Patent ID: 6714660
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing device comprising:a first extraction means for extracting an image of a prescribed part from an input image; a second extraction means for extracting a portion of said image of said prescribed part extracted by said first extraction means as a higher-resolution image; a tracking means for tracking the image of said prescribed part so that said second extraction means can continuously extract the portion of said image of said prescribed part from the image; a display means for displaying the input image; a rendering means for rendering a virtual image that is different from the input image, said virtual image including a feature that corresponds to the portion of said image of said prescribed part; and a display control means that causes the virtual image to be displayed on the display means by superimposing the virtual image on the input image, and causes the feature that corresponds to the portion of said image of said prescribed part to change in correspondence with a change in the portion of said image of said prescribed part as it is continuously extracted.