Apparatus and method for processing image

Abstract

A template representative of an image of a human face is provided. At least one of the template and image data is rotated to adjust a relative angle between an original orientation of the template and an original orientation of the image data, so as to exclude an angle range including 180 degrees. It is examined a matching between a part of the image data and the template to identify a region in the image data containing an image of a human face. The image data is corrected in accordance with a condition of the image of the human face.

1 . An image processing apparatus, comprising:
 a processor configured to detect a human face from an image generated by an image capturing device except for an image captured by the image capturing device which is in a direction opposite to an ordinary direction thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The image processing apparatus as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein a number of human face detected by the processor is less than a number. 
     
     
         3 . A method executed by a computer, comprising:
 detecting a human face from an image generated by an image capturing device except for an image captured by the image capturing device which is in a direction opposite to an ordinary direction thereof.   
     
     
         4 . A recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon, which computer program, when executed by computer, causes the computer to execute the method as set forth in  claim 3 . 
     
     
         5 . An image processing apparatus, comprising:
 a processor configured to detect a human face from an image generated by an image capturing device except for an image captured by the image capturing device which is rotated from a first angle by 180 degrees,   wherein the first angle is an angle of the image capturing device with respect to the horizontal direction.   
     
     
         6 . The image processing apparatus as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein a number of human face detected by the processor is less than a number. 
     
     
         7 . A method executed by a computer, comprising:
 detecting a human face from an image generated by an image capturing device except for an image captured by the image capturing device which is angled 180 degrees from a first angle,   wherein the first angle is an angle of the image capturing device with respect to the horizontal direction.   
     
     
         8 . A program product comprising a program operable to cause a computer to execute the method as set forth in  claim 7 . 
     
     
         9 . An image processing apparatus, comprising:
 a processor configured to detect a human face from an image,   wherein the image includes an image in which the human face is positioned upper than a human torso, and does not include an image in which the human face is positioned lower than the human torso.   
     
     
         10 . The image processing apparatus as set forth in  claim 9 , wherein a number of human face detected by the processor is less than a number. 
     
     
         11 . A method executed by a computer, comprising:
 detecting a human face from an image,   wherein the image includes an image in which the human face is positioned upper than a human torso, and does not include an image in which the human face is positioned lower than the human torso.   
     
     
         12 . A program product comprising a program operable to cause a computer to execute the method as set forth in  claim 11 .