Patent ID: 7420594

Claim:
An image processing apparatus with image sensing capability and operable to receive user input comprising: an image sensor that photographs an image; a display that displays at least the image photographed by said image sensor; sensed-image temporary data storage that temporarily stores sensed-image data input from said image sensor; still image storage that stores the sensed-image data input from said image sensor as a still image; sensed-image saving programmed logic circuitry that saves the sensed-image data, stored in said sensed-image temporary data storage, to said still image storage when prescribed user input is performed; a displayed characteristic input selector that provides a user with the option to input at least one characteristic related to the still image; image modification pattern storage that stores a plurality of image modification pattern data containing a change amount associated with each pixel of the still image stored by said photographing programmed logic circuitry and for modifying color data of at least one pixel; image modification pattern selection programmed logic circuitry that selects at least one image modification pattern data corresponding to at least the one characteristic selected from the displayed characteristic input selector; image modification programmed logic circuitry that modifies color data of the still image stored in said still image storage based on at least the one image modification pattern data selected by said image modification pattern selection programmed logic circuitry; and modified image display programmed logic circuitry for displaying on said display the still image modified by said image modification programmed logic circuitry.