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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Atsushi Maruyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masaomi Tomizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Suzuki, Akiruno, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Atsushi Maruyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masaomi Tomizawa, Hachioji, JP;
Takeshi Suzuki, Akiruno, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image editing apparatus includes an image input unit including an image pickup circuit which takes a picture of a subject to obtain an image of a subject. A face detection circuit detects an image of a face of the subject from the image obtained from the image input unit. A face expression detection circuit detects at least any one of direction and expression of the face of the subject, based on the image of the face detected by the face detection circuit. A pupil detection circuit detects images of pupils of the subject, based on the image of the face detected by the face detection circuit. A catch-light composition circuit composes different catch-lights on the images of the pupils detected by the pupil detection circuit, according to any one of the direction and expression of the face detected by the face expression detection circuit.