Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program product therefor

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a reference object discriminating unit that discriminates a reference object from a digital image that is taken by capturing an object together with the reference object;
• a color information extracting unit that extracts color information, in the digital image, of the reference object that is discriminated by the reference object discriminating unit;
• a color information comparing unit that acquires target color information of the reference object, and compares the color information of the reference object that is extracted by the color information extracting unit with the target color information;
• a correction color reproduction amount setting unit that sets a correction color reproduction amount on the basis of the comparison result of the color information comparing unit;
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• an image processing unit that performs image processing on the digital image in accordance with the correction color reproduction amount that is set by the correction color reproduction amount setting unit.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image input unit that receives a plurality of digital images that are read from an image database in which digital images are stored;
• a reference object discriminating unit that discriminates image information of a reference object contained in each of the plurality of digital images that are received by the image input unit;
• a comparing unit that compares information including at least one of size information and color information included in the image information of the reference object discriminated by the reference object discriminating unit with information including at least one of target size information and target color information as a standard;
• a setting unit that sets at least one of a correction size amount and a correction color reproduction amount on the basis of the comparison result of the comparing unit for each of the plurality of digital images;
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• a processing unit that performs correction processing on each of the plurality of digital images in accordance with at least one of the correction size amount and the correction color reproduction amount that is set by the setting unit.

An image processing method comprising:

• reading out a plurality of digital images each of which is taken by capturing an object together with a reference object;
• discriminating the reference object from each of the plurality of digital images;
• extracting size information, in the digital image, of the discriminated reference object;
• acquiring target size information of the reference object;
• setting a correction size amount for each of the plurality of digital images on the basis of the extracted size information of the reference object and the acquired target size information;
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• performing a process of scaling up or down the object in each of the plurality of digital images in accordance with the correction size amount.

An image processing method comprising:

• reading out a plurality of digital images each of which is taken by capturing an object together with a reference object;
• discriminating the reference object from each of the plurality of digital images;
• extracting color information, in the digital image, of the discriminated reference object;
• acquiring target color information of the reference object;
• setting a correction color reproduction amount for each of the plurality of digital images on the basis of the extracted color information of the reference object and the acquired target color information;
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• performing color correction processing on the object in each of the plurality of digital images in accordance with the set correction color reproduction amount.

A computer-readable medium storing an image processing program for causing a computer to execute procedures comprising:

• reading out a plurality of digital images each of which is taken by capturing an object together with a reference object;
• discriminating the reference object from each of the plurality of digital images;
• extracting size information, in the digital image, of the discriminated reference object;
• acquiring target size information of the reference object;
• setting a correction size amount for each of the plurality of digital images on the basis of the extracted size information of the reference object and the acquired target size information;
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• performing a process of scaling up or down the object in each of the plurality of digital images in accordance with the correction size amount.

A computer-readable medium storing an image processing program for causing a computer to execute procedures comprising:

• reading out a plurality of digital images each of which is taken by capturing an object together with a reference object;
• discriminating the reference object from each of the plurality of digital images;
• extracting color information, in the digital image, of the discriminated reference object;
• acquiring target color information of the reference object;
• setting a correction color reproduction amount for each of the plurality of digital images on the basis of the extracted color information of the reference object and the acquired target color information;
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• performing color correction processing on the object in each of the plurality of digital images in accordance with the set correction color reproduction amount.