Image processing device and method with image process effect selection based upon flow vector patterns

An image processing device, comprising:

• a flow vector detection unit configured to detect flow vectors of pixels in an input image;
• and
• an effect selection unit configured to select a process of effect to the input image, on the basis of a pattern of the flow vectors,
• wherein the effect selection unit selects a type of the effect to the input image, on the basis of coherency of the flow vectors, as the process of the effect, and
• the effect selection unit selects a type of art effect as the effect, on the basis of an intensity of the coherency, as the process of the effect.

An image processing method comprising:

• detecting, by a processing circuit of an image processing device, flow vectors of pixels in an input image;
• and
• selecting, by the processing circuit of the image processing device, a process of effect to the input image, on the basis of a pattern of the flow vectors,
• wherein the pattern of the flow vectors indicates a presence or absence of a vanishing point.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program, the program being executable by a processing circuit to perform operations comprising:

• detecting flow vectors of pixels in an input image;
• and
• selecting a process of effect to the input image, on the basis of a pattern of the flow vectors,
• wherein the pattern of the flow vectors indicates a presence or absence of a vanishing point.