| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of efficiently performing face recognition processing in a short time in an image processing method and device for performing face recognition processing for detecting an area corresponding to the face of a person from image data. <P>SOLUTION: An image processing method includes: an information acquisition step for acquiring direction information on a direction of an image included in an image file; a search area setting step for setting a partial area in the image as a search area based on the direction information; and a face recognition processing step for executing face recognition processing for detecting, as a face area, an area satisfying a predetermined matching condition in the search area set in the search area setting step. In the search area setting step, the search area is differentiated according to the direction of the image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
