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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Masaya Usui, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventor:
Masaya Usui, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a face direction estimating section that estimates a direction and a degree of swing of a face in a target image including a face image when a front direction of the face is used as a reference, and an image correcting section that transforms a correction target area to be corrected, which includes at least a part of the face image, in accordance with the degree of swing.