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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaya Kinoshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an image processing device including a subject distance change determination unit configured to detect a temporal change of a distance from an imaging position to each subject present in an image and determine a tendency toward approach or recession of the each subject with respect to the imaging position on the basis of the detection, and a main subject determination unit configured to determine a main subject on the basis of the tendency toward approach or recession of the each subject determined by the subject distance change determination unit.