Patent ID: 8085314
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus which performs an image process on an image to which condition information representing a condition at a time when an image was shot has been added, said image processing apparatus comprising: an analyzing unit configured to analyze condition information indicating whether the image was shot in a manual mode or in an automatic mode, the condition information representing a condition at a time when the image was shot and having been added to the image; a processing determining unit configured to determine an image processing condition based on an analysis result by said analyzing unit; and a processing unit configured to perform, to the image, a process according to the image processing condition determined by said processing determining unit, wherein, in a case where it is analyzed by said analyzing unit that the image was shot in the manual mode, (a) said image processing apparatus permits a user to choose whether or not to perform the process by said processing unit, (b) in a case where an instruction to perform the process is input by the user based on that choice, said processing unit performs the process, and (c) in a case where an instruction to perform the process is not input by the user based on that choice, said processing unit does not perform the process, and wherein in a case where it is analyzed by said analyzing unit that the image was shot in the automatic mode, said processing unit performs the process without causing the user to choose whether or not to perform the process by said processing unit.