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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Ohta, Shiga, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus having an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the face image. The apparatus additionally having a first determining unit configured to determine a representative pixel value representing a skin region, based on pixels included in the face image, a region generating unit configured to generate a first region including the object, and a second determining unit configured to determine correction pixels, which are one or more pixels used for the correction, out of pixels present in a vicinity of the first region, based on similarity to the representative pixel value. The apparatus also having a partial-image generating unit configured to generate a partial image, which is a collection of pixels for replacing pixels corresponding to the object, using the correction pixels, and a correcting unit configured to perform correction by combining the partial image with the face image.