Patent Application
20080018753
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:
The FIGURE is a flow chart of a method for modifying images by a way of capturing raw image data according to the present invention.
Referring to the FIGURE, the present invention provides a method for modifying images by a way of capturing raw image data, comprising: firstly, capturing raw image data via an electronic apparatus with an image-capturing function (S100). The electronic apparatus can be a digital camera, a cell phone, or a PDA. Next, the method comprises: storing the raw image data in a storage unit (S102). The storage unit can be an external memory or a built-in memory.
Moreover, the method further comprises: reading the raw image from the storage unit (S104), and then manually modifying the image's size and parameters for the raw image data via an image processing unit (S106). In addition, the image processing unit is built inside the electronic apparatus, and the image's parameters comprise hue, brightness, contrast and sharpness, or can be any relevant image modifying and adjusting parameters.
Furthermore, the method further comprises: transforming the modified raw image data into an image file with a predetermined format (S108). In addition, the image file with the predetermined format can be a compressed color image such as a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file. Finally, the method comprises: storing the image file with the predetermined format in the storage unit (S110).
In conclusion, the method uses an electronic apparatus with an image-capturing function for capturing raw image data, and then uses a image processing unit that is stored in the electronic apparatus for modifying the image's size and parameters for the raw image data. Hence, a user can obtain a desired compressed image file.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred best molds thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
