Image processing device and image processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYoko Fukata
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Abstract
An image processing device including a subject frame setting section which, by operating a subject detector which detects a subject captured in an image, sets a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image; an acceptance frame setting section which sets an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to the context of the image; a position detecting section which detects a specified position on an image which is specified by a user; and a recognizing section which recognizes a subject which is a tracking target based on the acceptance frame set by the acceptance frame setting section and the specified position detected by the position detecting section.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- detect a subject captured in an image;
- set a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image;
- set, but not display, an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to a context of the image;
- detect a specified position on an image corresponding to a received user input;
- recognize the subject as a tracking target in response to a determination that the detected specified position corresponding to the received user input corresponds to a location within the acceptance frame;
- detect a plurality of types of subjects;
- and
- detect other types of subjects when the circuitry is unable to recognize a subject which is the tracking target.
An electronic device comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- detect a subject captured in an image;
- set a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image;
- set, but not display, an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to a context of the image;
- detect a specified position on an image corresponding to a received user input;
- recognize the subject as a tracking target in response to a determination that the detected specified position corresponding to the received user input corresponds to a location within the acceptance frame;
- and
- adjust a spacing of the acceptance frame with regard to the subject frame according to movement of the subject detected in the image.
An electronic device comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- detect a subject captured in an image;
- set a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image;
- set, but not display, an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to a context of the image;
- detect a specified position on an image corresponding to a received user input;
- recognize the subject as a tracking target in response to a determination that the detected specified position corresponding to the received user input corresponds to a location within the acceptance frame;
- and
- set the acceptance frame of the subject which is appropriate for an imaging mode which is currently set to be larger than the acceptance frame of the subject which is not appropriate for the imaging mode when a plurality of types of the subjects are detected in the image.
A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- detecting, by circuitry of the electronic device, a subject captured in an image;
- setting, by the circuitry, a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image;
- setting, but not displaying, by the circuitry, an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to a context of the image;
- detecting, by the circuitry, a specified position on an image corresponding to a received user input;
- recognizing, by the circuitry, the subject as a tracking target in response to a determination that the detected specified position corresponding to the received user input corresponds to a location within the acceptance frame;
- detecting, by the circuitry, a plurality of types of subjects;
- and
- detecting, by the circuitry, other types of subjects when the circuitry is unable to recognize a subject which is the tracking target.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- detect a subject captured in an image;
- set a subject frame which surrounds a predetermined range of the subject detected from the image;
- set, but not display, an acceptance frame with a range wider than the subject frame according to a context of the image;
- detect a specified position on an image corresponding to a received user input;
- and
- recognize the subject as a tracking target in response to a determination that the detected specified position corresponding to the received user input corresponds to a location within the acceptance frame;
- detect a plurality of types of subjects;
- and
- detect other types of subjects when the circuitry is unable to recognize a subject which is the tracking target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.