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Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program storage medium

US6748122B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1999
Grant dateJun 8, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/002
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquiring element for acquiring an object image; a displaying element for displaying the object image acquired by the image acquiring element; a captured position information recognizing element for capturing a predetermined image pattern from within the object image acquired by the image acquiring element in order to recognize position information about the image pattern relative to the object image; a menu display controlling element for displaying a menu image in overlaid relation to the object image displayed by the displaying element in accordance with an outcome of the recognition by the captured position information recognizing element; and a starting element for starting a previously related process based on the menu image displayed by the menu display controlling element as well as on the position information recognized by the captured position information recognizing element.

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