Patent ID: 8488840
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device comprising: a subject detection portion that detects predetermined subjects from an input image and that sets one of the detected subjects as a main subject and another of the detected subjects as a sub-subject; a determination portion that determines a degree of relationship between the main subject and the sub-subject based on degree-of-relationship information, wherein the degree-of-relationship information indicates strength of relationship between the main subject and the sub-subject; a clip region setting portion that sets a clip region in the input image based on positions of the main subject and the sub-subject in the input image and the degree of relationship; and a clipping portion that clips the clip region from the input image to generate a clipped image wherein the degree-of-relationship includes at least one of (a) to (d) below: (a) orientations of faces of the main subject and the sub-subject; (b) a degree of similarity of face between the main subject and the sub-subject; (c) a degree of similarity of color between the main subject and the sub-subject; and (d) a ratio between a number of images that are sequentially input as the input image and a number of input images including the sub-subject.