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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:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Atsushi Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an attention region determining unit and a blurring unit. The attention region determining unit is configured to determine an attention region of an image that includes an intended subject of the image. The blurring unit is configured to blur all of the image regions outside of the attention region.