Patent ID: 7831095

Claim:
An image processing method of cutting out a cutout target from an image displayed on a screen, comprising: a display step of displaying an image on the screen; a specifying step of specifying an area including the cutout target from the image displayed in the display step; a first determination step of determining whether or not the area specified in the specifying step contacts a circumference of the image; an instruction step of instructing to start cutout processing from a boundary line of a portion of the specified area that does not contact the circumference of the image, in accordance with a determination result in the first determination step; a second determination step of determining whether or not a pixel belongs to the cutout target by examining a value of the pixel from the boundary line instructed in the instruction step and moving in an inward direction of the specified area; and a cutout step of cutting out the cutout target in accordance with a determination result in the second determination step.