摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a subject region correctly. <P>SOLUTION: This image processing device is provided with means 101, 102 for acquiring an image and a subject region in the image and an initial region for indicating a region approximate to a background region, a setting means for setting an object region in the image and a local region for a target pixel in the object region, a means 103 for inferring degree of reliability of a local subject which is degree of reliability at which the target pixel belongs to a subject region using information of brightness or color of a local subject region being a subject region and local region in the initial region and degree of reliability of local background which is degree of reliability at which the target pixel belongs to the background region using information of brightness or color in a local background region being a background region and local region in the initial region, a means 104 for applying decision for determining to which the subject region and the background region the target pixel belongs, to the object region based on degree of reliability of the local subject and degree of reliability of local background, and an output means 104 for outputting region information of at least one of subject region and background region. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |