Image processing apparatus and method therefor

Details Image processing apparatus and method therefor Image processing apparatus and method therefor

2009-07-24

2010-11-23

Bella, Matthew C (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image enhancement or restoration

C382S100000, C382S118000, C382S274000, C382S275000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07840087

ABSTRACT:
To provide adaptive image processing for a portrait, face information about the face of a person contained in an image is acquired, and it is determined on the basis of the face information whether a significant personal face is contained in the image. If there is face information representing the presence of a significant personal face, adaptive processing adjustment information which adjusts the contents of high quality processing for a portrait, which should be executed for the process target image, is generated from the face information about the face of the person contained in the image. The high quality processing adjusted on the basis of the adaptive processing adjustment information is executed for the image.

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