Abstract: The image processing method includes specifying an original image to be processed, displaying the specified original image, dividing the image into a plurality of movable or transformable areas, selecting one of the divided areas, specifying image processing to be performed on the selected area, creating a processed image obtained by subjecting the display image to the specified image processing, replacing the selected area with the area corresponding to the processed image, moving or transforming the selected area, and updating the display image in such a manner that the result of the image processing is displayed in the area according to the movement or transformation of the area and that the image before the image processing is displayed in the remaining area of the display image.

Abstract: An image pickup system including a digital camera and a personal computer (PC) connected to each other. The camera includes a camera control unit for controlling picture-taking based on photographing conditions set either by the camera or the PC, and a communication unit for communicating with the PC.

Abstract: An operation input unit designates an image to be compared via a thumbnail image or the like. A photographing-information extracting unit extracts, from an image file of the image stored in an image memory, photographing information including the size and the number of pixels of CCD in an image pickup apparatus having captured the image, the distance to an object, and the focusing distance of an image pickup lens. A resizing processing unit automatically enlarges or reduces at least one image to be compared so as to set substantially the same display size of the same object included in a plurality of images, serving as comparison targets, on the basis of the photographing information and display information including resolution of a display, obtained from a display setting unit. A displaying control unit displays the resized image on the display.

Abstract: An operation input unit designates an image to be compared via a thumbnail image or the like. A photographing-information extracting unit extracts, from an image file of the image stored in an image memory, photographing information including the size and the number of pixels of CCD in an image pickup apparatus having captured the image, the distance to an object, and the focusing distance of an image pickup lens. A resizing processing unit automatically enlarges or reduces at least one image to be compared so as to set substantially the same display size of the same object included in a plurality of images, serving as comparison targets, on the basis of the photographing information and display information including resolution of a display, obtained from a display setting unit. A displaying control unit displays the resized image on the display.

Abstract: The image processing method includes specifying an original image to be processed, displaying the specified original image, dividing the image into a plurality of movable or transformable areas, selecting one of the divided areas, specifying image processing to be performed on the selected area, creating a processed image obtained by subjecting the display image to the specified image processing, replacing the selected area with the area corresponding to the processed image, moving or transforming the selected area, and updating the display image in such a manner that the result of the image processing is displayed in the area according to the movement or transformation of the area and that the image before the image processing is displayed in the remaining area of the display image.

Abstract: An image pickup system including a digital camera and a personal computer (PC) connected to each other. The camera includes a camera control unit for controlling picture-taking based on photographing conditions set either by the camera or the PC, and a communication unit for communicating with the PC.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus realized by running an image processing program on a PC. In the image processing apparatus, a plurality of thumbnail images included in images stored in the PC are displayed in an array in a browse mode; a classification check box is displayed in each of the images displayed in the browse mode in order to put the corresponding image into any of categories, when one or more categories are designated among the categories; a plurality of images each of which belongs to any of the designated categories are displayed in a virtual light box mode to compare the images; and at least one image is selected and designated from among the images displayed in the virtual light box mode with selective collection.