JP2013182333A - Image processing device and image processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform image processing on a composite image or individual images before composition.SOLUTION: A personal computer 100 comprises: composite image generation means that combines a plurality of individual images to generate a composite image; reception means that receives selection of a type of image processing; determination means that determines whether to perform image processing on the composite image or on the individual images before composition depending on the type of image processing received by the reception means; and execution means that executes processing corresponding to a result of determination by the determination means.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing program.

  The following image editing applications are known. This image editing application can perform image processing on a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of images (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

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  However, in the conventional image editing application, it has not been possible to perform image processing on each of a plurality of individual images before composition, which is a composition image creation source.

An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a composite image generation unit configured to combine a plurality of individual images to generate a composite image, a reception unit that receives selection of a type of image processing, and a type of image processing received by the reception unit And determining means for determining whether the image processing should be performed on the composite image or the individual image before combining, and an executing means for executing processing according to the determination result by the determining means. .
An image processing program according to the present invention corresponds to a composite image generation procedure for generating a composite image by combining a plurality of individual images, a reception procedure for receiving selection of a type of image processing, and a type of image processing received in the reception procedure And causing the computer to execute a determination procedure for determining whether image processing should be performed on the synthesized image or an individual image before synthesis, and an execution procedure for executing processing according to the determination result in the determination procedure It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to perform image processing on each of a plurality of individual images before composition, which is a composition image creation source.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of a personal computer. It is a 1st figure which shows the specific example of an image edit screen. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of an image editing process. It is a 2nd figure which shows the specific example of an image edit screen.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As the image processing apparatus, for example, a personal computer (personal computer) 100 is used. The personal computer 100 includes an operation member 101, a connection IF (interface) 102, a control device 103, an HDD (hard disk drive) 104, a monitor. 105.

  The operation member 101 includes various devices operated by the user, such as a keyboard and a mouse. The connection IF 102 is an interface for connecting the personal computer 100 and an external device. In the present embodiment, the personal computer 100 is connected to the digital camera via the connection IF 102, and an image file obtained by photographing is taken from the digital camera. As the connection IF 102, a USB interface for connecting the personal computer 100 and the digital camera by wire, a wireless LAN module for wireless connection, or the like is used.

  The control device 103 includes a CPU, a memory, and other peripheral circuits, and controls the entire personal computer 100. The memory constituting the control device 103 is a volatile memory such as SDRAM, for example. This memory includes a work memory for the CPU to expand the program when the program is executed, and a buffer memory for temporarily recording data.

  The HDD 104 is a recording device for recording image file data fetched via the connection IF 102 and data of various programs executed by the control device 103. The program data recorded in the HDD 104 is provided by being recorded on a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, and the user installs the program data in the HDD 104 using the storage medium. The control device 103 can execute the program. The monitor 105 is a liquid crystal monitor, for example, and displays various display data output from the control device 103.

  In personal computer 100 in the present embodiment, a user can execute an image processing application to display an image of an image file recorded in HDD 104 and edit the image being displayed. In the present embodiment, the HDD 104 stores a plurality of image data (JPEG data) photographed by panoramic shooting together with a general image file, for example, a JPEG file including one JPEG data in one image file. Assume that an MP file stored in an image file is recorded. The plurality of image data recorded in the MP file is a plurality of image data captured by dividing the object scene into a plurality of areas, and these image data are arranged in a predetermined order and synthesized. One panoramic image can be generated. Note that the MP file is an image file standardized by a known multi-picture format, and therefore description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, when the operation member 101 is operated by the user and the execution of the image editing application is instructed by the user, the control device 103 executes the program recorded in the HDD 104 and activates the image editing application. . As a result, the image editing screen is displayed on the monitor 105. Then, as shown in FIG. 2A, the control device 103 displays a list of images of the image file recorded in the HDD 104 in the image editing screen. At this time, the control device 103 displays the MP file in which a plurality of image data constituting the panorama image is recorded, after the plurality of image data are combined to generate a panorama image. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2A, a panoramic image 2a based on the MP file is displayed on the image editing screen.

  The user can select an image to be edited from the images displayed as a list on the image editing screen. When an image to be edited is selected by the user, the control device 103 displays the image to be edited in the full screen on the image editing screen as shown in FIG. FIG. 2B shows an example in which the panoramic image 2a is selected as an editing target and displayed on the full screen. The user can instruct execution of image processing for the panoramic image 2a. In the present embodiment, for example, execution of image processing such as gradation correction, contrast correction, white balance correction, aberration correction, and exposure correction can be instructed for the panoramic image 2a.

  These image processes are preferably performed on the panorama image 2a and on individual images constituting the panorama image 2a, that is, a plurality of images stored in the MP file. Preferred treatments. For example, it is preferable to perform image processing such as white balance correction, aberration correction, and exposure correction on individual images (hereinafter referred to as “individual images”) constituting the panoramic image 2a. On the other hand, image processing such as gradation correction and contrast correction is preferably performed on the panoramic image 2a.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the control device 103 determines that the type of image processing instructed by the user is preferably performed on the individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a, Individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a are displayed on the image editing screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 2C, the control device 103 divides the image editing screen into two upper and lower levels, and displays a list of individual images 2b to 2f constituting the panoramic image 2a in the lower level. In the upper row, the individual images selected by the user from the individual images 2b to 2f displayed in the lower row are switched and displayed. FIG. 2C shows an example in which the individual image 2b is displayed in the upper stage when the user selects the individual image 2b in the lower stage.

  The user can edit the individual image 2b displayed in the upper part of the image editing screen shown in FIG. The control device 103 performs image processing on the individual image 2b based on the adjustment result of the image editing parameter by the user. As a result, the user can perform image processing while adjusting editing parameters for each individual image while switching the individual image to be subjected to image processing in the lower part of the image editing screen.

  Further, when the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2C is displayed, the control device 103 is instructed by the user to execute image processing that is preferably performed on the panoramic image 2a. The image editing screen is returned to the screen shown in FIG. 2B, and the execution of the image processing for the panoramic image 2a is accepted. Also in this case, the user can edit the panoramic image 2a displayed on the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B by adjusting the image editing parameters. The control device 103 performs image processing on the panoramic image 2a based on the adjustment result of the image editing parameter by the user.

  When the image processing is executed on the panoramic image 2a, the control device 103 reflects the contents of the image processing on the individual images 2b to 2f. Further, when the image processing is executed on the individual images 2b to 2f, the control device 103 reflects the contents of the image processing on the panoramic image 2a.

  In the present embodiment, the control device 103 records a history of image processing (hereinafter referred to as “edit history”) performed on the panoramic image 2 a and the individual images 2 b to 2 f in the HDD 104. At this time, the control device 103 separately manages and records the editing history of the panoramic image 2a and the editing history of the individual images 2b to 2f. Then, the control device 103 selects the individual images 2b to 2f when the user selects the panoramic image 2a on the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B or on the image editing screen shown in FIG. When any one is selected, the editing history of the selected image is displayed.

  For example, when the panoramic image 2a is selected on the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B by the user, the control device 103 reads the editing history of the panoramic image 2a recorded in the HDD 104, Display the contents in the image editing screen. Alternatively, when the individual image 2b is selected on the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B by the user, the editing history of the individual image 2b recorded in the HDD 104 is read and the contents are read out on the image editing screen. Display within.

  The user can select any editing content from the displayed editing history and cancel the image processing. For example, when the panoramic image 2a has been subjected to image processing three times, the user can select one of the past three image processing and instruct to cancel the image processing. it can. When the user instructs cancellation of image processing from the editing history, the control device 103 performs processing for canceling the selected image processing on the panoramic image 2a. In this case, the control device 103 cancels the image processing selected by the user.

  In the present embodiment, the user selects a plurality of images from the panorama image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2f at the same time, and instructs to perform common image processing on the selected images. It is also possible. For example, when the user selects a plurality of images as editing targets from the panoramic image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2f, the control device 103 can be applied to at least one of the images. Allows the user to select image processing. The user can select an image process to be applied to the image to be edited from the selectable image processes.

  When the image processing to be applied to the image to be edited is selected by the user, the control device 103 executes the selected image processing on the image to which the selected image processing can be applied. For example, when the panorama image 2a and the individual images 2b and 2c are selected as editing targets and the white balance correction is selected as the image processing to be applied, the white balance correction is applied to the individual images as described above. Since this is a process to be performed, the control device 103 performs white balance correction on the individual images 2b and 2c in the editing target. In this case as well, the control device 103 records the editing content in the editing history of the image that has been subjected to the image processing.

  In this embodiment, the user selects one of the image processes included in the history in a state where the editing history of a certain individual image is displayed, and performs the same process as the selected image process on the other individual image. Can also be applied to. For example, the user selects the image processing to be applied to other individual images from the editing history by using the mouse, and copies and pastes it to the other individual images. An instruction can be given to apply image processing. Alternatively, the user applies the same image processing to all the other individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a by copying and pasting the image processing selected from the editing history of the individual image to the panoramic image 2a. You can also give instructions. In this case as well, the control device 103 records the editing content in the editing history of the image that has been subjected to the image processing.

  The control device 103 records the panoramic image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2c after the image processing as described above in the HDD 104. In this case, the control apparatus 103 may record the edited image by overwriting the original image, or may record the edited image as a separate file while leaving the original image. In the present embodiment, control device 103 records image editing parameters in association with the edited image as information for specifying the type of image processing. For example, image editing parameters for image processing applied to the panoramic image 2a are recorded in a header area common to all images in the MP file or a header area of a representative image. The image editing parameters for image processing applied to the individual images 2b to 2f are recorded in the header area of each individual image in the MP file.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of image processing in the present embodiment. The process shown in FIG. 3 is executed by the control device 103 as a program that is activated when an image to be edited is selected by the user during execution of the image processing application.

  In step S10, the control device 103 displays the image selected by the user on the full screen of the image editing screen, and proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the control device 103 determines whether image processing to be performed on the image has been selected by the user. If a positive determination is made in step S20, the process proceeds to step S30.

  In step S <b> 30, the control device 103 determines whether or not the image processing selected by the user is preferably performed on the panoramic image. If a positive determination is made in step S30, the process proceeds to step S40. In step S40, as described above, the control device 103 displays the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B and receives image processing for the panoramic image 2a.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S50, and the control device 103 determines whether or not an image editing parameter for image processing to be performed on the panoramic image 2a is adjusted by the user, and execution of the image processing is instructed. When an affirmative determination is made in step S50, the process proceeds to step S60, and the control device 103 performs image processing based on the adjustment result of the image editing parameter by the user on the panoramic image 2a, and proceeds to step S100 described later. move on.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S30, the process proceeds to step S70. In step S70, the control device 103 displays the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2C and performs image processing on any of the individual images 2b to 2f as described above in step S70. Accept.

  Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S80, and the control device 103 determines whether or not an image editing parameter for image processing to be applied to the individual image is adjusted by the user, and execution of the image processing is instructed. When an affirmative determination is made in step S80, the process proceeds to step S90, and the control device 103 performs image processing based on the adjustment result of the image editing parameter by the user on the selected individual image, and then proceeds to step S100. move on.

  In step S100, the control apparatus 103 records the history of image processing performed on the image in the above-described processing in the HDD 104, and proceeds to step S110. In step S110, the control device 103 records the edited image in the HDD 104 as described above. At this time, the control device 103 records an image editing parameter indicating editing contents in association with the edited image.

According to the present embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(1) The control device 103 switches between the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B and the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2C according to the type of image processing selected by the user. Displayed. That is, when the type of image processing is preferably performed on the panorama image 2a, the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2B is displayed to display the panorama image, and the type of image processing is When it is preferable that the processing is performed on the individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a, the image editing screen shown in FIG. 2C is displayed to display the individual images 2b to 2f. Thus, an appropriate image can be displayed according to the type of image processing selected by the user.

(2) When the type of image processing selected by the user is a process that is preferably performed on the individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a, the control device 103 displays the image shown in FIG. The editing screen is displayed, and the individual images 2b to 2f are displayed in the lower row, and the individual images selected in the lower row are switched to the upper row and displayed. Thereby, the user can easily select an individual image to be subjected to image processing.

(3) When the image processing is performed on the panoramic image 2a, the control device 103 reflects the contents of the image processing on the individual images 2b to 2f, and the individual images 2b to 2f. When image processing is executed, the contents of the image processing are reflected in the panoramic image 2a. As a result, the execution results of the image processing can be reflected between the panoramic image and the individual image.

(4) The control device 103 records the image editing parameters in association with the edited image as information for specifying the type of image processing. This makes it possible to use image editing parameters in later processing.

(5) The control device 103 records the history of image processing performed on the panoramic image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2f in the HDD 104, and records the editing history of each image based on an instruction from the user. Displayed. Thereby, the user can check the execution history of past image processing for each image.

(6) The control device 103 cancels past image processing based on the editing history in response to an instruction from the user. Thus, the user can cancel the image processing once performed and return to the original image.

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The image processing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment can be modified as follows.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the user can select any editing content from the editing history and cancel the image processing. At this time, the control device 103 The example of canceling the image processing selected by the user has been described. However, when the user instructs cancellation of image processing from the editing history, the control device 103 may cancel all image processing performed after the selected image processing. In this case, the control device 103 may cancel all the image processing performed after the selected image processing only for the selected image, that is, the image on which the editing history is displayed. For all images, all image processing performed after the selected image processing may be canceled. When canceling all image processing performed after the selected image processing, information indicating the execution order of the image processing is recorded for each image, and the execution order is the selected image. Cancellation may be performed for image processing after the processing execution order. In addition, when canceling all image processing performed after the selected image processing for all images, the image processing for all images is performed separately from the execution order of the image processing for each image. Information indicating the execution order may be recorded, and the execution order for all images may be canceled for image processing after the execution order of the selected image processing.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the control device 103 has described an example of separately managing and recording the editing history of the panoramic image 2a and the editing history of the individual images 2b to 2f. However, the control device 103 may manage the editing history of the panoramic image 2a and the editing history of the individual images 2b to 2f in an integrated manner.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, when the user selects a plurality of images as editing objects from the panoramic image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2f, An example has been described in which the user can select image processing applicable to at least one image. However, when the user selects a plurality of images to be edited from the panoramic image 2a and the individual images 2b to 2f, the control device 103 can be applied in common to all images selected by the user. Only correct image processing may be selected.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the control device 103 performs the processing shown in FIG. 2 when the type of image processing selected by the user is the processing that is preferably performed on the individual images constituting the panoramic image 2a. The example in which the image editing screen shown in (c) is displayed, the individual images 2b to 2f are displayed in the lower row, and the individual image selected in the lower row is switched to the upper row and displayed has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the control device 104 may select the individual image selected by the user in the panoramic image 2a. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the individual image 2f is selected and enlarged as a result of the individual image 2f being selected by the user in the panoramic image 2a.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, when the type of image processing selected by the user is a process that is preferably performed on the panoramic image 2a, the control device 103 is shown in FIG. If the image editing screen is displayed to display the panorama image, and the type of image processing selected by the user is a process that is preferably performed on the individual images constituting the panorama image 2a, FIG. The example in which the image editing screen shown in c) is displayed and the individual images 2b to 2f are displayed has been described. However, when the type of image processing selected by the user is a process that is preferably performed on the panoramic image 2a, the control device 103 performs the type of image processing selected by the user on the panoramic image 2a. , And the type of image processing selected by the user is a process that is preferably applied to the individual images 2b to 2f, the type of image processing selected by the user for the individual images 2b to 2f. May be applied.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the MP file includes a plurality of image data shot by panoramic shooting, and the control device 103 generates a panoramic image generated by combining the plurality of image data. An example in which is displayed on the image editing screen has been described. However, the image data included in the MP file is not limited to a plurality of image data photographed by panoramic photographing as long as it is a plurality of image data for generating one image by synthesis. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a plurality of image data shot by stereoscopic shooting is included in an MP file.

(7) In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the personal computer 100 is used as the image processing apparatus has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices capable of recording an image, such as a digital camera or an image storage device, may be used as the image processing device.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the configurations in the above-described embodiments as long as the characteristic functions of the present invention are not impaired. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which combined the above-mentioned embodiment and a some modification.

100 PC, 101 operation member, 102 connection IF, 103 control device, 104 HDD, 105 monitor

Claims (10)

A composite image generating means for generating a composite image by combining a plurality of individual images;
Accepting means for accepting selection of the type of image processing;
A determination unit that determines whether image processing should be performed on the synthesized image or the individual image before the synthesis according to the type of the image processing received by the receiving unit;
An image processing apparatus comprising: an execution unit that executes a process according to a determination result by the determination unit. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The processing according to the determination result by the determination unit, executed by the execution unit, is a display process for displaying the composite image or the individual image on a display device, or the composite image based on the determination result by the determination unit. Alternatively, the image processing apparatus is the type of image processing received by the receiving unit, which is performed on the individual image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing is switching display processing for switching and displaying selected individual images, or selection state display processing for selecting individual images selected in the composite image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
An image processing apparatus, further comprising reflecting means for reflecting the contents of the image processing performed on the individual image in the synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the individual images. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
An image processing apparatus, further comprising reflecting means for reflecting the contents of the image processing performed on the composite image in the individual image that is the generation source of the composite image. In the image processing device according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
Image file generating means for recording a plurality of individual images and the composite image obtained by combining them into one image file;
In the image file generated by the image file generating means, information for specifying the type of image processing applied to the individual image is recorded as header information of each individual image, and the composite information is used as header information of the composite image. An image processing apparatus, further comprising: image processing information recording means for recording information for specifying a type of image processing performed on an image. In the image processing device according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
An image processing apparatus, further comprising: a history recording unit that records a history of image processing performed on the individual image and a history of image processing performed on the composite image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7.
An image processing apparatus, further comprising: a history display unit that displays an image processing history applied to the individual image or an image processing history applied to the composite image based on an instruction from a user. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 or 8,
An image processing apparatus, further comprising: an image processing canceling unit that cancels image processing executed in the past based on a history of image processing performed on the individual image or a history of image processing performed on the composite image. A composite image generation procedure for generating a composite image by combining a plurality of individual images;
Acceptance procedure to accept selection of image processing type,
A determination procedure for determining whether image processing should be performed on the composite image or the individual image before composition according to the type of image processing received in the reception procedure;
An image processing program for causing a computer to execute an execution procedure for executing processing according to a determination result in the determination procedure.

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