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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Mari Sugihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mari Sugihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2014.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/2112 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3242 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing device includes: an evaluation unit that evaluates a plurality of images by designating predetermined image characteristics as an evaluation index; an image processing unit that executes image processing, which will affect the evaluation index, on at least one image among the plurality of images; and an image selection unit that selects an image with superiority in an evaluation value calculated in correspondence to the evaluation index, among the plurality of images evaluated by the evaluation unit by factoring in application of the image processing by the image processing unit.