Patent ID: 8260081

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data and information concerning a face detection process performed on the image data; a determination unit configured to determine a face detection process to be performed on the image data acquired by said acquisition unit, based on the information acquired by said acquisition unit; and a face detection unit configured to perform the face detection process determined by said determination unit on the image data, wherein the information contains an information item concerning detection accuracy of the face detection process performed on the image data, wherein said determination unit determines a face detection process, with a higher detection accuracy than the detection accuracy of the face detection process described in the information, as the face detection process to be performed by said face detection unit, wherein the detection accuracy of the face detection process performed on the image data is described in the information, and wherein when said face detection unit is not capable of performing a face detection process with a higher detection accuracy than the detection accuracy described in the information, said determination unit determines to not cause said face detection unit to perform a face detection process.