| abstract |
Segmentation of the faces and facial parts, such as eyes, mouths, and noses included in an image is avoided as much as possible, when the image is divided to perform divided printing, for example. Whether the size of each of a specified number of smaller regions is greater than the size of a main facial region is judged. In the case that the result of judgment is affirmative, a first division setting section sets a division region and division locations such that the boundaries of the smaller regions are at positions other than that of the main facial region. In the case that the result of judgment is negative, a second division setting section sets a division region and division locations such that the boundaries of the smaller regions are at positions other than those of the facial parts included in the main facial region. |