-taking from among the already-taken images displayed by said display control means;
- re-taking instruction means for instructing said image taking means to re-take the image corresponding to the image selected by said selection means;
- reading means for reading out the image taking condition corresponding to the image selected by said selection means;
- setting means for setting the image taking condition read-out by said reading means to said image taking means;
- re-taking control means for controlling said image taking means to re-take the selected image based on the image taking condition set by said setting means;
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- output means for outputting the re-taking image as the image corresponding to the ordering information.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- image taking means for taking an image;
- storage means for storing the image taken by said image taking means associated with an image taking ID, said storage means being able to store plural images wherein the plural images are able to be associated with a single image taking ID;
- marking means for attaching a mark to one or more images from among the plural images associated with a single image taking ID, the one or more images being images other than the image newly stored by said storage means;
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- image output means for outputting the image to which the mark is not attached by said marking means as the image corresponding to the single image taking ID.
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An image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus, said method comprising:
- a receiving step, of receiving ordering information;
- an image taking step, of taking an image based on an image taking condition corresponding to the ordering information received in said receiving step;
- a storing step, of storing the image taken in said image taking step and the image taking condition;
- a display control step, of controlling display of the image taken in said image taking step;
- a selection step, of selecting an image as an object for re-taking from among the already-taken images displayed in said display control step;
- a re-taking instruction step, of instructing the image taking apparatus to re-take the image corresponding to the image selected in said selection step;
- a reading step, of reading out the image taking condition corresponding to the image selected in said selection step;
- a setting step, of setting the image taking condition read-out in said reading step for said image taking step;
- a re-taking control step, of controlling said image taking step to re-take the selected image based on the image taking condition set in said setting step;
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- an output step of outputting the re-taking image as the image corresponding to the ordering information.
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An image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus, said method comprising:
- an image taking step, of taking an image;
- a storage step, of storing the image taken in said image taking step associated with an image taking ID, said storage step including storing plural images such that the plural images are able to be associated with a single image taking ID;
- a marking step, of attaching a mark to one or more images from among the plural images associated with a single image taking ID, the one or more images being images other than the image newly stored in said storage step;
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- an image output step, of outputting the image to which the mark is not attached in said marking step as the image corresponding to the single image taking ID.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing an image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus, said program comprising:
- code for a receiving step, of receiving ordering information;
- code for an image taking step, of taking an image based on an image taking condition corresponding to the ordering information received in said receiving step;
- code for a storing step, of storing the image taken in said image taking step and the image taking condition;
- code for a display control step, of controlling display of the image taken in an image taking step in accordance with said code for the image taking step;
- code for a selection step, of selecting an image as an object for re-taking from among the already-taken images displayed in a display control step in accordance with said code for the display control step;
- code for a re-taking instruction step, of instructing re-execution of said code for an image taking step, to re-take an image corresponding to the image selected by execution of said code a selection step;
- code for a reading step, of reading out the image taking condition corresponding to the image selected in said selection step;
- code for a setting step, of setting the image taking condition read-out in said reading step for execution by said code for said image taking step;
- code for a re-taking control step, of controlling said image taking step to re-take the selected image based on the image taking condition set in said setting step;
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- code for an output step, of outputting the re-taking image as the image corresponding to the ordering information.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing an image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus, said program comprising:
- code for an image taking step, of taking an image;
- code for a storage step, of storing the image taken by execution of said code for an image taking step associated with an image taking ID, said code for a storage step including code for causing storage of plural images such that the plural images are able to be associated with a single image taking ID;
- code for a marking step, of attaching a mark to one or more images from among the plural images associated with a single image taking ID, the one or more images being images other than the image newly stored in said storage step;
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- code for an output step, of outputting the image to which the mark is not attached by execution of said code for an marking step as the image corresponding to the single image taking ID.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving ordering information;
- image taking means for taking an image based on an image taking condition corresponding to the ordering information received by said receiving means;
- storing means for storing the image taken by said image taking means and the image taking condition;
- first attachment means for attaching an image taking ID to the image taken by said image taking means;
- display control means for controlling display of the image taken by said image taking means;
- selection means for selecting an image as an object for re-taking from among already-taken images displayed by said display control means;
- re-taking instruction means for instructing said image taking means to re-take an image corresponding to the image selected by said selection means;
- second attachment means for attaching an image taking ID corresponding to the image selected by said selection means to the re-taken image;
- output image selection means for selecting an image to be outputted from among images to which the same taking ID is given;
- reading means for reading out the image taking condition corresponding to the image selected by said selection means;
- setting means for setting the image taking condition read-out by said reading means to said image taking means;
- re-taking control means for controlling said image taking means to re-take the selected image based on the image taking condition set by said setting means;
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- output means for outputting the re-taking image as the image corresponding to the ordering information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.