Image editing apparatus, image editing method, and computer readable medium

1. An image editing apparatus comprising:

a subject frame setting unit configured to set subject frames in an image by correlating the subject frames with each of a plurality of subjects in the image in a case where there are a plurality of subjects in the image;

a subject frame selecting unit configured to select either of the plurality of subject frames set by the subject frame setting unit;

a subject frame changing unit configured to change a size or a position of the subject frame selected by the subject frame selecting unit;

a storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, the subject frames set by the subject frame setting unit and a subject frame of which a size or a position is changed by the subject frame changing unit in correlation with the subject frame which is before changing and selected by the subject frame selecting unit; and

a display control unit configured to display the image, wherein

a first subject frame is superimposed over the image;

a second subject frame is superimposed over the image, wherein a single copy of the image is displayed;

during a first time period the first subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected;

during a second time period which does not overlap with the first time period, the second subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected; and

the subject frame of which a size or a position is changed by the subject frame changing unit in correlation with the subject frame which is before changing and selected by the subject frame selecting unit.

2. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where a determining unit determines that a region instructions frame is not stored in a correlated manner with the subject frame, a display control unit displays the subject frame in a selected state, and then displays a different subject frame in the selected state.

3. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a selection detecting unit configured to detect selection of the subject frame or a region instructions frame;

a display control unit that sequentially displays the subject frame or the region instructions frame in a selected state according to selection detected by the selection detecting unit.

4. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display control unit configured to display the subject frame or a region instructions frame; and

a display instructions detecting unit configured to detect display instructions for displaying the region instructions frame stored in a correlated manner with the subject frame;

wherein, in the case of the display instructions detecting unit detecting the display instructions, the display control unit displays the region instructions frame correlated with the subject frame.

5. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subject information is face information of the subject.

6. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage processing unit newly stores the subject frame of which a size or a position is changed by the subject frame changing unit in the storage unit, in distinction from the subject frame which is before changing.

7. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subject frame selecting unit is capable of switching, among the plurality of subject frames, the subject frames to be selected in a predetermined order, and in a case where the storage processing unit stored the subject frame, in the storage unit, of which a size or a position are changed in correlation with the subject frame before changing, the subject frame selecting unit selects the subject frame of which a size and a position are changed subsequent to the subject frame before changing.

8. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is a human's face.

9. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein additional subject frames are superimposed over the image.

10. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selection of a subject frame is indicated by a heavy frame or by a color which is different from other subject frames.

11. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

during the first time period the subject frame changing unit provides the capability to change the size and the position of the first subject frame; and

during the second time period the subject frame changing unit provides the capability to change the size and the position of the second subject frame.

12. An image editing method comprising:

setting subject frames in an image by correlating the subject frames with each of a plurality of subjects in the image in a case where there are a plurality of subjects in the image;

selecting either of the plurality of subject frames;

changing a size or a position of the subject frame; and

storing the set subject frames and a subject frame of which a size or a position is changed in correlation with the subject frame before it was changed; and

displaying the image, wherein

a first subject frame is superimposed over the image;

a second subject frame is superimposed over the image, wherein a single copy of the image is displayed;

during a first time period the first subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected;

during a second time period which does not overlap with the first time period, the second subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected; and

the subject frame of which a size or a position is changed in correlation with the subject frame which is before changing and selecting.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions to enable an image processing method to be realized by a computer reading and executing the instructions, the computer readable medium comprising:

computer-executable instructions for setting subject frames in an image by correlating the subject frames with each of a plurality of subjects in the image in a case where there are a plurality of subjects in the image;

computer-executable instructions for selecting either of the plurality of subject frames;

computer-executable instructions for changing a size or a position of the subject frame; and

computer-executable instructions for storing the set subject frames and a subject frame of which a size or a position is changed in correlation with the subject frame before it was changed; and

computer-executable instructions for displaying the image, wherein

a first subject frame is superimposed over the image;

a second subject frame is superimposed over the image, wherein a single copy of the image is displayed;

during a first time period the first subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected;

during a second time period which does not overlap with the first time period, the second subject frame is displayed as selected and other subject frames are not displayed as selected; and

the subject frame of which a size or a position is changed in correlation with the subject frame which is before changing and selecting.