Patent ID: 7894687

Claim:
A method of correcting images performed by an apparatus for correcting images comprising an extracting unit, a classifying unit, a correction unit and an image correcting unit, comprising the steps of: extracting two or more features including information about face region and a shooting time of each of photographed images for each of said photographed images by said extracting unit; classifying said photographed images into groups of particular photographed images in accordance with a shooting interval for said photographed images of said extracted two or more features by said classifying unit; calculating, for said particular photographed images that have been classified in one group by said classifying step, a common correction amount for adjusting said face region to have an appropriate color density in accordance with said extracted two or more features and a type of said one group by said correction unit; and correcting said particular photographed images belonging to said one group by said calculated common correction amount by said image correcting unit.