Patent ID: 8867824

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a depth control signal generation unit generating a depth control signal controlling a degree of emphasis of a feel of each region of an input image based on a depth position of a subject in each region of the input image; a face skin region control signal generation unit generating a face skin region control signal controlling the degree of emphasis of the feel of each region in the input image based on a human face skin region in the input image; a person region control signal generation unit generating a person region control signal controlling the degree of emphasis of the feel of each region in the input image based on a region of a person in the input image; and a control signal synthesis unit synthesizing the depth control signal, the face skin region control signal, and the person region control signal to generate a control signal, wherein at least one of the depth control signal generation unit, the face skin region control signal generation unit, the person region control signal generation unit, and the control signal synthesis unit is implemented via a processor.