Image-capturing apparatus, captured image processing system, program, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10484610-B2
Application number	US-201615191639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jan 17, 2012
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A mobile terminal apparatus includes a geometrical arrangement detecting section ( 111 ) detecting groups of edge pixels arranged in a shape of a line segment in an image captured by an image-capturing apparatus; and a display processing section ( 112 ) causes a contour line representative of a contour of a rectangular captured object to be displayed on the captured image displayed on a display section so that the contour line is superimposed on the groups of edge pixels detected by the geometrical arrangement detecting section ( 111 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a display that displays a captured image in which an object is captured, the object being a quadrangle;
the captured image in which the object is continuously captured is displayed on the display; and
a display processor that causes the display to display a correction-processed image in which an area of the object in the captured image is geometrically corrected to a predetermined quadrangle in a state where the captured image in which the object is continuously captured is being displayed; wherein
the captured image and the correction-processed image are displayed within the same screen.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector that detects groups of edge pixels each having a shape of a line segment, wherein
the display processor displays a quadrangular contour line which indicates a contour of the object, and the quadrangular contour line is formed by straight lines corresponding to respective four line segments represented by four of the groups of edge pixels detected by the detector while being overlapped with the captured image on the groups of edge pixels detected by the detector.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display processor receives an instruction to edit coordinates of vertexes of the contour line, and generates the correction-processed image based on an image of an area surrounded by the contour line which connects the coordinates of vertexes having been edited.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a switch that switches whether or not the contour line is displayed by the display processor.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display processor displays the correction-processed image having been geometrically corrected when the switch sets not to display the contour line.

6. An image processing method in an image processing apparatus including a display that displays a captured image in which an object that is a quadrangle is captured, the method comprising steps of:
(a) displaying on the display the captured image in which the object is continuously captured; and
(b) displaying on the display a correction-processed image in which an area of the object in the captured image is geometrically corrected to a predetermined quadrangle in a state where the captured image in which the object is continuously captured is being displayed; wherein
the captured image and the correction-processed image are displayed within the same screen in step (b).

7. The image processing method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of (c) detecting groups of edge pixels each having a shape of a line segment, wherein
the step (b) displays a quadrangular contour line which indicates a contour of the object, and the quadrangular contour line is formed by straight lines corresponding to respective four line segments represented by four groups of edge pixels detected in the step (c) while being overlapped with the captured image on the groups of edge pixels detected in the step (c).

8. The image processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the step (b) includes receiving an instruction to edit coordinates of vertexes of the contour line, and generating the correction-processed image based on an image of an area surrounded by the contour line which connects the coordinates of vertexes having been edited.

9. The image processing method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of (c) switching whether or not the contour line is displayed in the step (b).

10. The image processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the step (b) includes displaying the correction-processed image having been geometrically corrected when the contour line is set not to be displayed in the step (c).

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Ishida Hiroshi

Classifications

• H04N5/142 Primary

  Edging; Contouring · CPC title

• H04N23/635 Primary

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/68

  for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations · CPC title