CN100515038C

CN100515038C - Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium and program used therewith

Info

Publication number: CN100515038C
Application number: CNB2007100057531A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 小山泰史
Original assignee: Canon Inc
Current assignee: Canon Inc
Priority date: 2006-02-13
Filing date: 2007-02-13
Publication date: 2009-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-13
Also published as: JP4850958B2; CN101022508A; JP2010193478A

Abstract

An image processing apparatus is intended to display an image arbitrarily selected between an original image and an edited image in accordance with a user's preference after image editing. The image processing apparatus is designed so that an image displayed after the image editing can be selected depending on a user's intention. The image processing apparatus specifies and displays an unedited or edited image on the basis of a user operation, whereby the user can easily view a desired image.

Description

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used for to select after in image processing apparatus, finishing the picture editting technology of the image that will show.

Background technology

Current, it is more senior that image processing apparatus and image pick up equipment become.As a result, image processing apparatus not only has simply and to show that (playback) is recorded in the image on the recording medium or the function of captured image (after this, abbreviating " image " as), and also has image behind edited image and the storage editor as the function of new images.

The image processing apparatus of correlation technique comprises such device, when wherein after on another window, having edited image, current window being converted to different windows, on this different window, show not editor's image, and comprise such device, its immobilize at the image that shows editor not on this different window or as the image behind the editor of new images storage.Yet, the situation of the image after existence should show the image of not editing and should show editor.

For example, show the image processing apparatus of the image of not editing, the image after being difficult to find to edit after as new images for the image behind storage editor.The user need after the picture editting, print at once under the situation of the image after editing such as the user, owing to must carries out image send into operation so that the image behind the search editor is operated very trouble.

On the contrary, in the image processing apparatus of the image after being controlled to show editor, spend in the long-time searching memory image which and be the image behind the editor.For example, when the user carries out dissimilar editors to same image, as long as just must carries out image send into operation so that search editor's image not once more needs the operation that bother very much owing to carried out editor.

This is obvious especially in the situation of the device of specify image (such as digital camera) continuously with predefined procedure.As mentioned above, the appropriateness to the appointment of editor's not image or the image behind the editor changes according to user's intention behind the picture editting.

Summary of the invention

Feature of the present invention is to solve traditional problem.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of digital camera, it comprises: the image pickup units that is configured to pick up the image of object; Be configured in memory device, store first storage control unit of the image that obtains by image pickup units; Be configured to edit the edit cell that is stored in the image in the described memory device; Be configured in memory device image behind the storage editor as second storage control unit of new images; And which the selection screen display unit of selection screen that is configured to show the original image that is used for after editing selecting to show the image behind the editor and do not edit.

This general introduction of the present invention needn't be described all essential features, thereby the present invention can also be the sub-portfolio of the feature of these descriptions.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, will be seen that other features of the present invention from following description to example embodiment, identical in the accompanying drawings reference number is indicated same or analogous part in the whole accompanying drawing.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the functional-block diagram according to the configuration of the image pick-up device of first embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the external view according to the image pick-up device of first embodiment;

Fig. 3 shows and comprises that picture editting and picture editting's pattern finish the flow chart of the processing of (will show) image selection afterwards;

Fig. 4 shows the flow chart of printing;

Comprise picture editting and picture editting's pattern that Fig. 5 shows in the second embodiment of the present invention finish the flow chart of the processing of (will show) image selection afterwards;

Fig. 6 is the diagram of the example of the menu screen among first embodiment;

Fig. 7 is the diagram that the image in the edit pattern among first embodiment is selected the example of screen;

Fig. 8 is under the figure of the example of selecting screen of the image in the edit pattern among first embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the diagram of the example of the image behind the editor among first embodiment;

Figure 10 is the diagram that the display image among first embodiment is selected the example of screen;

Figure 11 is the diagram of the example of the image behind the editor among first embodiment;

Figure 12 is the diagram that the image behind the editor of multi-screen form shows;

Figure 13 is the diagram of the example of the print settings screen among first embodiment;

Figure 14 is the diagram that the image behind the editor of the multi-screen form among first embodiment shows;

Figure 15 is the diagram that the image behind the editor of the multi-screen form among first embodiment shows;

Figure 16 is the diagram of the example of the menu screen among second embodiment;

Figure 17 is the diagram of the example of the edit selection screen among second embodiment;

Figure 18 is the diagram of the example of the image behind the editor among second embodiment;

Figure 19 is the diagram of the example of the image behind the editor among second embodiment;

Figure 20 is the diagram of the example of the image behind the editor among second embodiment; With

Figure 21 is the diagram of the example of the replay image among first embodiment.

Embodiment

Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.Each embodiment that describes below will help to understand each conception of species, such as upperseat concept of the present invention, subordinate concept and more the next notion.

Define technical scope of the present invention by appended claim, and technical scope of the present invention is not limited to each embodiment described below.Essential in all combinations solution always not of the present invention of the feature of describing in the following examples.

First embodiment

Fig. 1 shows the functional-block diagram comprising the image pick-up device 100 that can use image processing apparatus of the present invention and image pickup units.Though in the description of the first embodiment of the present invention, apply the present invention to image pick-up device 100, the present invention also can be applicable to not comprise the image display device of image pickup function, such as personal computer, cell phone, PDA (personal digital assistant) and image-watching device.This is because the present invention has the feature that is used for selecting from a plurality of view data projects the image that will show.

Be included in the digital camera of record digital image data in the digital storage media storage medium of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory) and hard disk (for example, such as) according to the type of the image pick-up device 100 of first embodiment.Digital camera comprises, for example, and the combination of digital code camera, digital still life camera and digital code camera and digital still life camera.

Image pick-up device 100 is configured to the image by optical system 10 (image pickup lens unit) captured object.Can use zoom lens (can change the lens of the angle of image pickup field) to constitute optical system 10.This provides optical zoom function (so-called " optical zoom ") can for image pick-up device 100.

By using image pick-up element 14, image pick-up device 100 can also be configured to have the electronic zoom function (so-called " electronic zoom ") of a part of repairing captured image electronically.

Image pick-up device 100 can be configured to only have one of optical zoom and electronic zoom.Optical system 10 can be interchangeable.In this case,, can realize zoom function, make drive mechanism variable power lens in the optical system 10 by sending to the optical system 10 in the image pick-up device 100 from the signal of telecommunication of zoom control unit 44.Replacedly, image pick-up device 100 can comprise the driving mechanism that is used for mechanically driving the variable power lens in the optical system 10.

Form the optical imagery of object from object on the image pickup plane of image pick-up element 14 through the opening of the shutter 12 of light that optical system 10 transmission is come (incident in the optics angle of field) by having the aperture function.As image pick-up element 14, for example, can use ccd sensor, cmos sensor etc.Image pick-up element 14 is converted to the electrical analogue picture signal with optical imagery, and exports this analog picture signal.

A/D (analog to digital) transducer 16 (indicating with A/D in Fig. 1) will be converted to data image signal from the analog picture signal of image pick-up element 14 outputs.

By the clock signal that provides from timing generation circuit 18 and control signal control image pick-up element 14 and A/D converter 16.By memory control unit 22 and system controller 50 control timing generation circuits 18.

20 pairs of view data that provide from A/D converter 16 of graphics processing unit (data image signal) or the view data carries out image processing that provides from memory control unit 22 are such as pixel interpolating and color conversion.In addition, based on the view data that is obtained by image pickup units 14, graphics processing unit 20 calculates and is used for the data that TTL (scioptics) AF (automatic focus) handles, AE (automatic exposure) handles and EF (flash tube is launched in advance) handles.Graphics processing unit 20 offers system controller 50 with the data of calculating.

Based on the data of calculating, system controller 50 control exposure control unit 40 and focus detection control units 42 (AF control unit), thus realize automatic exposure and auto-focus function.In addition, graphics processing unit 20 is carried out TTL AWB (Automatic white balance) processing based on the view data that is obtained by image pick-up element 14.

Memory control unit 22 control A/D converters 16, timing generation circuit 18, graphics processing unit 20, image display-memory 24 and D/A (digital to analogy) transducer 26, memory 30 and compression/decompression unit 32.

, will write in image display-memory 24 or the memory 30 by graphics processing unit 20 by graphics processing unit 20 and memory control unit 22 or by memory control unit 22 from the view data of A/D converter 16 outputs.

To be converted to the analog picture signal that is used to show in order to show the view data of writing in the image display-memory 24 by D/A converter 26, and analog picture signal will be offered image-display units 28.This shows captured image on image-display units 28.By on image-display units 28, showing captured image continuously, can realize EVF (electronic viewfinder) function.Can be based on the image-display units 28 that is used for display image from any switch of the order of system controller 50.By under image-display units 28 pent states, using image pick-up device 100, can reduce the energy consumption of image pick-up device 100.

Memory 30 is used for being stored in rest image that image pickup obtains and moving image (as being stored in image pickup on the storage medium).The capacity and the access speed (writing rate, reading rate) of memory 30 can be set arbitrarily.Yet for the consecutive image that can pick up a plurality of rest images continuously picks up or panoramic picture picks up, memory 30 need have memory span and the access speed that is matched with this use.Memory 30 can be used as the working region of system controller 50.

Compression/decompression unit 32 is by using for example adaptive discrete cosine transform (ADCT) compression or decompressed image data.Compression/decompression unit 32 can read and handle (compression/de-compression) and is stored in view data in the memory 30, and the view data of having handled can be write in the memory 30.

Based on the information that provides from system controller 50, the shutter 12 that 40 controls of exposure control unit have the aperture function.Exposure control unit 40 can have the flash of light controlled function that is associated with photoflash lamp 48 (luminaire).Photoflash lamp 48 has flash of light control unit and AF fill-in light projection function.

Focus detection control unit 42 is based on the condenser lens of the information Control optical system 10 that provides from system controller 50.

The zoom that 44 controls of zoom control unit are carried out by optical system 10.

Baffle controling unit 46 control is used to protect the operation of the baffle plate 102 of optical system 10.

System controller 50 is configured to control entire image pick device 100.System controller 50 comprises graphics processing unit 250, and it is used for carrying out at least one the demonstration of object (expression) of the state of the image pickup condition that will be presented on the image-display units 28 and indicating image pick device 100.

Constant, variable and program that the operation of memory 52 controller system memories 50 is required, and be used for object data of display object on image-display units 28 etc.Different with the situation of the view data that produces in image pickup, this object data stores is in the memory area that is different from the memory area that is used for temporarily storing image data.Usually before image pick-up device 100 loadings, object data is write in the memory 52.After image pick-up device 100 loading, can be by the user based on offering user's data and rewrite object data by the telecommunication line data downloaded or to be stored in data mode in the storage medium, or can locate it is rewritten in service centre etc.

Constitute display unit 54 by for example LCD (LCD) or LED (light-emitting diode), and constitute sound source 55 by for example loud speaker.In display unit 54 and the sound source 55 each comprises one or more elements, and is configured to responding system controller 50 executive programs, by using output function state, message etc. such as character, image, sound.Display unit 54 and sound source 55 are arranged in position.A part of element of display unit 54 can be arranged in the optical finder 104.

The information that is shown by display unit 54 can comprise, for example, individual/the remaining picture number that will pick up of picture number and the shutter speed of taking indication, auto heterodyne timer (self-timer), compression ratio, the pixel count that is used to write down continuously, having write down.The information that shows can also comprise that f-number, exposure correction indication, photoflash lamp indication, blood-shot eye illness weaken that indication, microspur image pickup are indicated, buzzer is provided with the remaining power energy indication of indication, clock, remaining energy content of battery indication, mistake and by the information of the numeric representation with long number etc.The information that shows also comprises loading condition, operation of communicational interface indication and the date and time of

storage medium

200 and 210.

In each bar information on being presented at display unit 54, the information that is presented in the optical finder 104 comprises that for example, indication in focus, judder warning, flashlight charging indication, shutter speed, f-number, exposure correction are indicated.

Nonvolatile storage 56 is the memories such as EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory), and wherein data can be wiped or record by electricity.Can be in nonvolatile storage 56 with object data stores.

Pattern dial 60 is used for the state setting (conversion) of image pick-up device 100 is " image pickup mode ", " playback mode ", " being connected to PC (personal computer) pattern " etc.

First shutter release 62 (SW1) is switched on (partly pressing) of shutter release button 310 of operation midway, and AF handles, AE handles, AWB handles, EF handles so that indication mechanism controller 50 starts etc.

(pressing entirely) was switched on when second shutter release 64 (SW2) was finished at operation shutter release button 310.Second shutter release 64 (SW2) the indication mechanism controller 50 starts such processing, promptly after being converted into DID from image pick-up element 14 reading images signals and by A/D converter 16, DID was handled it by graphics processing unit 20 before writing in the memory 30 by memory control unit 22.Second shutter release 64 (SW2) the indication mechanism controller 50 starts continuous processing, it comprises such processing, promptly from memory 30 reads image data, and by after 32 compressions of compression/de-compression device, the view data of compression is written in

storage medium

200 or 210.

Operate zoom operation unit 65 so that change the visual angle (zoom coefficient or image pickup multiplying power) that is used for picture catching by user (photographer).Zoom operation unit 65 can comprise slide member or bar control member, and the switch or the transducer that are used for the operation on the detecting operation member.

Operating unit 70 comprises button shown in Fig. 2 or switch 301 to 311.Operating unit 70 is used to carry out switching on and off, being provided with or change image pickup condition, the state of confirming image pick-up device 100 and the operation of the image that affirmation is picked up such as main power source.

Power control unit 80 comprises: for example, and power sense circuit, DC-DC transducer and be used for change-over circuit in the intermodule that will be powered conversion.Power control unit 80 detects whether there is power supply, and detects power supply type and remaining power level.Based on this testing result with from the order of system controller 50, power control unit 80 control DC-DC transducers provide essential voltage in the essential time period each module.Image pick-up device 100 and power supply 86 comprise

connector

82 and 84 respectively, and are connected to each other by connector 82 and 84.Power supply 86 is, for example, such as the primary cell of alkaline battery or lithium battery, such as the secondary cell of NiCd battery, NiMH battery or Li battery, or the AC adapter.

Storage medium

200 and 210 is connected respectively to the

connector

92 and 96 of image pick-up device 100.

Storage medium

200 and 210 comprises respectively: for example, and such as the

record cell

202 and 212 of semiconductor memory or hard disk, and interface (each is by " I/F " indication) 204 and 214.Storage medium 200 and 210 is connected to the bus of image pick-up device 100 by the

interface

90 and 94 of image pick-up device 100.Storage medium loads detector 98 detection of stored

media

200 and 210 and whether is connected respectively to

connector

92 and 96.

Though in the description of first embodiment, used the interface that is used for recording medium and two systems of connector, the number of systems of interface and connector can be one, and can be three or more.Under the situation of a plurality of interfaces or connector system, system can have dissimilar standards.As interface and connector, for example, can adopt the interface and the connector that meet PCMCIA (PC memory Card Internation Association) card and CF (compact flash) calliper model.

When adopting these interfaces that meet pcmcia card and CF (compact flash) calliper model and connector as

interface

90 and 94 and during as

connector

92 and 96, by using following card etc., the management information that can between image pick-up device 100 and external equipment, transmit view data and be associated mutually with view data.Described card is various types of communication cards, such as LAN (local area network (LAN)) card, USB (USB) card, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electric Engineers) 1394 cards, P1284 card, SCSI (small computer system interface) card and PHS (personal handyphone system) card.In addition, can use ancillary equipment (such as computer or printer) as external equipment.

Optical finder 104 allows the realization of image pickups and does not use the EVF function of image-display units 28.In optical finder 104, can arrange the display element that is included in the display unit 54.Described display element for example can comprise one or more in display element, judder alarm indication element, flashlight charging display element, shutter speed display element, f-number display element and the exposure correction display element in focus.

Communication interface 110 provides various communication functions, such as USB, IEEE1394, P1284, SCSI, modulator-demodulator, LAN, RS232C and radio communication.Communication unit 110 can be connected to the connector 112 that is used for image pick-up device 100 is connected to different equipment, or is connected to antenna when communication unit 110 provides radio communication function.

Fig. 2 shows the example of the exterior arrangement of image pick-up device 100.The not shown assembly that needn't describe among Fig. 2.

Menu button 301 is used to show the menu of the state that is used to be provided with various types of image pickup conditions and display image pick device 100.This menu is so constructed, and makes in it project that comprises that a plurality of selectable projects and its value can change at least one.

Confirming button 302 is used for value or the project on definite or the choice menus.When pressing confirming button 302, system controller 50 is determined or is selected this value of selecting constantly or project.

Whether the Show Button 303 is used for selecting in the demonstration of each image that picks up with between hiding, and be used to select allow image-display units 28 to play EVF.

Button 304 is set to be used for each of the various menu screen is converted to and to be used to be provided with the menu screen of condition more specifically.

Arrow button 305 to 308 is used for changing the option of selecting from a plurality of options (for example, project or image), with cursor or with highlighted form specified option.Arrow button 305 to 308 can also be used to change the position of the index that is used to specify selected option (for example, be presented on the screen pointer).Arrow button 305 to 308 can also be used for increase or reduce digital value (for example, the digital value of expression corrected value and date and time).In the present invention, under picture editting's situation, arrow button 305 to 308 is used to select the image effect candidate.

The image that print button 309 is used for picking up outputs to the printer (not shown) that connects in wired or wireless mode by connector 112.

Power knob 311 is used for activating and stopping image pick-up device 100, or is used to be switched on or switched off the main power source of image pick-up device 100.

By using pattern bar 312, image pick-up device 100 can and be used in " image pickup mode " that be used for captured image changing between the image-watching pattern of replay image.By using pattern bar 312, in the image-watching mode process, can edit arbitrary image.

Describe the picture editting of image pick-up device 100 and show processing below with reference to Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows and comprises that the image that is used to show is selected and the flow chart of the processing of automatic playback.Fig. 3 shows an embodiment, when wherein image pick-up device 100 returns the image-watching pattern after finishing the continuous images editor, and the display image that selection will show.Response user's operation, when image pick-up device 100 was transformed into image pickup mode or disconnects main power source, this processing finished.

At step S3001, by the state of checking mode bar 312, system controller 50 judges whether present mode is playback mode.

If system controller 50 judges that present mode is a playback mode, then system controller 50 enters step S3002.If system controller 50 judges that present mode is not a playback mode, system controller 50 reprocessings are till being transformed into playback mode.

At step S3002, system controller 50 specifies in the last image of named order, reads the image of appointment from storage medium 200, and shows the image that reads on image-display units 28.The image specified order is predetermined.In this embodiment, the image specified order is to being stored in the order of the image ordering in the storage medium 200 with filename.As long as the user presses

arrow button

305 or 306, specify image the image of system controller 50 in being stored in storage medium 200, and on image-display units 28, show the image of appointment with image specified order adjacent with current specify image.Carry out so-called " image is sent into ".Figure 21 shows the example of the image that shows in step S3002.Obviously, as only show substituting of an image on a screen, system controller 50 can show a plurality of images on a screen.In this case, in a plurality of images that show, for example,, can show the image of appointment, make itself and other image is differentiated by emphasizing the image of appointment.

At step S3003, system controller 50 judges whether to supress menu button 301.Supress menu button 301 if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S3004.If do not press menu button 301, system controller 50 repeating step S3003 are till pressing menu button 301.

At step S3004, system controller 50 shows the playback menu screen on image-display units 28.The playback menu screen has been shown among Fig. 6.Playback menu comprises " modifying my color " pattern 601 of describing later.

At step S3005, system controller 50 judges whether supress confirming button 302 under the situation of " modifying my color " pattern 601 of having selected playback menu.Supressed confirming button 302 if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S3051.Do not press confirming button 302 if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 returns step S3004.

In S3056, system controller 50 is picture editting's pattern at step S3051, and can carry out all kinds of editors to image.Particularly, by selected " modifying my color " pattern 601 on the playback menu screen by the user, image pick-up device 100 starts picture editting's pattern.

In this embodiment, describing " modifying my color " as the editor's that can carry out a example in picture editting's pattern handles.In " modifying my color " handles, from a plurality of ready color change effects, select the color effects liked by the user, thereby image pick-up device 100 provides the effect based on color on image.The image that is provided with color effects is stored as the new images different with original image.

At step S3051, system controller 50 display image on image-display units 28 is selected screen.

Image has been shown among Fig. 7 has selected screen.In Fig. 7, select screen with reference number 701 indicating images.As long as the user presses

arrow button

305 or 306, system controller 50 is the image of designated recorder in record cell 202 continuously one by one, and on image-display units 28 display image.

At step S3052, system controller 50 judges whether to supress menu button 301.Do not press menu button 301 if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S3053.

Select in the state of screen at display image, select image by

service orientation button

305 and 306, and press confirming button 302, the user can specify the image that will edit.Respond this user operation, system controller 50 is defined as the image of appointment the image that will edit.

At step S3053, system controller 50 has judged whether to determine the image that will edit.Determined the image that will edit if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S3054.If system controller 50 is judged the not definite image that will edit, system controller 50 returns step S3052.

At step S3054, system controller 50 shows on image-display units 28 and is used to allow the user to select the edit selection screen of editor's that image is carried out type.

The edit selection screen has been shown among Fig. 8.In Fig. 8, by

service orientation button

305 and 306, the user selects desirable color effects from a plurality of color effects 801.

After having selected desirable color effects 801, system controller 50 uses graphics processing unit 250 increasing color effects on the screen of image-display units 28 on image 701.At this moment, editor is unfixing yet, so the image after will not editing is stored in the storage medium 200.

As an example, color effects " dark brown " has been shown among Fig. 9 and has been added to image 901 on it.When in confirming dialog box 902, selecting " OK " by the user, system controller 50 fixing editors (step S3055), and enter step S3056.

At step S3056, the image after system controller 50 will be edited is stored in the storage medium 200 as new images.At this moment, system controller 50 gives this new images a filename.In this embodiment, provide one with editor before the incoherent filename of original image.Usually, provide the filename of serial number.Therefore, in the image in being stored in storage medium 200, the image of new storage is given maximum numbering as filename.Therefore, the image of new storage has last position in picture editting's order.

Behind the image after having stored editor, system controller 50 returns step S3051, and on image-display units 28 screen shown in the displayed map 7.

Subsequently, the operation repeating step S3051 by the response user is to S3056, and system controller 50 execution are to the editor of a plurality of images.

When the user pressed menu button 301 under the situation that is set to picture editting's pattern (S3050) at system controller 50, system controller 50 was skipped current step, and returns the step of front.When pressing menu button 301 in step S3051, system controller 50 enters step S3006, and finishes picture editting's pattern (S3050).

At step S3006, system controller 50 judges whether carried out even a picture editting in picture editting's pattern (S3050).Particularly, the number of files behind number of files before editing and the editor is compared, and work as number of files not simultaneously, the picture editting has been carried out in system controller 50 judgements.If carried out the picture editting, system controller 50 enters step S3007.

At step S3007, system controller 50 demonstrates display image and selects screen on image-display units 28.Display image has been shown among Figure 10 has selected screen.By selecting "Yes" button 1001 or the "No" button 1002 on this screen, can determine the image that will show after this selection.

Whether at step S3008, system controller 50 judges whether to have been selected by the user demonstration of edited image, that is, selected display image to select "Yes" button 1001 on the screen by the user.If selected the "Yes" button by the user, system controller 50 enters step S3009.

At step S3009, system controller 50 has judged whether at picture editting's pattern inediting a plurality of images.Particularly, the number of files behind number of files before 50 couples of editors of system controller and the editor compares, and when indicating when having increased two or more files, a plurality of images have been edited in system controller 50 judgements.Do not edit a plurality of images if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S3011.

At step S3011, system controller 50 will be appointed as the single image that shows after picture editting's pattern by the image behind the editor of the new storage in editor back in picture editting's pattern, and show the image of appointment on image-display units 28.The image that shows in step S3011 has been shown among Figure 11.When pressing

arrow button

305 and 306 under the situation that is showing this image (shown in Figure 11), the image behind this editor begins the sequence starting image and sends into.

If at step S3009, a plurality of images have been edited in system controller 50 judgements, and system controller 50 enters step S3012.

At step S3012, system controller 50 is with the image of multi-screen form after showing editor on the image-display units 28.In the demonstration of multi-screen form, under the situation of the size of downscaled images, on single screen, show a plurality of images.In the multi-screen form in this embodiment, the image in the image behind a series of editors behind first group of editor of appointment.System controller 50 is stored in the value of the numbering of the image file of at first storing after the editor as counter.After picture editting's pattern finished, based on this Counter Value, system controller 50 was specified the image that will show.In these images, can specify the image behind the last editor, and can based on the order of filename ordering is determined will appointment image.After with multi-screen form display image, system controller 50 enters step S3013.

Figure 12 shows the example of the image that shows with the multi-screen form.In Figure 12,9 edited image 1201 on single screen, have been shown.By show the image behind a plurality of editors with the multi-screen form, when finishing picture editting's pattern, the user can watch image list, has therefore strengthened visuality.Obviously, if the picture number behind the editor equals 9 or still less, only show 9 or edited image still less.When pressing

arrow button

305 or 306 under the situation of the screen that is showing Figure 12, send into the sequence starting image that the image from current appointment begins.

If the demonstration of the image behind the non-selected editor of step S3008, that is, if select to have selected "No" button 1002 on the screen at display image, system controller 50 enters step S3010.

In addition, if judge the picture editting even be not performed once that at step S3006 system controller 50 enters step S3010.

At step S3010, system controller 50 specifies in the last image that shows among the step S3051, that is, and and the image before the editor, and the image of demonstration appointment on image-display units 28.When pressing

arrow button

305 or 306 under the situation of the image before showing editor, send into the sequence starting image that the image before editor begins.

At step S3013, carry out and print.Describe after a while and print.After printing end, system controller 50 returns step S3003.

Printing in the step S3013 of present embodiment specifically describes with reference to flow chart shown in Figure 4.

At step S4001, system controller 50 judges whether the user has supressed print button 309.Supressed print button 309 if system controller 50 is judged, system controller 50 enters step S4002.Do not press print button 309 if system controller 50 is judged, print and finish, and handle and return the processing shown in Fig. 3.

At step S4002, system controller 50 judges whether it has shown the image behind the editor with the multi-screen form in step S3012.If system controller 50 is judged the not image after step S3012 shows editor with the multi-screen form, that is, if system controller 50 judges that it has shown single image, system controller 50 enters step S4004.

At step S4004, system controller 50 is defined as the image that will print with the image of current demonstration, and at the identification information of memory 52 or storage medium 200 these images of stored.System controller 50 shows the print setting screen (not shown) on image-display units 28.

At step S4007, dispose each setting of printing like this, make the user when watching print setting screen, use operating unit 70.Print setting screen is used for being provided with, and for example, the umber of sheet material size, types of sheet materials, printing, band margin are printed and do not had the selection of margin between printing etc.System controller 50 based on user's selection operation in memory 52 or the various settings of printing of storage medium 200 stored.

At step S4008, system controller 50 judges whether the user has supressed confirming button 302.If supressed confirming button 302 in 50 judgements of step S4008 system controller, system controller 50 enters step S4009.Do not press confirming button 302 if system controller 50 is judged, repeating step S4008 is till system controller 50 is determined to have pressed confirming button 302.

At step S4009, system controller 50 reads from storage medium 200 and is confirmed as the image that will print, and the image and the setting of printing accordingly of reading is delivered to the printer that is connected by connector 112 before finishing printing.Printer is carried out printing based on image of receiving and setting of printing.

Then, system controller 50 determines to have shown with the multi-screen form image in step S4002 situation is described below.In this case, system controller 50 enters step S4010.

At step S4010, system controller 50 shows the print settings screen on image-display units 28.The example of print settings screen has been shown among Figure 13.The print settings screen comprises and is used to indicate printer to print batch print button 1301 of the image that shows with the multi-screen form with batch printing type.The print settings screen also comprises and is used to indicate printer individual print button 1302 of print image one by one.

At step S4003, system controller 50 determines whether to have selected batch print button 1301 on the print settings screen by the user.If system controller 50 definite batch print buttons of having selected on the print settings screen 1301, system controller 50 enters step S4005.

At step S4005, system controller 50 will be defined as the image that will print with all images that the multi-screen form shows, and enter step S4007.

Step S4007 is similar to the situation that shows single image to S4009.In step S4009, print all images be confirmed as the image that to print.

If system controller 50 is judged non-selected batch of print button 1301 in step S4003, that is, if individual print button 1302 has been selected in judgement, system controller 50 enters step S4006.

At step S4006, system controller 50 shows print image selection screen on image-display units 28.The example of print image selection screen has been shown among Figure 14.

User's image that selection will be printed when watching print image to select screen.As image 1401 indications, selected image is presented in the bold box shown in Figure 14.

System controller 50 will be defined as the image that will print by the image that the user selects on print image is selected screen, and will enter step S4007.

Step S4007 is similar to the situation that shows single image to S4009.

Though print image selects screen design to become to select an image will printing, as shown in figure 15, can select the image of the arbitrary number that will print.In Figure 15,

image

1401,1402 and 1403 is selected as the image that will print.

For the image determining to print or all images and dispose each setting of printing, can use DPOF (figure punch order format) file.

In this embodiment, when picture editting's pattern finished, the user can make a choice between the image behind image before the specify image editor and the editor after the specify image editor.

Therefore, if the user selects specify image editor image before, can prevent the image screen jumps to editor at once after picture editting's pattern finishes after.

Replacedly, if the user selects to specify the image behind the editor, when the image after the user is to editor is carried out certain processing (for example the user carries out printings), the needs of the complex operations of the image after search is edited have been eliminated.

In addition, when by a plurality of image of use picture editting pattern editor, by show the image after editing with the multi-screen form, the user can watch the image behind a plurality of editors at a glance.Under the situation with multi-screen form display image, by allowing batch printing, the user can be by carrying out the image after a plurality of editors are printed in simple operations.

Second embodiment

The second embodiment of the present invention is described now.

In first embodiment, when finishing, picture editting's pattern shows the display image selection screen shown in Figure 10.

Second embodiment is configured in picture editting's mode process to show that display image selects screen, thereby is convenient to repeatedly the user's operation under executive editor's the situation.

Characteristic among second embodiment is described below, and does not describe similar part with first embodiment.

Fig. 5 shows the picture editting among second embodiment and shows the flow chart of handling.

Do not describe herein step S5001 in the flow chart shown in Fig. 5 to S5005 and S5051 to S5056, because step S5001 is similar to step S3001 among Fig. 3 to S3005 to S5005, and step S5051 is similar to step S3051 among Fig. 3 to S3056 to S5056.

Step S5057 and subsequent step are described below.

At step S5057, system controller 50 shows the display image selection screen shown in Figure 10 on image-display units 28.

At step S5058, system controller 50 judges whether the user has selected the demonstration of the image behind the editor.Particularly, execution is corresponding to the processing of the step S3008 among first embodiment.If system controller 50 is judged the demonstration of having selected the image behind the editor, system controller 50 enters step S5059.

At step S5059, system controller 50 shows the image behind the editor.When pressing

arrow button

305 or 306 under the situation of the image after showing editor, send into the sequence starting image that the image behind editor begins.

If the demonstration of the image after step S5058 system controller 50 is judged non-selected editor, that is, if judge the demonstration of having selected editor's image of not editing before, system controller 50 enters step S5060.

At step S5060, system controller 50 is specified and not editor's the image before showing editor on the image-display units 28.When pressing

arrow button

305 or 306 under the situation that is showing the image of not editing, send into the sequence starting image that the image of never editing begins.

If supress menu button 301 in 50 judgements of step S5052 system controller, system controller 50 enters step S5006.

At step S5006, system controller 50 is specified and show not editor's image on image-display units 28, and returns step S5002.

Processing among second embodiment is described now.Below by using specific example that this processing is described.

Figure 16 shows the playback menu screen that shows in step S5004.At step S5005, select " picture editting " 1601 by the user, thereby activation graph is as edit pattern.

Select screen (S5051) afterwards at display image, the image (S5053) by selecting to edit shows the edit selection screen shown in Figure 17.The edit selection screen comprises the color treatments icon 1701 that is used to specify various types of color treatments, is used to specify the exposure correction icon 1702 of exposure correction, and is used to specify the blood-shot eye illness processing icon 1703 that blood-shot eye illness is handled.Image shown in Figure 17 comprises the part 1704 as blood-shot eye illness.

When having selected blood-shot eye illness to handle icon 1703 by the user (S5055), the image (S5056) behind processing of execution blood-shot eye illness and the storage editor.

After the picture editting, show the display image selection screen (S5057) shown in Figure 10.By selecting "Yes" button 1001 (being " YES " among the step S5058), specify the image after editing.As a result, the image (S5059) after image is selected to show editor on the screen.Illustrated among Figure 18 by carrying out the image after blood-shot eye illness is handled the editor who obtains.

Afterwards, select to show on the screen image (S5051) of last editor and storage at image.Therefore, the user can show the image behind the editor and need not carry out once more the complex operations (S5053) of the image behind the search editor.

Image after the user can select to edit, and can on the edit selection screen shown in Figure 19, select new editing type (S5055).

Figure 20 shows the image that obtains when further selecting color treatments " dark brown ".Top processing allows the user to obtain to have blood-shot eye illness processing and two kinds of results' of color treatments image.

In a second embodiment, when edited image, can show display image selection screen.This makes repeatedly carries out image processing and need not finish picture editting's pattern and become possibility.According to the present invention, for the image-watching after the carries out image editor, the user does not cost power just can watch the image that conforms to user's intention fast.

Other embodiment

One embodiment of the present of invention relate to the selection to the image of appointment after the image of handling in certain mode in storage.Therefore, the type of image processing is not limited to described in these embodiment.Obviously, the present invention is effective to various types of picture edittings, such as the pattern that is used to proofread and correct the blood-shot eye illness that is caused by color correction and photoflash lamp emission, the correction that exposes, is used for image stabilization and image finishing.

About the processing of the foregoing description, the storage medium of the program code of the software of storing the function that comprises these embodiment is provided for system or device.Computer (or CPU (CPU) or MPU (microprocessor unit)) in system or the device reads and carries out the program code that is stored in the storage medium, thereby can realize the function of these embodiment.In this case, the program code that reads from storage medium itself is realized the function of these embodiment.Therefore, program code stored storage medium constitutes the present invention.The type of storage medium can comprise, for example, and floppy disk, hard disk, CD and magneto optical disk.Replace, the type of storage medium can comprise CD-ROM (compact disc-ROM), CD-R (CD-R), tape, nonvolatile storage card and ROM.

In addition, by carrying out the program code that reads from computer, realize the function of these embodiment.The present invention includes such situation, that is, based on the instruction of described program code, operation OS (operating system) on computers carries out all or part of actual treatment, thereby described processing realizes the function of these embodiment.

In addition, the program code that reads from storage medium can be write in the memory in the functional expansion unit that is provided at expansion board or is connected to computer.Afterwards, the present invention includes such situation, that is, be provided at CPU on expansion board or the functional expansion unit etc. and carry out the actual treatment of all or part, thereby should handle the function that realizes these embodiment based on the instruction of this program code.

Though reference example embodiment has described the present invention, be to be understood that to the invention is not restricted to disclosed example embodiment.The scope of following claim is consistent with the wideest explanation, so that comprise all modifications, equivalent structure and function.

Claims

1. digital camera comprises:

Image pickup units is configured to the image of captured object;

First storage control unit is configured to the image of being caught by described image pickup units in the memory device stored;

Edit cell is configured to edit the image of storing in described memory device;

Second storage control unit is configured to image behind described memory device stored editor as new images; With

Select screen display unit, be configured to respond by described second storage control unit and in memory device, store image behind the editor, show which selection screen of the original image that is used for selecting to show the image behind the described editor and do not edit.

2. digital camera as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: image-display units, be configured to respond instruction from the user, and show the image that is stored in the described memory device with predetermined order continuously.

3. digital camera as claimed in claim 1 also comprises: print indicating member, be configured to send instruction, so that print the image that shows based on described selection.

4. digital camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein the editor who is carried out by described edit cell comprises one that sees red in processing, color correction, image rotation, exposure correction and the image finishing.

5. image processing apparatus comprises:

Edit cell is configured to be stored in image in the memory device at the edit pattern inediting;

Storage control unit is configured to image after the memory device stored is by described edit cell editor as new images; With

Select screen display unit, be configured to the end of response editing pattern, show which selection screen of the original image that is used for selecting to show the image behind the described editor and do not edit.

6. image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5 also comprises image-display units, and described image-display units is configured to respond the instruction from the user, shows the image that is stored in the described memory device with predetermined order continuously.

7. image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5 also comprises the printing indicating member, and described printing indicating member is configured to send instruction, so that print the image that shows based on described selection.

8. image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5 also comprises the multi-screen image-display units, and described multi-screen image-display units is configured to carry out multi-screen form image and shows,

Wherein,

Described edit cell can be at a plurality of images of edit pattern inediting; And

When the image on described selection screen, selecting to show after editing, described multi-screen image-display units shows with multi-screen form carries out image, in described multi-screen form, on single screen, show corresponding to a plurality of images that dwindle at the image of described edit pattern inediting.

9. image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, the editor that wherein said edit cell is carried out comprises in blood-shot eye illness processing, color correction, image rotation, exposure correction and the image finishing.

10. method that is used to control image pick-up device, the method comprising the steps of:

Pick up the image of object;

At the described image of memory device stored;

Editor is at the image of described memory device stored;

Image behind described memory device stored editor is as new images; With

The image behind the editor is stored in response in memory device, show which selection screen of the original image be used for selecting showing the image behind the described editor and do not edit.

11. a method that is used to control the image processing apparatus that comprises memory device, the method comprising the steps of:

In edit pattern, editor is stored in the image in the described memory device;

Image behind described memory device stored editor is as new images; With

The end of response editing pattern shows which selection screen of the original image be used for selecting showing the image behind the described editor and do not edit.