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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2000
Satoshi Himeda, Amagasaki, JP;
Yasuhisa Kintou, Amagasaki, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a camera unit providing an image of a shot object, a marker detection unit detecting an object from the image output from the camera unit and comparing the configuration of the detected object with a predetermined configuration stored in a storage unit, and an image processing unit converting at least a partial region of the image output from the camera unit into an image differing from the output image when the configuration of the object is analogous to the predetermined configuration as a result of comparison by the marker detection unit. Since at least a partial region of the output image is converted according to the presence of an object in the output image, a particular region associated with the object, for example a region of a person in the image, can be converted.