Patent Document ID: 8514285
Application ID: 12901725
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a picture range variation control section configured to variably set a picture range extent of image data; and a composition processing section configured to detect whether or not a target image is included in a picture range while the picture range extent is variably set by said picture range variation control section and carry out, when one or more target images are detected, a composition determination process including confirmation of a different target image around the detected target image or images, wherein the composition determination process includes: a tentative composition adjustment process for carrying out composition adjustment while an image pickup visual field is varied, by the picture range variation control section, to confirm the different target image and a regular composition adjustment process for varying the image pickup visual field in order to optimize a composition after completion of the tentative composition adjustment process, a variation width of the image pickup visual field in the tentative composition adjustment process being greater than a variation width of the image pickup visual field in the regular composition adjustment process.