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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Mikio Sakurai, Amagasaki, JP;
Daisaku Horie, Uji, JP;
Inventors:
Mikio Sakurai, Amagasaki, JP;
Daisaku Horie, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/40 ; H04N005/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing method includes the steps of obtaining an image in which a first area including a first image and a second area including a second image are discriminated with each other, and a control step for performing a blur control to a second image using a filter to obtain a blur-controlled second image while accompanying processing for reducing an influence of the first area at a boundary between the first area and the second area and therearound when the blur control is performed to the second image.