SUBJECT REGION SPECIFICATION METHOD, SUBJECT REGION SPECIFICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and properly specify a subject region.;SOLUTION: A server 3 for specifying and extracting a subject region including a subject from a subject existing image with a background and the subject existing therein, comprises: a borderline designation unit 305 for optionally designating a borderline in the subject existing image displayed in a predetermined display region; a region specification unit 308 for specifying, from plural divided regions divided by the borderline, a region where the ratio of the number of pixels of an image boundary of the subject existing image constituting an edge part of each divided region to the number of all pixels in the edge part is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio; and a subject extraction unit 309 for specifying the subject region from among the plural divided regions in the subject existing image with reference to the specified region.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT