# US 8,542,199 B2 · Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,542,199 B2 - Document ID: US8542199B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/582,321 - Filed: 2009-10-20 - Published: 2010-04-22 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2008-10-21 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Osamu Ooba - Inventors: Osamu Ooba - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542199B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing apparatus comprising: a display screen having processing result display areas in which an image processing result acquired by performing a predetermined image processing function on a specified image data is displayed; a surface area detection unit for detecting an operator located on the display screen and detecting a surface area corresponding to the operator on the display screen; a contact detection unit for detecting one or more of the processing result display areas in contact with the surface area detected by the surface area detection unit; an image processing unit for performing an image processing function by changing an execution parameter for the image processing function related to the processing result display area detected by the contact detection unit depending on at least one of a size of the surface area in contact with the detected processing result display area and a length of contact duration in which the operator contacts the detected processing result display area, wherein execution examples acquired by performing an image processing function related to the processing result display area have previously been displayed as exemplary images in the processing result display areas; and the image processing unit performs an image processing function related to a processing result display area on the image data that has been moved to a predetermined area by the operator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit changes and displays the exemplary images that have been acquired by applying the image processing function using the execution parameter with different values being set at a predetermined time interval. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit performs an image processing function on the image data that has been overlapped with the exemplary images by the operator. ### Claim 4 An image processing apparatus comprising: a display screen having processing result display areas in which an image processing result acquired by performing a predetermined image processing function on a specified image data is displayed; a surface area detection unit for detecting an operator located on the display screen and detecting a surface area corresponding to the operator on the display screen; a contact detection unit for detecting one or more of the processing result display areas in contact with the surface area detected by the surface area detection unit; an image processing unit for performing an image processing function by changing an execution parameter for the image processing function related to the processing result display area detected by the contact detection unit depending on at least one of a size of the surface area in contact with the detected processing result display area and a length of contact duration in which the operator contacts the detected processing result display area, wherein the processing result display area has a predetermined shape; and the image processing unit changes a shape of the image data that has been overlapped with the processing result display area by the operator into the shape of the processing result display area. ### Claim 5 An image processing method comprising the steps of: detecting an operator located on a display screen having processing result display areas in which an image processing result acquired by performing a predetermined image processing function on a specified image data is displayed, and detecting a surface area corresponding to the operator on the display screen; detecting one or more of the processing result display areas in contact with the detected surface area; and performing an image processing function by changing an execution parameter for the image processing function related to the detected processing result display area depending on at least one of a size of the surface area in contact with the detected processing result display area and a length of contact duration in which the operator contacts the detected processing result display area, wherein execution examples acquired by performing an image processing function related to the processing result display area have previously been displayed as exemplary images in the processing result display areas; and performing an image processing function relates to a processing result display area on the image data that has been moved to a predetermined area by the operator. ### Claim 6 A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a computer including a display screen having processing result display areas in which an image processing result acquired by performing a predetermined image processing function on a specified image data is displayed to execute: a surface area detection process for detecting an operator located on the display screen and detecting a surface area corresponding to the operator on the display screen; a contact detection process for detecting one or more of the processing result display areas in contact with the surface area detected by the surface area detection process; and an image processing process for performing an image processing function by changing an execution parameter for the image processing function related to the processing result display area detected by the contact detection process depending on at least one of a size of the surface area in contact with the detected processing result display area and a length of contact duration in which the operator contacts the detected processing result display area, wherein the processing result display area has a predetermined shape; and the image processing process comprises changing a shape of the image data that has been overlapped with the processing result display area by the operator into the shape of the processing result display area.