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An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring section for acquiring a color image including a human object image, a display section for displaying the acquired color image, a recognition color memory preliminarily storing therein a plurality of face recognition color data for recognition

An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring section for acquiring a color image including a human object image, a display section for displaying the acquired color image, a recognition color memory preliminarily storing therein a plurality of face recognition color data for recognition of a face image of the human object image in the color image, a recognition designating section for designating implementation of a face image recognizing operation, a face image recognizing section for comparing color data in the entire color image with the plurality of face recognition color data in response to the designation of the recognition designating section, and recognizing an area having color data conforming to any of the face recognition color data as a face image area, an area designating section for designating the recognized face image area as a face image pickup area, a frame forming section for forming a frame having a size such that the face image pickup area can be embraced in the frame in response to the designation of the area designating section, and a face image cutting section for cutting out an area enclosed in the frame.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An image processing apparatus for recognizing a face image area comprising:a display for displaying a color image which includes a human object image;a recognition color memory changeably storing face recognition color data in advance for recognizing a face image area of

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An image processing apparatus for recognizing a face image area comprising:a display for displaying a color image which includes a human object image;a recognition color memory changeably storing face recognition color data in advance for recognizing a face image area of the human object image;a recognition designating section for designating implementation of a face image area recognizing operation;a face image area recognizing section for comparing color data in the color image with the face recognition color data to automatically recognize a plurality of face image areas based on color data of the color image conforming to any of the face recognition color data;an area designating section for designating one of the plurality of recognized face image areas as a designated face image area;a frame forming section for forming a frame so that the frame proportionally embraces the designated face image area; anda face image area cutting section for cutting out an area enclosed in the frame.