Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image-taking unit for taking an image of a subject;
a first detecting unit for detecting the head top of the image of the subject taken by said image-taking unit;
a first judgment unit for comparing the head top detected by said first detecting unit and first reference data to determine whether the detected head top coincides with the first reference data;
a second detecting unit for detecting the image size of a predetermined portion of the image of the subject;
a second judgment unit for comparing the image size detected by said second detecting unit with second reference data to determine whether the detected image size coincides with the second reference data; and
a control unit for controlling an image-taking position of said image-taking unit on the basis of results of the determinations by said first and second judgment units.
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Abstract
In an image processing apparatus, the head top of a subject is detected, and the positions of a camera and a mirror are adjusted so that the coordinates of the detected head top coincide with the coordinates of a reference head top. When it is determined that the coordinates coincide with each other, the image size of a face of the subject is detected, and the zoom of the camera is controlled so that the detected image size and a reference image size coincide with each other. When it is determined that the image size of the face and the reference image size coincide, the positions of the camera and the mirror are adjusted again so that the coordinates of the head top of the subject and the coordinates of the reference head top coincide with each other.
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10 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image-taking unit for taking an image of a subject;
a first detecting unit for detecting the head top of the image of the subject taken by said image-taking unit;
a first judgment unit for comparing the head top detected by said first detecting unit and first reference data to determine whether the detected head top coincides with the first reference data;
a second detecting unit for detecting the image size of a predetermined portion of the image of the subject;
a second judgment unit for comparing the image size detected by said second detecting unit with second reference data to determine whether the detected image size coincides with the second reference data; and
a control unit for controlling an image-taking position of said image-taking unit on the basis of results of the determinations by said first and second judgment units. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. An image processing apparatus further comprising:
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a sensing unit for sensing the subject, wherein said image-taking unit takes the image of the subject when the subject is sensed by said sensing unit.
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8. An image processing method comprising:
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an image-taking step of taking an image of a subject with an image-taking unit;
a first detecting step of detecting the head top of the image of the subject taken in said image-taking step;
a first judgment step of comparing the head top detected in said first detecting step and first reference data to determine whether the detected head top coincides with the first reference data;
a second detecting step of detecting the image size of a predetermined portion of the image of the subject;
a second judgment step of comparing the image size detected in said second detecting step with second reference data to determine whether the detected image size coincides with the second reference data; and
a control step of controlling an image-taking position of said image-taking unit on the basis of results of the determinations in said first and second judgment steps.
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9. A recording medium having a computer-readable program recorded therein, wherein said program comprises:
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an image-taking step of taking an image of a subject with an image-taking unit;
a first detecting step of detecting the head top of the image of the subject taken in said image-taking step;
a first judgment step of comparing the head top detected in said first detecting step and first reference data to determine whether the detected head top coincides with the first reference data;
a second detecting step of detecting the image size of a predetermined portion of the image of the subject;
a second judgment step of comparing the image size detected in said second detecting step with second reference data to determine whether the detected image size coincides with the second reference data; and
a control step of controlling an image-taking position of said image-taking unit on the basis of results of the determinations in said first and second judgment steps.
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10. A program that executes steps, wherein said steps comprises:
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an image-taking step of taking an image of a subject with an image-taking unit;
a first detecting step of detecting the head top of the image of the subject taken in said image-taking step;
a first judgment step of comparing the head top detected in said first detecting step and first reference data to determine whether the detected head top coincides with the first reference data;
a second detecting step of detecting the size of a predetermined portion of the image of the subject;
a second judgment step of comparing the image size detected in said second detecting step with second reference data to determine whether the detected image size coincides with the second reference data; and
a control step of controlling an image-taking position of said image-taking unit on the basis of results of the determinations in said first and second judgment steps.
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Specification