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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Shinpei Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Norikazu Tsunekawa, Osaka, JP;
Shinpei Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Norikazu Tsunekawa, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A clipping processing portion is provided with: a subject detection portion that detects a main subject and a sub-subject from an input image; a degree-of-relationship calculation portion that calculates the degree of relationship between the main subject and the sub-subject; a clip region setting portion that sets a clip region based on the positions of the main subject and the sub-subject in the input image and the degree of relationship; a clipping portion that clips the clip region from the input image. The clip region setting portion sets the clip region so as to include the main subject and the sub-subject having the high degree of relationship thereof.