METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE

Provided are an image processing method and apparatus capable of improving the result of segmenting an image and discriminatively determining the extent of processing the image. In the method, the extent of segmentation of the image is calculated; the result of segmentation is compensated for and the extent of processing the image is determined, based on the calculated extent of segmentation; and each region of the image is discriminatively processed according to the determined extent of processing. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the precision of the result of segmentation and continuously control the extent of discriminative processing around a complex image object.