Patent Document ID: 9049397
Application ID: 13513352
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing device comprising: an object detection processing unit configured to detect, by performing pattern matching between a preexisting image containing an object to be processed and a reference image of the object, the object in the image to be processed, while changing the relative angle of the images; an object-image orientation identification unit configured to determine the top and the bottom of the preexisting image corresponding to the top and the bottom of the object, based on the relative angle at which the object is detected by the object detection processing unit, so as to identify a correct orientation of the preexisting image; wherein the object detection processing unit performs a process for detecting a face as the object; and an angle correction unit configured to obtain an angle between an axis of the face in a vertical direction and a horizontal axis of shoulders in the image by matching, against a face area of the preexisting image when the face is detected by the object detection processing unit, a plurality of reference images in which tilt of a head with respect to shoulders is changed in stages while showing contour of the head and the shoulders so as to correct the relative angle at which the face is detected; and an image-data updating unit configured to update the preexisting image so that the image is displayed in the identified orientation.