Image processing device and image processing method

1. An image processing device comprising:

a deformation processing unit that deforms at least a portion of an area on a target image, which is generated by photographing,

wherein the deformation processing unit deforms the area, based on a distance between a photographic device and a subject of the target image;

a deformation amount adjustment unit that uses a distance parameter that correlates with the distance between photographic device and the subject of the target image when photographing to adjust a degree of deformation to increase as a distance indicated by the distance parameter becomes shorter;

a detection unit that detects a subject of a predetermined type on the target image; and

a size calculation unit that calculates a size of the detected subject on the target image by analyzing the target image,

wherein the deformation amount adjustment unit uses the size as the distance parameter that indicates that a distance is shorter as the size increases;

wherein, when a plurality of subjects are detected by the detection unit, the size calculation unit calculates the size for each of the subjects, and wherein the deformation amount adjustment unit adjusts the degree of deformation on the basis of a maximum size among the sizes of the subjects.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation processing unit executes the deformation so that at least a size in one direction of at least portion of the subject on the target image is reduced.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a deformation area setting unit that sets a portion of an area, which includes a subject detected by the detection unit, on the target image as a deformation area, wherein

the deformation processing unit executes deformation of an image in the deformation area.

4. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the deformation area setting unit, when a plurality of subjects are detected by the detection unit, selects a maximum subject, of which the size is maximum, from among the plurality of subjects, and sets a portion of an area that includes the maximum subject as the deformation area.

5. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the deformation area setting unit, when a plurality of subjects are detected by the detection unit, selects a subject of which the size is larger than a given selection threshold value and sets the deformation area for each of the selected subjects.

6. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein, when a plurality of subjects are detected by the detection unit, (A) the size calculation unit calculates the size for each of the subjects, (B) the deformation area setting unit sets the deformation area for each of the subjects, (C) the deformation amount adjustment unit adjusts the degree of deformation for each of the deformation areas, and (D) the deformation processing unit executes deformation of an image in each of the deformation areas in accordance with the degree of deformation that is adjusted for each of the deformation areas.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is a face of a person.

8. An image processing method performed by a processor comprising:

deforming at least a portion of an area on a target image, which is generated by photographing, wherein

the area is deformed based on a distance between a photographic device and a subject of the target image;

adjusting a degree of deformation using a distance parameter that correlates with the distance between the photographic device and the subject of the target image when photographing, such that the degree of deformation increases as a distance indicated by the distance parameter becomes shorter;

detecting a subject of a predetermined type on the target image; and

calculating a size of the detected subject on the target image by analyzing the target image,

wherein the size is used as the distance parameter that indicates that a distance is shorter as the size increases;

wherein, when a plurality of subjects are detected, calculating the size for each of the subjects, and adjusting the degree of deformation on the basis of a maximum size among the sizes of the subjects,

wherein the above steps are performed using one or more processors.

9. An image processing program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium that causes a computer to execute processing with respect to image data, the processing comprising:

a deformation processing function that deforms at least a portion of an area on a target image, which is generated by photographing, based on a distance between a photographic device and a subject of the target image

a deformation amount adjustment function that uses a distance parameter that correlates with the distance between photographic device and the subject of the target image when photographing to adjust a degree of deformation to increase as a distance indicated by the distance parameter becomes shorter;

a detection function that detects a subject of a predetermined type on the target image; and

a size calculation function that calculates a size of the detected subject on the target image by analyzing the target image,

wherein the deformation amount adjustment function uses the size as the distance parameter that indicates that a distance is shorter as the size increases;

wherein, when a plurality of subjects are detected, the size calculation function calculates the size for each of the subjects, and wherein the deformation amount adjustment function adjusts the degree of deformation on the basis of a maximum size among the sizes of the subjects.