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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasutaka Fujii, Nagano, JP;
Manabu Yasumi, Nagano, JP;
Hideshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuharu Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a mode determination circuit configured to determine an input mode from at least a first mode and a second mode; an input circuit configured to receive a signal based on a user input; and an image processing circuit configured to determine a subset of an image including a desired image area based on the user input of a first line in the first mode, and to determine the desired image area based on the user input of a second line on the subset of the image in the second mode.