Patent Document ID: 8687887
Application ID: 12416437
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an original image recording section, for recording original images; a region of interest extracting section, for extracting regions of interest from within the original images, the regions of interest being regions at which new degrees of interest exceed a predetermined threshold value, wherein the region of interest extracting section calculates the new degrees of interest as a value which is obtained from combining, at a predetermined ratio, a degree of interest and a degree of reliability that a specified object is included in the original images, the degree of interest being obtained from a combination of the degrees to which the features of portions within the original images differ from the features of surrounding portions, based on the colors of the original images, brightnesses of the original images, and the orientations of linear components that appear in the original images; a partial image generating section, for generating partial images by cutting out images of predetermined sizes that include the regions of interest, which are extracted by the region of interest extracting section, from the original images; and a display section, for displaying the partial images, which are generated by the partial image generating section.