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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Yoshihiro Teshima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Teshima, Tokyo, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The importance detection unitdetects importance of each pixel composing the original image thus acquired. In addition, the importance map generation unitgenerates an importance map indicating distribution of the importance detected for each pixel. The characteristic region detection unitdetects a characteristic region of the original image, from the original image thus acquired. The determination unitdetermines a brushstroke pattern that should be applied to the characteristic region thus detected, from at least two types of brushstroke patterns stored in a storage unit. The brushstroke pattern conversion unitconverts an image in the characteristic region into an image, to which the brushstroke pattern is applied, based on the brushstroke pattern thus determined. The adjustment unitadjusts color of the image of the brushstroke pattern being the image in the characteristic region, based on the importance map thus generated.