Patent ID: 7358994
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus which performs a correction based on a feature amount of image data of a face region, the image processing apparatus comprising: a face region extraction unit, adapted to extract the face region of a person from input image data; a judgment unit, adapted to judge whether or not an area of the face region is larger than a predetermined value; a determination unit, adapted to determine, in a case where it is judged by the judgment unit that the area of the face region is larger than the predetermined value, whether or not to perform the correction to the input image data based on a first feature amount of the input image data of the face region and a second feature amount of corrected image data of the face region; and an image correction unit, adapted to perform the correction of the input image data in a case where it is determined by the determination unit to perform the correction to the input image data, wherein the image correction unit does not perform the correction to the input image data in a case where it is judged by the judgment unit that the area of the face region is smaller than the predetermined value, and in a case where it is determined by the determination unit not to perform the correction to the input image data.