Patent ID: 8401274
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising one or more computers comprising: a display portion; a height input portion configured to input height information about an object to be photographed, the height information indicating the heights of the object in correspondence with respective portions of a corresponding image of the object, and being in association with respective tone values of a corresponding image in correspondence with these portions, a setting portion configured to set data for image processing in a setting mode; and a driving processing portion configured to receive an input image and processes the input image based on data which has been preliminarily set by the setting portion; wherein the setting portion comprises: the driving processing portion comprises a driving-image display portion configured to receive a second image acquired by photographing the object in the driving mode and configured to display it on the display portion, and a second detection portion configured to detect, from the second image, a second partial image having only height information larger or smaller than height information of the curved plane specified by the threshold-value data, based on the height information inputted by the height input portion in the driving mode, and based on the threshold-value data received by the threshold-value reception portion in the setting mode.