Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJumpei Sano
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Abstract
An image processing system includes a first obtaining section for obtaining a first image and a color mode for the first image; a second obtaining section for obtaining a second image and a color mode for the second image; a priority setting section for setting which of the color mode for the first image and the color mode for the second image priority is to be given to; a color-mode setting section for setting a color mode for a composite image based on the color mode for the first image, the color mode for the second image, and the setting of the priority setting section; a combining section for combining the first image and the second image to produce the composite image; and an outputting section for outputting the composite image with the color mode set by the color-mode setting section.
Claims15
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a composition unit configured to obtain a composite image by composing an original image and another image;
- a first determination unit configured to determine a color mode of the original image;
- a second determination unit configured to determine a color mode of the another image;
- a first setting unit configured to set a color mode of the composite image as monochrome regardless of the color mode of the another image, when the color mode of the original image is determined to be monochrome;
- a second setting unit configured to set a color mode of the composite image as color regardless of the color mode of the original image, when the color mode of the another image is determined to be color;
- and
- a color space conversion unit configured to perform a color space conversion of the composite image obtained by the composition unit in the color mode set in the first or the second setting unit.
An image processing method comprising:
- obtaining a composite image by composing an original image and another image;
- determining a color mode of the original image;
- determining a color mode of the another image;
- setting a color mode of the composite image;
- and
- performing a color space conversion of the composite image in the set color mode,
- wherein the color mode of the composite image is by a first setting unit or a second setting unit,
- wherein the first setting unit is configured to set the color mode of the composite image as monochrome regardless of the color mode of the another image, when the color mode of the original image is determined to be monochrome, and
- wherein the second setting unit is configured to set the color mode of the composite image as color regardless of the color mode of the original image, when the color mode of the another image is determined to be color.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program for executing an image processing method by an image processing apparatus, the program stored on the computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:
- obtaining a composite image by composing an original image and another image;
- determining a color mode of the original image;
- determining a color mode of the another image;
- setting a color mode of the composite image;
- and
- performing a color space conversion of the composite image in the set color mode,
- wherein the color mode of the composite image is by a first setting unit or a second setting unit,
- wherein the first setting unit is configured to set the color mode of the composite image as monochrome regardless of the color mode of the another image, when the color mode of the original image is determined to be monochrome, and
- wherein the second setting unit is configured to set the color mode of the composite image as color regardless of the color mode of the original image, when the color mode of the another image is determined to be color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.