Patent ID: 7839541
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image editing device, comprising: an area selection unit for selecting, in a new area mode, an edit area of an image by surrounding the edit area with a frame; an extraction unit for extracting a rectangular area originally included in the image; a storing unit for storing, for each area which is an edit area selected by said area selection unit or a rectangular area extracted by said extraction unit, in an edit area management table, a cancellation unit for cancelling, in an area selection cancellation mode, a selection of the edit area or the rectangular area; and an area re-selection unit for re-selecting, in an area selection mode, the edit area or the rectangular area by designating one of the objects once in the edit area or the rectangular area and retrieving the area vector of the edit area or the area vector of the rectangular area stored in the edit area management table based on object information regarding the designated object, after cancelling the selection of the edit area or the rectangular area by said cancellation unit.