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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuki Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahiro Sakaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Mayuko Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/408 (2013.01); G06T 5/003 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/0022 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20172 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a depth control signal generation unit generating a depth control signal controlling emphasis of the feel of each region of an input image based on the depth position of a subject in each region of the input image; a face skin region control signal generation unit generating a face skin region control signal controlling emphasis of the feel of each region in the input image based on the human face skin region in the input image; a person region control signal generation unit generating a person region control signal controlling emphasis of the feel of each region in the input image based on the region of the person in the input image; and a control signal synthesis unit synthesizing the depth control signal, the face skin region control signal, and the person region control signal to generate a control signal.


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