Claims
- 1. A method of processing an image, comprising the steps of:
- assigning initial colors to image areas of an image;
- generating a table in which the initial colors are registered for the image areas, respectively;
- displaying the image and thereby creating a displayed image;
- selecting on of the initial colors to thereby determine a selected color;
- designating a two-dimensional closed graphic on the displayed image, so that two-dimensional closed graphic intersects with at least one image area having the selected color and encompasses at least part of the at least one image area of the selected color and at least part of an image area not having the selected color;
- determining as an objective area any image area having the selected color which intersects with the two-dimensional closed graphic and has points encompassed by the two-dimensional closed graphic; and
- changing the table so that the initial color of areas-to-be-processed is converted to a designated color, the areas-to-be-processed being: (1) the objective image area or (2) all of the areas of the image other than the objective image area.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of designating the two-dimensional closed graphic includes the step of:
- designating a plurality of points; and
- generating a line which interconnects the points.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the two-dimensional closed graphic has apexes at the plurality of points.
- 4. Apparatus for processing an image, comprising means for assigning initial colors to image areas of an image;
- means for generating a table in which the initial colors are registered for the image areas, respectively;
- means for displaying the image and thereby creating a displayed image;
- means for selecting one of the initial colors to thereby determine a selected color;
- means for designating a two-dimensional closed graphic on the displayed image, so that two-dimensional closed graphic intersects with at least one image area having the selected color and encompasses at least part of the at least one image area of the selected color and at least part of an image area not having the selected color;
- means for determining as an objective area any image area having the selected color which intersects with the two-dimensional closed graphic and has points encompassed by the two-dimensional closed graphic; and
- means for changing the table so that the initial color of areas-to-be-processed is converted to a designated color, the areas-to-be-processed being: (1) the objective image area or (2) all of the areas of the image other than the objective image area.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the means for designating a two-dimensional closed graphic includes:
- means for designating a plurality of points; and
- means for generating a line which interconnects the points.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the two-dimensional closed graphic has apexes at the plurality of points.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/006,206 filed on Jan. 19, 1993, now abandoned which is a continuation of parent application Ser. No. 07/586,133 filed on Aug. 21, 1990, now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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