IP Library Granted Patent US 9,621,794
Granted Patent B2
US 9,621,794 · App. 14/762,892 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Image processing device, image processing method and permanent computer-readable medium

Inventor: Hirotsugu Shirakawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04N5/23216G06F3/0482G06F3/04845H04N5/23212H04N5/23293H04N5/23296
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Patent No.
US 9,621,794
App. No.
14/762,892
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage portion stores ( 220 ) an image data and a distance data including a respective subject and a lens focus. A display ( 180 ) displays a display image based on the image data, and an operation regarding a depth of field and a focus position being performed. An image adjusting portion ( 320 ) detects a first operation and a second operation performed referring to the display ( 180 ), and adjusts a focus distance according to the first operation and the distance data as well as adjusts a depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data for the image data to generate the display image.

Claims (25)

1. A image processing device comprising:

a storage portion for storing an image data including a distance data between a respective subject and a lens focus;

a display for displaying a display image based on the image data, and an operation regarding a depth of field and a focus position being performed; and

an image adjusting portion for detecting a first operation and a second operation performed referring to the display, and adjusting a focus distance according to the first operation and the distance data as well as adjusting a depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data for the image data to generate the display image,

wherein the display includes a touch sensor that detects a contact of a user's finger or all sorts of devices, and is a touch display that displays the display image, and

the first operation is an operation of moving user's fingers in a predetermined direction without keeping apart from the touch display while the space between user's two fingers are kept to be approximately same, or an operation of pushing the subject for not less than a predetermined time in displaying the display image.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation is an operation of widening or narrowing the space between user's two fingers in a predetermined direction while user's fingers are contact with the touch display.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation is an operation of moving in an approximate circle direction while user's one finger or two fingers is contact with the touch display.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second operation is an operation of touching the touch display several times within a predetermined time interval in displaying the display image.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an adjusting display control portion for displaying an adjusting interface indicating a setting degree of the focus position and the depth of field of the display image on the touch display based on the first operation and the second operation performed for the touch display.

6. The image processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the adjusting display control portion changes the display position of the adjusting interface on the touch display according to the contact position of user's fingers on the touch display detected by the touch sensor.

7. The image processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the adjusting display control portion displays the display position of the adjusting interface on the touch display from the center to the right area of the touch display in case that the contact position of user's fingers on the touch display detected by the touch sensor is a predetermined center area.

8. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image adjusting portion adjusts for the image data the depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data as well as gives a blur effect based on a size of an area of the depth of field and a physical distance from the area, to the subject outside the area of the depth of field.

9. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein on adjusting for the image data the depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data, the image adjusting portion adjusts it so that the movement distance of the focusing end of the near side is different from the movement distance of the focusing end of the distant side.

10. The image processing device according to claim 9 , wherein on adjusting for the image data the depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data, the image adjusting portion adjusts it so that the movement distance of the focusing end of the near side becomes narrower than the movement distance of the focusing end of the distant side.

11. A image processing method comprising:

a display step of displaying a display image on a display based on an image data including a distance data between a respective subject and a lens, and an operation regarding a depth of field and a focus position being performed; and

an image control step of detecting a first operation and a second operation performed referring to the display image, and adjusting a focus distance according to the first operation and the distance data as well as adjusting a depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data for the image data to generate the display image,

wherein the display includes a touch sensor that detects a contact of a user's finger or all sorts of devices, and is a touch display that displays the display image, and

the first operation is an operation of moving user's fingers in a predetermined direction without keeping apart from the touch display while the space between user's two fingers are kept to be approximately same, or an operation of pushing the subject for not less than a predetermined time in displaying the display image.

12. A non-transitory computer readable media for causing a computer to execute:

a step of reading out an image data including a distance data between a respective subject and a lens from a storage device; and

an image control step of detecting a first operation and a second operation performed referring to the display of the display image on a display based on the image data, and adjusting a focus distance according to the first operation and the distance data as well as adjusting a depth of field according to the second operation and the distance data for the image data to generate the display image,

wherein the display includes a touch sensor that detects a contact of a user's finger or all sorts of devices, and is a touch display that displays the display image, and

the first operation is an operation of moving user's fingers in a predetermined direction without keeping apart from the touch display while the space between user's two fingers are kept to be approximately same, or an operation of pushing the subject for not less than a predetermined time in displaying the display image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2015
From: SHIRAKAWA, HIROTSUGU
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036163/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-031805 · Feb 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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