Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a fetcher. A fetcher fetches an object scene image. A first adjuster adjusts a tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, corresponding to a property of a display device. An object scene image outputter outputs the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the first adjuster, toward the display device. A second adjuster adjusts the tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, in parallel with the adjusting process of the first adjuster. A first searcher searches for an object image that coincides with a registered object image from the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the second adjuster.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a searcher. A searcher searches for a partial image expressing a sentence on a color image. A first designator designates the color image as a recorded image when a search result of the searcher indicates “non-detected”. A second designator designates a single-color N graduation image (N: an integer of 3 or more) that is based on the color image, as the recorded image, when a ratio of the partial image detected by the searcher falls below a reference. A third designator designates a binary image that is based on the color image, as the recorded image, when the ratio of the partial image detected by the searcher is equal to more than a reference.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a detector. A detector detects one or at least two object images each of which is coincident with a dictionary image from each of K (K: an integer of two or more) of continuous shot images. A classifier executes on the K of continuous shot images a process of classifying the object images detected according to a common object. A determiner determines an attribute of equal to or less than K of object images belonging to each of one or at least two object image groups classified. A first excluder excludes a continuous shot image satisfying an error condition out of the K of the continuous shot images, based on a determined result. A selector selects a part of one or at least two continuous shot images remained after an exclusion as a specific image.

Abstract: An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager, having an imaging surface capturing a scene through a focus lens, repeatedly outputs a scene image. An extractor checks the scene image outputted from the imager with each of a plurality of characteristic patterns so as to extract a specific characteristic pattern satisfying a predetermined condition. A restrictor restricts behavior of adjusting a distance from the focus lens to the imaging surface in association with an extraction process of the extractor. A creator creates a reference image based on the scene image outputted from the imager corresponding to the extraction of the specific characteristic pattern. A register registers the specific characteristic pattern as a characteristic pattern used for searching for an image coincident with the reference image created by the creator.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a fetcher. A fetcher fetches an object scene image. A first adjuster adjusts a tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, corresponding to a property of a display device. An object scene image outputter outputs the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the first adjuster, toward the display device. A second adjuster adjusts the tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, in parallel with the adjusting process of the first adjuster. A first searcher searches for an object image that coincides with a registered object image from the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the second adjuster.