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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Naoki Takaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., LTD, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising an uneven density characteristics acquiring device in which uneven density characteristics associated with at least one of a camera model used to take an image of a photographic film and taking data are acquired, and an image data correcting device for correcting an input image data in accordance with the thus acquired uneven density characteristics. Even images taken on a film with lens or using a compact camera can be corrected not only for the reduction of the marginal luminosity associated with the lens performance itself but also for the uneven marginal luminosity associated with shutter type and shutter speed, and for the variation in the reduction of the marginal luminosity associated with stop-down value, thereby enabling consistent production of natural finished high-quality images that are by no means dark at the edges.