US Patent 7486808 Image processing device, image processing method and image processing program

The image processing device comprises: a photo image input unit which inputs a photographed image including a character; an extraction unit which extracts a facial image which is an image of a facial portion in the photographed image; a template image input unit which inputs a template image having a synthetic area, the synthetic area being a blank area on which the facial image is disposed; a template information input unit which inputs template information prescribing a position for disposing a prescribed component of the facial image on the synthetic area; a decision unit which decides facial configuration information according to an area including the extracted facial image, the facial configuration information being information related to a prescribed component of the facial image; and a synthesizing unit which synthesizes the facial image with the template image by disposing the facial image onto the synthetic area according to the facial configuration information and the template information.