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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Miyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Miyuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition section which acquires an original image; a resolution conversion section which converts the resolution of the original image acquired by the image acquisition section and generates a plurality of reduced images having different resolutions; a detection section which processes by template matching the plurality of reduced images generated by the resolution conversion section and detects an area occupied by a picked-up image of a particular object corresponding to the template, from the reduced images; and a detection result processing section which detects the area occupied by the picked-up image of the particular object on the original image, by processing a detection result obtained by the detection section, the detection section detecting the area occupied by the picked-up image of the particular object by processing the plurality of reduced images in an order in which resolution sequentially varies on a step-by-step basis.