Patent ID: 7907797
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit for electronically capturing images on a paper sheet by means of a photo-sensor; an image editing unit for performing image editing including clipping parts of an image and expanding or contracting the original images; a user interface unit for receiving and executing user's instructions relating to the image editing; an image memory unit for storing the images captured by the image capturing unit and the images obtained through processing by means of the image editing unit; and an image display unit for displaying the images stored in the image memory unit, wherein a transparent image capturing and display unit is constituted by combining the image capturing unit formed by disposing a plurality of photo-sensor elements on the plane surface of a transparent substrate with the image display unit formed by disposing a plurality of image display elements on the plane surface of the transparent substrate, so that the images on the paper sheet placed beneath the transparent image capturing and display unit can be directly viewed through the transparent image capturing and display unit, and wherein the image stored in the image memory unit is displayed on the image capturing and display unit to superpose the displayed image on the image on the paper sheet seen through the transparent image capturing and display unit.