Image processing apparatus for controlling image quality of a specific region in an image while minimizing delay of the encoding process

An image processing method comprising:

• executing a detection process of detecting an object in an image;
• determining a specific region in a first image targeted for an encoding process by correcting, based on a time difference between a first time associated with the first image, and a second time associated with a second image in which an object has been detected by the detection process before the encoding process is executed on the first image, a region corresponding to the object detected by the detection process in the second image;
• executing, on the first image, the encoding process of varying image quality between the specific region determined and other region;
• and
• determining a correction amount for correcting a size of the region, based on the time difference.

A non-transitory computer readable memory storing a program for executing an image processing method, the image processing method comprising:

• executing a detection process of detecting an object in an image;
• determining a specific region in a first image targeted for an encoding process by correcting, based on a time difference between a first time associated with the first image, and a second time associated with a second image in which an object has been detected by the detection process before the encoding process is executed on the first image, a region corresponding to the object detected by the detection process in the second image;
• and
• executing, on the first image, the encoding process of varying image quality between the specific region determined and other region;
• and
• determining a correction amount for correcting a size of the region, based on the time difference.