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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Shun Sakai, Kusatsu, JP;
Motoo Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hikone, JP;
Tatsuya Murakami, Suita, JP;
Yuki Hanzawa, Nara, JP;
Takahiro Takayama, Kusatsu, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device selects an image in which sharpness of a photographic subject is relatively high compared with sharpness of a background. The image processing device includes a photographic subject detection unit that identifies a photographic subject region on an image, which includes a predetermined photographic subject, by detecting the predetermined photographic subject from the image, a background region identifying unit that identifies a background region on the image, which is other than the photographic subject region, a sharpness identifying unit that identifies sharpness of the photographic subject region and sharpness of the background region, a score calculation unit that calculates a score based on a difference in the sharpness between the photographic subject region and the background region, and a determination unit which determines the image as an optimum image when the score indicates that photographic subject region is clearer than the background region.