Patent ID: 8599245
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image input device which receives a stereoscopic photographed image composed of a plurality of photographed images respectively captured with a plurality of image pickup devices; a face detecting device which detects faces from each of the photographed images; a face position identifying device which identifies positions of the detected faces in each of the photographed images; an in-focus position identifying device which identifies in-focus positions in each of the photographed images; a distance information acquiring device which acquires distance information on the positions of the faces based on the positions of the faces, a relative distance between the plurality of image pickup devices, and photographing directions of each of the image pickup devices; a focusing state identifying device which identifies focusing states in the positions of the faces based on the in-focus positions and the distance information on the positions of the faces; a face frame generating device which generates face frames, each face frame being an overlay which is generated over a corresponding face of said faces, the overlay being different from said corresponding face, the face frames indicating the positions of the faces, the face frames being blurred according to the focusing states of the positions of the faces; and a stereoscopic display image generating device which generates a stereoscopic display image from the generated face frames and the stereoscopic photographed image.