Patent ID: 6522418
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method for processing an image in a system having a plurality of remote image processing stations and a server image processing station which is capable of communicating with the plurality of remote image processing stations, comprising:a first storage step, in which high-resolution image information is stored in a storage medium in one of the plurality of remote image processing stations; a first transferring step, in which image information of a resolution lower than that of the high-resolution image information is transferred from the one of the plurality of remote image processing stations to the server image processing station; a second storage step, in which the low-resolution image information transferred in said first transferring step is uploaded and stored in a web server in the server image processing station; a first receiving step, in which a request for downloading the low-resolution image information is received from a user's terminal via an Internet at the server image processing station; a second transferring step, in which the low-resolution image information stored in the web server is transferred from the server image processing station to the user's terminal via the Internet in accordance with the request; a second receiving step, in which editorial information indicative of a content of editing which has been effected on the low-resolution image information on the user's terminal is received from the user's terminal via the Internet at the server image processing station; a third transferring step, in which the editorial information is transferred from the server image processing station to the one of the plurality of remote image processing stations; and an editing step, in which the high-resolution image information stored in the storage medium is edited at the one of the plurality of remote image processing stations in accordance with the editorial information transferred in said third transferring step, wherein the server image processing station offers content information which can be commonly used by the user terminal in effecting the editing and the remote image processing stations in performing the editing step.