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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Applicant:
Ayako Kobayashi, Okaya, JP;
Inventor:
Ayako Kobayashi, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an area setting unit, an image deformation unit, and a face deformation unit. The area setting unit sets, in a target image that includes a face image, an area including the face image as a compression area. The image deformation unit compresses the compression area in a specific direction at a predetermined compression rate. The face deformation unit deforms the face image by expansion amount determined on the basis of the compression rate in such a manner that at least a part of the face image is expanded in the specific direction.