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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image-processing apparatus. The apparatus includes: a taken-image acquisition section configured to acquire a taken image; and a to-be-processed area setting section configured to carry out an analysis on a taken image acquired by the taken-image acquisition section and configured to use the pixel area of a photographed-subject image of a specific type in the taken image as a to-be-processed area of an image conversion process in accordance with the size of the photographed-subject image if a result of the analysis indicates that the photographed-subject image exists in the taken image. The apparatus further includes an image conversion section configured to carry out the image conversion process on the photographed-subject image with the pixel area thereof used as the to-be-processed area in order to generate a post-conversion image obtained as a result of the image conversion process.