Patent ID: 8577079

Claim:
A computer implemented method of processing a selected image using a plurality of processing operations comprising: constructing an image analysis sequence having a plurality of processing steps, the image analysis sequence is constructed in response to receipt of a plurality of processing operation solutions wherein individual processing steps in the image analysis sequence are associated with a processing operation indicated in a corresponding processing operation selection; arranging the processing steps of the image analysis sequence in response to receipt of arrangement information that relates to selective arrangement of the processing steps; configuring at least one of the processing steps in the image analysis sequence such that the processing operation associated with the processing step processes a specified input image to generate an output image when the processing step is performed, wherein a first processing operation associated with a first processing step in the image analysis sequence generates an output when the first processing step is performed; setting an input of a second processing step to the output of the first processing step such that a second processing operation associated with the second processing step processes the output for the first processing operation when the second processing step is performed and wherein: the output of the first processing operation associated with the first processing step is a processed output image, the processed output image of the first processing operation is set as the input for the second processing step such that the second processing operation associated with the second processing step processes the input when the second processing step is performed, and the second processing operation associated with the second processing step generates a second processed output image when the second processing step is performed; and generating a display signal for display of the output image at a display device, the display signal includes the input for the second processing step and the second processed output image for the second processing step such that the input and the second output image are displayed simultaneously when the display signal is displayed at the display device.