(19)
(11) EP 2 463 822 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
10.10.2012 Bulletin 2012/41

(43) Date of publication:
13.06.2012 Bulletin 2012/24

(21) Application number: 11009685.6

(22) Date of filing: 08.12.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06T 7/00(2006.01)
G06T 7/60(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 10.12.2010 JP 2010276289

(71) Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kitamura, Makoto
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Kanda, Yamato
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Kono, Takashi
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Hirota, Masashi
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(74) Representative: Gunzelmann, Rainer 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program


(57) An image processing apparatus to detect a bubble region included in image includes: a bubble candidate region setting unit which sets, from the image, a region as a bubble candidate region, the region having shape corresponding to a bubble region shape model stored in a storage unit; and a bubble region determination unit which determines, on the basis of information belonging to the bubble candidate region, whether the bubble candidate region is a bubble region.