Patent ID: 7496238

Claim:
An apparatus for retouching a photographed image using a digital camera, comprising: a region recognition unit for recognizing an image region which is to be retouched in the photographed image and outputting the recognized image region, the region recognition unit including a first button located on the digital camera, the first button operable to initiate a window moving function for defining a recognized image region which is to be retouched; and a region retouch unit for retouching the recognized image region input from the region recognition unit, and outputting the retouched result, the region retouch unit being different from the region recognition unit and including a second button located on the digital camera adjacent to the first button, the second button operable to initiate only a retouching function of the recognized image region; wherein the region retouch unit further comprises a filter window forming unit for forming a first filter window having the same size as the recognized image region and outputting the formed first filter window, a filter window moving unit for moving the first filter window input from the filter window forming unit on a screen of the digital camera and outputting the moved result, a region copying unit for copying the image region on which the first filter window is disposed in response to receiving of the moved result of the first filter window, and outputting the copied image region, a color information substituting unit for substituting the color information of the recognized image region with that of the copied image region in response to receiving of the moved result of the first filter window including the copied image region from the filter window moving unit, and outputting the substituted image region, a peripheral region recognizing unit for recognizing a peripheral image region including the substituted image region in response to receiving of the substituted image region from the color information substituting unit, and outputting the recognized peripheral image region, and a peripheral region blurring unit for blurring the recognized peripheral image region input from the peripheral region recognizing unit, and outputting the blurred peripheral image region.