Patent ID: 8300101

Claim:
An image processing method, comprising: obtaining a plurality of images by taking continuously an image of a face; detecting a first range of the face in a first image among the plurality of images; deciding a first reference point that is located in the detected first range, the first reference point being a center of gravity for the range; calculating a first scaling rate based on the first range and the first reference point; performing a first scaling operation on a second image, which is obtained after the first image, with the calculated first scaling rate and with the first reference point being a center for the first scaling operation; identifying a second range of the face in the second image on which the first scaling operation has been performed; deciding a second reference point that is located in the second range, the second reference point being a center of gravity for the second range; calculating a second scaling rate based on the second range and the second reference point; and performing a second scaling operation on a third image, which is obtained after the second image, with the calculated second scaling rate and with the second reference point being a center for the second scaling operation.