1. A power supply for feeding power to a computer, comprising:
an instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire an identifier of a virtual machine and an instruction for the virtual machine, the virtual machine being run in emulation by a virtual host executed on the computer; and
a virtual machine management unit configured to input an operation instruction for the virtual machine to the virtual machine on the basis of the acquisition by the instruction acquisition unit.
2. The power supply according to claim 1, further comprising:
an operation list data storage unit configured to store operation list data containing the operation instruction for the virtual machine; and
a display unit configured to display, on a display device, the identifier of the virtual machine and the operation instruction for the virtual machine in the operation list data in association with each other, wherein
when a user selects the operation instruction for the virtual machine displayed on the display device through an input unit, the instruction acquisition unit acquires the selected operation instruction and the identifier of the virtual machine corresponding to the operation instruction, and
the virtual machine management unit inputs the selected operation instruction to the virtual machine corresponding to the operation instruction on the basis of the acquisition by the instruction acquisition unit.
3. The power supply according to claim 1, further comprising:
a virtual machine state data storage unit configured to store virtual machine state data in which the identifier of the virtual machine and a parameter of the virtual machine are associated with each other; and
a control unit configured to store, in a case where the operation instruction is to change the parameter of the virtual machine, the changed parameter in the virtual machine state data.
4. The power supply according to claim 2, wherein
the operation list data further contains an operation instruction for the virtual host,
the display unit further displays, on the display device, an identifier of the virtual host and the operation instruction for the virtual host in the operation list data in association with each other,
when the user selects the operation instruction for the virtual host displayed on the display device through the input unit, the instruction acquisition unit acquires the selected operation instruction and the identifier of the virtual host corresponding to the operation instruction, and
the virtual machine management unit inputs the selected operation instruction to the virtual host corresponding to the operation instruction on the basis of the acquisition by the instruction acquisition unit.
5. The power supply according to claim 4, further comprising a virtual host state data storage unit configured to store virtual host state data in which the identifier of the virtual host and a parameter of the virtual host are associated with each other, wherein
in a case where the operation instruction is to change the parameter of the virtual host, the control unit stores the changed parameter in the virtual host state data.
6. The power supply according to claim 4, further comprising a target data storage unit configured to store target data in which the identifier of the virtual host and the identifier of the virtual machine run in emulation by the virtual host are associated with each other, wherein
the display unit displays the identifier of the virtual host and the identifier of the virtual machine in association with each other on the basis of the target data.
7. The power supply according to claim 6, wherein
in a case where the operation instruction is an instruction to migrate the virtual machine from the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation to a different virtual host, the virtual machine management unit inputs the instruction to migrate the virtual machine to the different virtual host to the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation, and
the control unit deletes, from the target data, data in which the virtual machine and the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation are associated with each other, and inserts, into the target data, data in which the virtual machine and the different virtual host are associated with each other.
8. A control method of a power supply for feeding power to a computer, comprising the steps of:
acquiring an identifier of a virtual machine and an instruction for the virtual machine, the virtual machine being run in emulation by a virtual host executed on the computer; and
inputting an operation instruction for the virtual machine to the virtual machine.
9. The control method according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:
displaying, on a display device, the identifier of the virtual machine and the operation instruction for the virtual machine in association with each other, the operation instruction for the virtual machine being contained in operation list data; and
when a user selects the operation instruction for the virtual machine displayed on the display device through an input unit, acquiring the selected operation instruction and the identifier of the virtual machine corresponding to the operation instruction; and
inputting the selected operation instruction to the virtual machine corresponding to the operation instruction.
10. The control method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of, in a case where the operation instruction is to change a parameter of the virtual machine, storing the changed parameter in virtual machine state data in which the identifier of the virtual machine and the parameter of the virtual machine are associated with each other.
11. The control method according to claim 9, wherein
the operation list data further contains an operation instruction for the virtual host, and
the control method further comprises the steps of:
displaying, on the display device, an identifier of the virtual host and the operation instruction for the virtual host in the operation list data in association with each other;
when the user selects the operation instruction for the virtual host displayed on the display device through the input unit, acquiring the selected operation instruction and the identifier of the virtual host corresponding to the operation instruction; and
inputting the selected operation instruction to the virtual host corresponding to the operation instruction.
12. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of, in a case where the operation instruction is to change a parameter of the virtual host, storing the changed parameter in virtual host state data in which the identifier of the virtual host and the parameter of the virtual host are associated with each other.
13. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of displaying the identifier of the virtual host and the identifier of the virtual machine run in emulation by the virtual host in association with each other on the basis of a target data storage unit storing target data in which the identifier of the virtual host and the identifier of the virtual machine are associated with each other.
14. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:
in a case where the operation instruction is an instruction to migrate the virtual machine from the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation to a different virtual host, inputting the instruction to migrate the virtual machine to the different virtual host to the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation; and
deleting, from the target data, data in which the virtual machine and the virtual host running the virtual machine in emulation are associated with each other, and inserts, into the target data, data in which the virtual machine and the different virtual host are associated with each other.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image processing apparatus which receives an image signal and generates a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on the image signal, the apparatus comprising:
a position-of-interest calculating unit which calculates a position of interest as a position of an object of interest in the image based on the image signal;
a frame-out accuracy calculation unit which calculates a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range;
an alteration variable decision unit which decides a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy; and
an image alteration unit which performs the alteration processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the decided processing variable to generate a signal of the display image,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a change processing decision unit which decides a change region as a region where change processing is carried out with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy and a level of change of the change processing, and
the image alteration unit performs the change processing with the decided level of the change with respect to the decided change region of the image based on the image signal.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the change region is a display image region concerning a position opposing the position of interest with respect to a center of the image range.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the change region is a display image region concerning a position apart from the position of interest by a predetermined distance.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the change processing decision unit changes an area of the change region in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein a type of the change processing is at least one of filling an image with color, increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein a type of the change processing is at least one of increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue, and
the change processing decision unit changes an amount of the increasedecrease or an amount of the change as the level of the change in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a processing decision unit which sets a change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy and decides processing for an image performed with respect to the change region, and
the image alteration unit performs the processing with respect to the change region of the image based on the image signal.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the position-of-interest calculation unit includes a contour extraction unit which extracts a contour of the object of interest, and
the processing decision unit decides the change region based on the contour.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of the change region andor a level of the processing in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of a portion surrounded by the change region in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy.
11. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the change region andor the processing changes with time.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a deformation parameter decision unit which decides a deformation parameter for performing geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy, and
the image alteration unit executes deformation processing including the geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the deformation parameter.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12,
wherein the geometric conversion includes changing a shape of a frame peripheral of the image in the image range.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13,
wherein the geometric conversion is configured to shorten and deform a part of the frame of the image in the image range, and
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of shortening the part of the frame in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
15. The apparatus according to claim 12,
wherein the geometric conversion is conversion including shrinking a part of the image in the image range and expanding the other part of the image.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15,
wherein the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of effecting the shrinking and the expanding in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
17. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit calculates the frame-out accuracy in accordance with a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range.
18. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit calculates the frame-out accuracy in accordance with a change in a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range.
19. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit calculates the frame-out accuracy in accordance with a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range.
20. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the change processing decision unit executes:
(i) deciding in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy a first change region which is a region where the image based on the image signal is subjected to first change processing and whose area differs depending on the first frame-out accuracy;
(ii) deciding in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy a second change region which is a region where the image based on the image signal is subjected to second change processing and whose area differs depending on the second frame-out accuracy;
(iii) deciding the level of the change of the first change processing which is at least one of filling an image with a color, increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue; and
(iv) deciding the level of the change of the second change processing which is at least one of the filling an image with a color, the increasedecrease in resolution, the increasedecrease in sharpness, the increasedecrease in contrast, the increasedecrease in luminance, the increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue, and
the image alteration unit executes:
(i) performing the first change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided first change-region; and
(ii) performing the second change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided second change region.
21. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the change processing decision unit executes:
(i) deciding in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy the level of the change, which differs depending on the first frame-out accuracy, of first change processing which is at least one of increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue;
(ii) deciding in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy the level of the change, which differs depending on the second frame-out accuracy, of second change processing which is at least one of the increasedecrease in resolution, the increasedecrease in sharpness, the increasedecrease in contrast, the increasedecrease in luminance, the increasedecrease in chroma, and the change in a hue;
(iii) deciding a first change region where the first change processing is performed with respect to the image based on the image signal; and
(iv) deciding a second change region where the second change processing is performed with respect to the image based on the image signal, and
the image alteration unit executes:
(i) performing the first change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided first change region; and
(ii) performing the second change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided second change region.
22. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the change processing decision unit executes:
(i) deciding in accordance with one of the first frame-out accuracy and the second frame-out accuracy a first change region which is a region where the image based on the image signal is subjected to first change processing and whose area differs depending on one of the first frame-out accuracy and the second frame-out accuracy;
(ii) deciding the level of the change of the first change processing which is at least one of filling an image with a color, increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue;
(iii) deciding the level of the change, which differs depending on the other of the first frame-out accuracy and the second frame-out accuracy, of the second change processing which is at least one of the increasedecrease in resolution, the increasedecrease in sharpness, the increasedecrease in contrast, the increasedecrease in luminance, the increasedecrease in chroma, and the change in a hue; and
(iv) deciding a second change region which is a region where the image based on the image signal is subjected to the second change processing;
the image alteration unit executes:
(i) performing the first change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided first change region; and
(ii) performing the second change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided second change region.
23. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the processing decision unit executes:
(i) setting a first change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the first frame-out accuracy and decides first processing for an image performed with respect to the first change region; and
(ii) setting a second change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the second frame-out accuracy and decides second processing for an image performed with respect to the second change region, and
the image alteration unit executes:
(i) performing the first processing with respect to the first change region of the image based on the image signal; and
(ii) performing the second processing with respect to the second change region of the image based on the image signal.
24. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the processing decision unit executes:
(i) deciding the change region to change an area of the change region andor a level of the processing in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy, and to change an area of a portion surrounded by the change region in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy; and
(ii) deciding the processing for the processing region based on the first frame-out accuracy and the second frame-out accuracy; and
the image alteration unit performs the processing with respect to the change region of the image based on the image signal.
25. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit calculates the frame-out accuracy in accordance with a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range, and
the processing decision unit sets a region indicative of the positional relationship between the position of interest and the image range as the change region.
26. The apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit calculates the frame-out accuracy in accordance with a change in a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range, and
the processing decision unit sets a region indicative of a direction of the change in the positional relationship between the position of interest and the image range as the change region.
27. The apparatus according to claim 12,
wherein the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the deformation parameter decision unit executes:
(i) deciding a first parameter for the geometric conversion including changing a shape of a frame peripheral of the image based on the image signal with a direction and a ratio associated with the first frame-out accuracy; and
(ii) deciding a second parameter for the geometric conversion including shrinking a part of the image based on the image signal and expanding the other part of the image with a direction and a ratio associated with the second frame-out accuracy, and
the image alteration unit performs the deformation processing including the geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the first deformation parameter and the second deformation parameter.
28. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a change processing decision unit and a processing decision unit,
the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the change processing decision unit decides a first change region in the image based on the image signal and change processing performed with respect to the first change region based on the first frame-out accuracy,
the processing decision unit decides a second change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal and processing for an image performed with respect to the second image region based on the second frame-out accuracy, and
the image alteration unit executes the change processing with respect to the first change region of the image based on the image signal and performs the processing with respect to the second change region of the image based on the image signal to generate a signal of the display image.
29. The apparatus according to claim 28,
wherein the change processing decision unit changes an area of the first change region in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy,
a type of the change processing is at least one of filling an image with color, increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue.
30. The apparatus according to claim 28,
wherein a type of the change processing is at least one of increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue, and
the change processing decision unit changes an amount of the increasedecrease or an amount of the change which is the level of the change in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
31. The apparatus according to claim 28,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of the second change region andor a level of the processing in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy.
32. The apparatus according to claim 28,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of a portion surrounded by the change region in the image in accordance with the image signal in conformity with the second frame-out accuracy.
33. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a change processing decision unit and a deformation parameter decision unit,
the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the change processing decision unit decides a first change region in the image based on the image signal and change processing performed with respect to the first change region based on the first frame-out accuracy,
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a deformation parameter for performing geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the second frame-out accuracy, and
the image alteration unit executes the change processing with respect to the first change region of the image based on the image signal and performs the deformation processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the deformation parameter to generate a signal of the display image.
34. The apparatus according to claim 33,
wherein the change processing decision unit changes an area of the first change region in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy, a type of the change processing is at least one of filling an image with color, increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue.
35. The apparatus according to claim 33,
wherein a type of the change processing is at least one of increasedecrease in resolution, increasedecrease in sharpness, increasedecrease in contrast, increasedecrease in luminance, increasedecrease in chroma, and a change in a hue, and
the change processing decision unit changes an amount of the increasedecrease or an amount of the change which is the level of the change in accordance with the frame-out accuracy.
36. The apparatus according to claim 33,
wherein the geometric conversion includes deforming a frame peripheral of the image by shortening a part of the frame of the image in the image range, and
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of shortening the part of the frame in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy.
37. The apparatus according to claim 33,
wherein the geometric conversion is conversion including shrinking a part of the image in the image range and expanding the other part of the image, and
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of effecting the shrinking and the expanding in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy.
38. The apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a processing decision unit and a deformation parameter decision unit,
the frame-out accuracy calculation unit executes:
(i) calculating a first frame-out accuracy in accordance with one of a positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and a change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range; and
(ii) calculating a second frame-out accuracy in accordance with the other of the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range and the change in the positional relationship of the position of interest with respect to the image range,
the processing decision unit decides a change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal and processing for an image performed with respect to the image region based on the first frame-out accuracy,
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a deformation parameter for performing geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the second frame-out accuracy, and
the image alteration unit performs the processing with respect to the change region of the image based on the image signal and executes deformation processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the deformation parameter to generate a signal of the display image.
39. The apparatus according to claim 38,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of the change region andor a level of the processing in accordance with the first frame-out accuracy.
40. The apparatus according to claim 38,
wherein the processing decision unit changes an area of a portion surrounded by the change region in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the first frame-out accuracy.
41. The apparatus according to claim 38,
wherein the geometric conversion includes deforming a frame peripheral of the image by shortening a part of the frame of the image in the image range, and
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of shortening the part of the frame in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy.
42. The apparatus according to claim 38,
wherein the geometric conversion is conversion including shrinking a part of the image in the image range and expanding the other part of the image, and
the deformation parameter decision unit decides a ratio of effecting the shrinking and the expanding in accordance with the second frame-out accuracy.
43. An image display apparatus comprising:
an image processing apparatus according to claim 1; and
the display unit which displays the display image generated by the image processing apparatus.
44. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image processing apparatus according to claim 1; and
an imaging unit which performs imaging to generate the image signal that is input to the image processing apparatus.
45. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image processing apparatus according to claim 1;
an imaging unit which performs imaging to generate the image signal that is input to the image processing apparatus; and
the display unit which displays the display image generated by the image processing apparatus.
46. The apparatus according to claim 44,
wherein the imaging unit has a zoom function.
47. The apparatus according to claim 46, further comprising a control unit configured to judge whether the imaging unit has started to exercise the zoom function and allow the image processing apparatus to execute the alteration processing when the zoom function has started to be exercised.
48. An image processing method of generating a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on an input image signal, the method comprising:
calculating a position of interest which is a position of an object of interest in the image based on the image signal;
calculating a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range;
deciding a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy; and
performing the alteration processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the decided processing variable to generate a signal of the display image,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a change processing decision unit which decides a change region as a region where change processing is carried out with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy and a level of change of the change processing, and
the image alteration unit performs the change processing with the decided level of the change with respect to the decided change region of the image based on the image signal.
49. The method according to claim 48,
wherein the processing variable includes a change region which is a region where change processing is performed with respect to the image based on the image signal and a level of change of the change processing, and
the alteration processing includes processing of performing the change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided change region of the image based on the image signal.
50. The method according to claim 48,
wherein the processing variable includes a change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal and a process for an image performed with respect to the change region, and
the alteration processing includes processing of carrying out the process with respect to the change region of the image based on the image signal.
51. The method according to claim 48,
wherein the processing variable includes a deformation parameter used for performing geometric conversion with respect to the image based on the image signal, and
the alteration processing includes processing of carrying out deformation processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the deformation parameter.
52. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program being executed by a computer and configured to generate a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on an input image signal, the program controlling the computer to execute functions comprising:
calculating a position of interest which is a position of an object of interest in the image based on the image signal;
calculating a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range;
deciding a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy; and
performing the alteration processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the decided processing variable to generate a signal of the display image,
wherein the alteration variable decision unit includes a change processing decision unit which decides a change region as a region where change processing is carried out with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy and a level of change of the change processing, and
the image alteration unit performs the change processing with the decided level of the change with respect to the decided change region of the image based on the image signal.
53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 52,
wherein deciding the processing variable comprises deciding a change region which is a region where change processing is performed with respect to the image based on the image signal and a level of change of the change processing in conformity with the frame-out accuracy, and
generating the signal of the display image comprises performing the change processing having the decided level of the change with respect to the decided change region of the image based on the image signal to generate the signal of the display image.
54. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 52,
wherein deciding the processing variable comprises setting a change region around a representative point of the object of interest in the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy and deciding a process for an image performed with respect to the change region, and
generating the signal of the display image comprises performing the process with respect to the change region of the image based on the image signal to generate the signal of the display image.
55. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 52,
wherein deciding the processing variable comprises deciding a deformation parameter representing information of deformation performed with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the frame-out accuracy, and
generating the signal of the display image comprises performing deformation processing with respect to the image based on the image signal in conformity with the deformation parameter to generate the signal of the display image.