Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product for image processing

An image processing method comprising:

• (a) analyzing a target image and establishing a plurality of modification areas on the target image;
• and
• (b) modifying an image within at least one of the plurality of modification areas, wherein
• each of the plurality of modification areas is established based on a human face in the target image, and
• a modification level is reduced for the at least one of the plurality of modification area areas in a case that a human face in one of the modification areas corresponding to one human face overlaps a human face in another one of the modification areas corresponding to another human face.

A computer program product for image processing comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• a computer program stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes:
• a first computer program for causing a computer to analyze a target image and to establish a plurality of modification areas on the target image;
• and
• a second computer program for causing the computer to modify an image within at least one of the plurality of modification areas, wherein
• each of the plurality of modification areas is established based on a human face in the target image, and
• a modification level is reduced for the at least one of the plurality of modification area areas in a case that a human face in one of the modification areas corresponding to one human face overlaps a human face in another one of the modification areas corresponding to another human face.