Patent ID: 8599209
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image obtaining section that obtains an input image; a first image processing section that generates a predetermined quality image resulting from rendering the input image in high image quality using a predetermined image processing parameter; a display section that displays the predetermined quality image; a characteristic region identifying section that identifies a plurality of characteristic regions in the input image; a second image processing section that generates a plurality of predetermined quality characteristic-region images by performing, on the image of each of the plurality of characteristic regions, a predetermined processing, and rendering the image of each of the plurality of characteristic regions in higher image quality; a display control section that causes the display section to display the plurality of predetermined quality characteristic-region images in the plurality of characteristic regions; a parameter determining section that determines, respectively for the plurality of characteristic regions, image processing parameters for rendering images of the plurality of characteristic regions, in further higher image quality; wherein the second image processing section generates a plurality of high quality characteristic-region images respectively of the plurality of characteristic regions, using the image processing parameters determined by the parameter determining section while the plurality of predetermined quality characteristic-region images are displayed, wherein the display control section replaces the plurality of predetermined quality characteristic-region images under display by the display section, with the plurality of high quality characteristic-region images.