Patent ID: 7620246
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing method comprising: generating object regions by dividing an image into objects, and generating a plurality of block regions each having a predetermined number of pixels and having a smaller area than any one of the object regions by dividing each of the generated object regions; recognizing the types of the respective block regions; totaling up occurrence frequency of each of the types of the respective block regions in each of the object regions; recognizing the type of each of the object regions based on a result of the totaling; calculating a type reliability value representing likelihood of each of the object regions being of the recognized type, setting an image processing condition for each of the object regions by using the type reliability value and the type thereof; and carrying out image processing, using an image processing apparatus, on each of the object regions by using the image processing condition.