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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2004
Toshiaki Nakanishi, Chiba, JP;
Kyoko Sugizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus in which the cheek of a person captured in an image of a photo may be corrected to a finish with the cheek looking slimmer than in a two-dimensional photo. A face correction unit () calculates, in a calculation unit (), a face length Land a cheek width Lof a face of a person as an object and Lcorrected from the face length L. A face classifying unit () compares Land Lto each other to classify the face shape into a 'round shape', 'a long shape' and a ‘square shape’. Depending on the results of classification, the image trimming is carried out by a first contour correction unit (), a second contour correction unit (), and a third contour correction unit () so that the cheek will look slim.