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Title:
IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/117099
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The image processing method according to one embodiment has: a step for obtaining an image I [0,0] of a picture as photographed by a photography means while light is shined at the picture from a light source as in a reference position relative to a normal line to the picture; a step for obtaining an image I [α1,0] of the picture as photographed by the photography means while light is being shined at the picture from the light source as in a position that is at an angle α1 from the reference position in a first direction; a step for obtaining an image I [0,β1] of the picture as photographed by the photography means while light is shined at the picture from the light source as in a position that is at an angle β1 from the reference position in a second direction that is different from the first direction; a step for obtaining an image I [0,β2] of the picture as photographed by the photography means while light is shined at the picture from the light source as in a position that is at an angle of β2 from the reference position in the second direction; a step for using a combination of image I [0,β1] and image I [0,β2] to create a stereoscopic distribution diagram of the picture; a step for synthesizing image I [0,0] and at least a portion of each of image I [α1,0], image I [0,β1], and image I [0,β2]; a step for performing emphasis processing that emphasizes the shading of the synthesized image in accordance with heights indicated by the stereoscopic distribution diagram; and a step for recording the image on which the emphasis processing has been performed as two-dimensional image data.

Inventors:
KUBOTA IWAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/048120
Publication Date:
June 17, 2021
Filing Date:
December 09, 2019
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Assignee:
ARS TECHNE CORP (JP)
KUBOTA IWAO (JP)
International Classes:
G06T1/00; H04N5/232; H04N1/387; H04N5/225; H04N13/122
Foreign References:
JP2011128872A2011-06-30
JP2019192948A2019-10-31
US20190320094A12019-10-17
JP2012043004A2012-03-01
JP2011128872A2011-06-30
Other References:
See also references of EP 4087228A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ASAHI PATENT FIRM (JP)
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