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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Naoki Takaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method and image processing device extracting, from an image, a pupil region in which unsatisfactory color tone has arisen on the image; determining a target value of a characteristic amount of the pupil, on the basis of a characteristic amount of a region including a majority of the image, a characteristic amount of a region in a vicinity of the pupil region, and a characteristic amount of the pupil; and correcting a value of each pixel within the pupil region, such that the characteristic amount of the pupil region in which unsatisfactory color tone has arisen is substantially equal to the target value, are provided in order that unsatisfactory color tone of a pupil region within an image can be corrected such that the image can be finished with a natural feel.