Patent ID: 8351737

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for performing a correction process with respect to object image data, the image processing apparatus comprising: a first determining unit that determines whether facial image data including a face of a person, which is extracted from the object image data, is attached to the object image data; a second determining unit that determines whether reduction image data of the object image data is attached to the object image data; a selecting unit that selects the facial image data or the reduction image data as selection image data; a correction parameter setting unit that extracts a feature amount from the selection image data and sets a correction parameter for image correction based on the feature amount; and a correction processing unit that corrects the object image data based on the correction parameter, wherein the selecting unit selects the facial image data as the selection image data when the first determining unit determines that the facial image data is attached to the object image data, and the selecting unit selects the reduction image data as the selection image data when the first determining unit determines that the facial image data is not attached to the object image data and the second determining unit determines that the reduction image data is attached to the object image data.