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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide technology with which objects in image data can be managed in a further appropriate unit, an image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data; a detection unit that detects object images included in the input image data; a determination unit that determines an object attribute for each of the detected object images; a storage control unit that groups each of the detected object images based on the determined object attributes, and stores region information regarding the detected object images in a unit of the grouping in association with the image data in a storage unit; a dividing determination unit that determines whether or not to divide the grouped object images; and a dividing unit that extracts an individual object image from the grouped object images.