Abstract: The video processing device plays the video on an interface screen 250, and receives from a Digest button 203 designation of frame image data chosen by the user for use in digest video. The video processing device, on the basis of frame evaluation levels, displays Best-frame indicators 209 and Division indicators 210 serving as reference indicators when the user designates frame image.

Abstract: An image data analyzing device that reads and analyzes image data includes a number-of-blurred-pixels detecting unit that detects a number of blurred pixels, which is a number of pixels indicating blur width of a contour in an image represented by the image data, a number-of-image-pixels acquiring unit that acquires a number of image pixels, which is a number of pixels related to a size of the image represented by the image data, and an upper-limit-output-size determining unit that determines, on a basis of the number of blurred pixels and the number of image pixels of the image data, an allowable upper limit output size of an image outputted by using the image data.

Abstract: An image display apparatus, that displays a digital image on a screen for check use, includes: an image data storage unit that stores image data of the digital image; an edge detection unit that detects an edge included in the digital image through analysis of the image data; and an image display unit that displays, when the edge being a detection result has a width wider than a predetermined first threshold width, the digital image in a state that the width of the edge is visible on the check screen.

Abstract: An image display device used for checking an image represented by digital image data includes a display section that displays the image and checking information used for checking the image, an image display control section that displays the image on the display section based on the digital image data, a checking line segment designation section that allows designation of a checking line segment, which is a series of checking places in the image, on the display section on which the image is displayed, and a checking information display control section that displays a changing condition of the digital image data along the checking line segment on the display section as the checking information.

Abstract: An image generation device generates high-definition image data representing a high-definition image higher in definition than images represented by a plurality of image data. This device comprises a target image size setting module and an image composing module. The target image size setting module acquires output device information relating to an output device used in output of the high-definition image, and sets a target image size expressed with number of pixels of the high-definition image suited for outputting by the output device based on the output device information. The image composing module selects a plurality of source image data arranged in a time sequence from the plurality of image data, and composes the source image data to generate high-definition image data representing a high-definition image with the target image size.

Abstract: An image display apparatus displays a digital image on a confirmation screen. The image display apparatus includes a blur variance value acquisition unit that acquires a blur variance value, which is an index relating to a difference in amount of blur between images obtained when the digital image is printed out and when the digital image is displayed on the confirmation screen, a blur amount variance correction unit that corrects the difference in amount of blur for the digital image displayed on the confirmation screen according to the blur variance value with respect to the digital image printed out, and an image display unit that displays the digital image for which the difference in amount of blur has been corrected on the confirmation screen.

Abstract: Designed to determine a number of frames of data for acquisition from video data on the basis of image quality setting data that allows image quality to be set for an image output by an image output device; and to acquire from the video data the determined number of frames of data, and synthesize the acquired number of frames of data to generate image data representing tones of an image by means of a multitude of pixels. Since image data can be generated by synthesizing frames of data in a number appropriate to the image quality of the output image, the process of generating image data representing a still image can be performed efficiently, and a still image derived efficiently.

Abstract: The focusing information visualization system of the invention extracts an edge having an edge intensity of not less than a first reference value Th1 and an edge width of not greater than a second reference value Th2 in a photographic image and displays the extracted edge in a preset color at a position of the edge extraction to be overlapped with the original photographic image on a screen. A focused area defined by the extracted edge is displayed as N divisional areas. In response to a user's operational specification of one divisional area among the N divisional areas, an enlarged photographic image corresponding to the specified divisional area at a desired magnification ratio is displayed on the screen. This arrangement adopts the automatic rough judgment and the user's final visual check to accurately recognize the focusing status of the photographic image.

Abstract: A construction is used in which a plurality of sets of frame information are acquired from video information, rotation amount information that expresses the rotational deviation among the images expressed by the abovementioned plurality of sets of frame information is acquired on the basis of the acquired plurality of sets of frame information, conversion processing is performed in which at least one of the abovementioned plurality of sets of frame information is converted by rotating at least one of the respective images expressed by the plurality of sets of frame information on the basis of the acquired rotation amount information so that the rotational deviation among the images is reduced, and image data that expresses images in halftones using numerous pixels is produced by synthesizing a plurality of sets of frame information on which conversion processing has been performed.

Abstract: A printing apparatus creates and prints an order sheet on which a list of image data is placed. By filling in marking fields on the order sheet a user can select image data for transmission. Once the order sheet has been scanned by the scanner, the printing apparatus creates an e-mail having attached to it the image data selected by the user, and sends this to a computer or the like via a mail server. It is possible in this way to easily select image data for transmission through a prescribed communications network.

Abstract: A printing apparatus that selects and prints images represented by candidate image data files to be output among a plurality of image data files includes an image data file acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of image data files, each having image data regarding an image and additional data regarding at least a photographing condition when the image was taken, and a candidate file selection unit that selects image data files, which have the additional data, not the image data, satisfying one of one or more predetermined selection conditions, among the plurality of image data files as the candidate image data files to be output, and a printing unit that performs printing of images represented by at least some of the candidate image data files.

Abstract: When a printing device inputs image data from a memory card, the printing device prints an order sheet whereon are arranged a chart of the image data and setting entry fields for filling in a variety of settings for generating a movie based on these image data. The user uses various marking fields provided on the order sheet to specify the display times for the various image data and the effects to be performed on the various image data. When the printing device uses a scanner to read in the filled-out order sheet, movie data is generated based on the content that is set using this order sheet. The user is able to generate movies easily using this type of printing device.

Abstract: When image data is input from a memory card or the like, the printing device prints an order sheet that includes a recipient specification field showing reduced images of the input image data and enabling recipients for the image data to be specified, and a sorting method specification field for specifying the sorting method for individual recipients. Using this order sheet, the user specifies the sorting method of the image data and the image data for individual recipients, and scans the order sheet with a scanner. The printing device then prints the specified image data for the individual recipients, in accordance with the sorting method specified on the order sheet. It is possible thereby to easily distribute images to individual recipients during printing of the image data using an order sheet.

Abstract: A printing device comprises an evaluation value determining module, a grouping process module, a recommended image designating module, and a printing process module. The evaluation value determining module determines, for each image, a first evaluation value for a prescribed evaluation item. The grouping process module performs a sorting process to sort the plurality of images into groups of similar images. The recommended image designating module designates, for each group, a recommended image from among the images belonging to the group, based on the first evaluation value. The printing process module prints the designated recommended image.

Abstract: A printing device for printing images comprising: a display unit that displays images; an input unit that inputs a plurality of image data; a recommended image determination unit that for each of said input image data, calculates an evaluation value by evaluating specified items in relation to the level of deviation from the images shot under pre-specified conditions as the photographic images, and based on this evaluation value, determines whether or not each of said photographic images is a recommended image; a printing unit that selects images as a printing subject based on said judgment results and prints the selected images; an identifier storage unit that correlates an identifier to each of images selected as the printing subject and stores the identifier; and an image display unit that, after said image selected as the printing subject is printed, inquires for the stored identifier to judge the images not to be printed, and displays the judged images aligned in a specified sequence on said display unit

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the invention generates one still image having a high pixel density from multiple images. The image processing apparatus includes: an image extraction module that extracts the multiple images used for generation of the one still image; a deviation computation module that computes a degree of deviation between each combination of the extracted multiple images; an exclusion module that excludes any image having the computed degree of deviation out of a preset threshold range from the extracted multiple images; and an image composition module that combines remaining images other than the excluded image to generate the one still image. This arrangement of the invention ensures efficient image processing to generate one high-resolution still image from multiple images.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an image based on image data, the printing method includes: loading the image data from a storage medium in which the image data is stored; printing an order sheet, wherein the order sheet includes an index image representing the loaded image data to receive from a user entry of information for printing the image; recognizing the information entered in the order sheet via scanning of the printed order sheet; and printing a corrected image made by executing image correction to the image based on the recognized entered information.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an image based on image data, the printing method includes: loading the image data from a storage medium in which the image data is stored; printing an order sheet, wherein the order sheet includes an index image representing the loaded image data to receive from a user entry of information for printing the image; recognizing the information entered on the order sheet via scanning the order sheet; and printing a trim image based on the recognized entered information, wherein the trim image is made by trimming the image.

Abstract: When image data are input from a memory card or the like, a printing apparatus detects face region captured in these image data. Where the size and position of a face region fall within permitted ranges therefor set in advance in a permitted range table derived via sense evaluation testing, the input image data is selected as a printing target candidate. If the face region size and position do not each fall within their permitted range, however, the image data is not selected as a printing target. As a result, image data suitable for printing can be efficiently selected as printing targets from image data that contain human faces.

Abstract: Some of a plurality of frame images are made comparison object images for use in synthesizing a still image. Selecting one of the comparison object images as a comparison reference image and one as a target image, the comparison reference image and target image are compared, and a parameter is calculated. If the parameter does not meet a predetermined criterion, the target image is excluded from the comparison object images. Additionally, any number of frame images from among the plurality of frame images are set as comparison object images, and the aforementioned comparison is carried out until the total number of comparison object images and reference images serving as reference for synthesis is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. A synthesized image generating module 75 synthesizes the reference images and comparison object images whose total number is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, to generate a still image.