Patent ID: 8446485
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a CPU; an image obtaining unit that obtains an image; a color area detecting unit that detects a predetermined color area from the image; an area specifying unit that specifies an area to be adjusted based on a saturation and a brightness of the color area; a color adjusting unit that adjusts at least one of a hue, the saturation, and the brightness of the area to be adjusted; and a face detecting unit that detects a face area of a person from the image; wherein: the color area detecting unit detects a predetermined color area from an image of the face area; the color adjusting unit includes a flesh color information obtaining unit that obtains flesh color information relating to a flesh color of the person based on the image of the face area; the flesh color information obtaining unit obtains first average value information and second average value information as the flesh color information, the first average value information containing average values of the hue, the saturation, and the brightness, respectively, of pixels in the area to be adjusted, and the second average value information containing average values of the hue, the saturation, and the brightness, respectively, of pixels in a flesh color obtaining area from which the flesh color information is to be obtained out of the image of the face area; the color adjusting unit adjusts at least one of the hue, the saturation, and the brightness of the pixels in the area to be adjusted based on a difference between the first average value information and the second average value information obtained by the flesh color information obtaining unit; and functions of the image obtaining unit, the color area detecting unit, the area specifying unit, the color adjusting unit, and the face detecting unit are performed under control of the CPU.