Patent ID: 8478068
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device that evaluates a composition of an input image, the image processing device comprising: a weighted image generation section that generates a weighted image in which at least one of an object-of-interest area of the input image and an edge of a background area other than the object-of-interest area is weighted; a composition grid generation section that generates a composition grid that includes grid lines, the grid lines being weighted; and a composition evaluation section that performs composition evaluation calculations on the input image based on the weighted image and the composition grid; wherein the composition evaluation section calculates a composition evaluation value using a weight applied to an intersection point of the composition grid, and recalculates the composition evaluation value using a weight applied to the grid line if the calculated composition evaluation value using the weight applied to the intersection point of the composition grid is equal to or larger than a given threshold value.