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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that includes a sightline detection unit that detects the line of sight of a subject directed toward an imaging device in a captured image captured by the imaging device and containing at least one subject and a sightline indicating unit that clearly indicates, in correspondence to each subject, whether or not the line of sight of the subject directed toward the imaging device has been detected based upon sightline detection results provided by the sightline detection unit.