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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Masato Sanno, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Inagaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Nakase, Tokyo, JP;
Chiyumi Niwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Sanno, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Inagaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichi Nakase, Tokyo, JP;
Chiyumi Niwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image editing apparatus includes a subject information extracting unit configured to extract subject information of a subject from an image, and a subject frame setting unit configured to set a subject frame based on the subject information extracted by the subject information extracting unit. The image editing apparatus also includes a region instructions detecting unit configured to detect a user's instructions as to a region of the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and a region instructions frame setting unit configured to set a region instructions frame based on the user's instructions detected by the region instructions detecting unit. The image editing apparatus further includes a storage processing unit configured to store the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and the region instructions frame set by the region instructions frame setting unit, in a correlated manner.