Patent ID: 7653246

Claim:
An image processing method comprising: inputting a plurality of pieces of image data into an input unit of an image processing apparatus; using a recognizing unit of the image processing apparatus to recognize a geometrical feature amount of a main subject of each of the plurality of pieces of image data input through the input unit; using a correction unit of the image processing apparatus to set a processing reference for image correction to be made to the respective main subjects, based on the geometrical feature amounts recognized by the recognizing unit; making the image correction to the main subject of each of the plural pieces of input image data, using the set processing reference; and outputting each of the plural pieces of image data in which the correction has been made to the main subjects, wherein the recognizing includes extracting a rectangle that circumscribes each main subject, the setting sets the processing reference based on the extracted circumscribing rectangles, the recognizing comprises calculating sizes of the circumscribing rectangles based on the extracted circumscribing rectangles, and the making correction comprises setting a target value of a size, as the processing reference, based on an average value of the calculated sizes, and making the correction to the main subjects of the respective digital images using the target value.