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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicant:
Kosuke Shingai, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Kosuke Shingai, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing device includes a face region extracting unit that extracts a face region of a person included in an image to be corrected. A correction region specifying unit specifies a region including the extracted face region as a reduction region and specifies a region excluding the reduction region as an enlargement region. A correction execution unit generates a correction image in which an image in the reduction region is reduced based on a predetermined reduction ratio and an image in the enlargement region is enlarged according to a ratio of the reduction region to the enlargement region.