Patent ID: 8249321

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an organ detecting unit that detects an organ area including an image of an eye in a target image; and a red-eye detecting unit that detects a red-eye area including an image of a red eye by using the organ area, wherein the red-eye detecting unit detects the red-eye area in accordance with a first detection process from the organ area and detects the red-eye area in accordance with a second detection process that is different from the first detection process from a remaining area acquired by excluding the organ area from the target image, the first detection process detects an area satisfying a first condition as the red-eye area, the second detection process detects an area satisfying a second condition, which is more difficult to satisfy than the first condition, as the red-eve area, the first condition includes that pixels representing a pupil within an area to be detected as the red-eye area include a pixel that represents a color in a first red-color range, and the second condition includes that the pixels representing the pupil include a pixel that represents a color in the first red-color range and represents a color in a second red-color range that is narrower than the first red-color range.