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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Yuuji Kasuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Kasuya, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention provides an image processing apparatus including: a people detecting unit that detects image portions of faces of a plurality of people in an image; and an image converting unit that enlarges a portion below a horizontal line segment of the image in a manner that locates the horizontal line segment at a top end of the enlarged image based on upper end positions of the detected faces. The horizontal line segment is on or above the extracted faces and has a lateral width equal to or larger than a lateral width of the faces. The image processing apparatus performs enlargement with reference to the faces so as not to warp the faces.