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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Naoki Takaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The image processing apparatus executes predetermined image processing on image data obtained by photoelectrically reading an image photographed on a photographic film through a photographic lens of a camera, and thus obtains the image data for output. The apparatus comprises a unit for obtaining a characteristic of the photographic lens, a unit for developing the characteristic of the photographic lens into a dipping quantity corresponding to a position of the image, and a unit for compensating a marginal light quantity of the image by use of the dipping quantity. The apparatus is capable of compensating a decrease in light quantity of an area peripheral to the image even when the image is photographed through a low-performance lens, and obtaining a high quality image with stability without any darkened peripheral area.