Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroyuki Yaguchi

Hiroyoshi Yoshida

Shinichi Kato

Hideaki Shimizu

Yasuhiro Takiyama

Hiroyuki Tsuji

Yushi Matsukubo

Masakazu Kitora

Eiichi Nishikawa

Kenzou Sekiguchi

Tadashi Takahashi

Ryosuke Miyamoto

Tomotaka Uekusa

Masao Watanabe

Hiroyuki Ichikawa

Takahiro Usami

Yoshinori Abe

Toru Aida

Yasushi Ohwa

Hiroshi Kaburagi

Katsunari Suzuki

Hiroyasu Katagawa

Yukihiro Kogai

Satoshi Kaneko

Masanori Sakai

Toru Maeda

Tsuyoshi Moriyama

Hideto Kohtani

Masatoshi Yaginuma

Takehito Utsunomiya

Kotaro Yamaguchi

Tomohiro Akiba

Kunio Yoshihara

Ken Kuroda

Soichiro Suzuki

Hidenori Ozaki

Ritsushi Tanabe

Kenji Aiyama

Kenzuo Sekiguchi

Masahiro Funada

Atsushi Matsumoto

Kiyoshi Okamoto

Daisuke Ishizuka

Akihito Mori

Shizuo Hasegawa

Hirokazu Kodama

Hiroshi Sumio

Hidehiko Asai

Keishi Inaba

Akihiro Matsuya

Makoto Kikugawa

Hideyuki Makitani

Minoru Sakaida

Hirohiko Itoh

Yuya Ebata

Kenzo Sekiguchi

Michiko Hirayu

An image processing apparatus comprises a first tracking circuit configured to apply machine learning (ML)-based first tracking processing to images and a second tracking circuit configured to apply non-ML-based second tracking processing to the images. The apparatus controls operations of the first and second tracking circuits so that an operation frequency of the first tracking circuit to be lower than an operation frequency of the second tracking circuit.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An apparatus includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of first captured images obtained by performing first shooting with a first parameter and motion information about subjects in the plurality of first captured images; an estimation unit that, when second shooting is performed with a second parameter set independent of the first parameter, estimates motion blur of the subjects in a second captured image obtained in the second shooting, from the motion information and the second parameter; a notification unit that performs a notification process corresponding to information about the motion blur; a specifying unit that specifies a subject for which the notification process is performed; and a determination unit that determines a region for which the notification process is performed, based on the specified subject, in which the notification unit performs the notification process for the determined region.

Apparatus, method for apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and storage medium for providing a notification of blur of a subject in a captured image

An image processing apparatus includes an analysis unit for analyzing an image, an extraction unit for extracting a reference image corresponding to a specific object, and a first correlation calculation unit and a second correlation calculation unit for presuming an area having a high correlation in an input image by using the reference image. The first correlation calculation unit executes presumption based on components including a direct current (DC) component, and the second correlation calculation unit executes presumption based on an alternate current (AC) component, from which the DC component is eliminated. Based on at least any one of a detection result of the specific object, a feature amount of the specific object, and an analysis result of an imaging scene, acquired by the analysis unit, the first correlation calculation unit and the second correlation calculation unit are switched when the area is presumed.

Image processing apparatus that tracks object and image processing method

An image processing device detects a subject inside a captured image, acquires information of a first subject area and a second subject area that is a part thereof, and detects features of the subject areas. The image processing device calculates evaluation values from the detected feature points. If the second subject area is detected, control of displaying a display frame corresponding to the subject area on the display unit is performed. In addition, if the second subject area is not detected, control of displaying ranging position candidate frames as evaluation values to be displayed on the display unit is performed.

Image processing device, control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and program storage medium

An image-capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an image sensor; a gaze detecting sensor configured to detect a gaze of a user; and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an object-detecting unit configured to detect an object from an image captured by the image sensor; and a control unit configured to, if the object-detecting unit detects an object of a specific type in a case where a state of the gaze detecting sensor is a first state for detecting the gaze, change the state of the gaze detecting sensor to a second state in which an electric power consumption of the gaze detecting sensor is less than in the first state.

Image-capturing apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image captured via an optical system, an estimation unit configured to estimate a gazing point position of a user on a display unit, and a control unit configured to change a zoom position of an image displayed on the display unit. When start is instructed of image pickup assist control, the control unit zooms out the image displayed on the display unit from a first zoom position to a second zoom position on more wide-angle side than the first zoom position. When stop is instructed of the image pickup assist control, the control unit zooms in on a zoom-out image from the second zoom position to a third zoom position on more telephoto side than the second zoom position, based on the gazing point position estimated by the estimation unit.

Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and control method of image processing apparatus

A digital camera that corrects an image blur of a captured image by driving a shift lens group is provided. The digital camera determines a specified region of the captured image, and when a panning shot will be performed, the digital camera drives the shift lens group based on a movement of the specified region to execute control to correct an image blur for the specified region, and subsequently executes focus control for focusing on an object.

Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method

An apparatus having a sensor that performs photoelectric conversion on light formed by an optical system and outputs a resultant image, stores in memory a first image output from the sensor in a state that the optical system is controlled to a first focal length, and displays, on a second image output from the sensor in a state that the optical system is controlled to a second focal length which is shorter than the first focal length, a shooting frame indicating an area in which the second image and the first image coincide.

Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof

An image processing apparatus comprises: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, cause the image processing apparatus to function as: an obtaining unit configured to sequentially obtain first images and second images captured using a different optical system for each, the second images having a wider angle of view than the first images; and a detection unit configured to detect motion vectors in an image using the first images or the second images that are sequentially obtained, wherein the detection unit detects the motion vectors by using different images depending on whether or not a condition under which motion vectors can be detected from a predetermined area of the first images is satisfied.

Image processing apparatus that detects motion vectors, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

There is provided an image processing apparatus. A determination unit determines a movement direction of an object. A setting unit sets, within a shooting range, a plurality of processing areas that are arranged in a different direction from the movement direction. A selection unit selects a tracking point in each processing area of a predetermined shot image. A tracking unit tracks, inside each processing area, the tracking point across one or more shot images that are shot after the predetermined shot image.

Image processing apparatus, capable of detecting an amount of motion between images by tracking a point across one or more images, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

There is provided an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets a first processing region in a part of a captured range. A selection unit selects a plurality of tracking target points in a first captured image of a plurality of captured images. A detection unit detects a motion vector of each tracking target point between the first captured image and a second captured image subsequently captured after the first captured image. A determination unit determines whether a moving object has appeared in the first processing region. A control unit performs control to iterate a first process set until it is determined that the moving object has appeared in the first processing region, and to iterate a second process set after it is determined that the moving object has appeared in the first processing region.

Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus comprises: a first processing circuit which carries out image processing on a first image signal obtained from image signals forming a single image; a second processing circuit which carries out the image processing on a second image signal obtained from the image signals forming the image; and a control circuit which controls communication of image signals between the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit, wherein the first image signal and the second image signal do not have overlap region; and wherein the control circuit controls the communication for transferring an image signal of a region of the image additionally required when the first processing circuit carries out the image processing on the first image signal from the second processing circuit to the first processing circuit.

Image processing apparatus that divides and processes an image signal, control method thereof, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire write coordinates corresponding to a position of a pixel up to which writing is completed; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire readout coordinates corresponding to a position of a second block where readout is to be performed of a plurality of second blocks included in the image data written in the memory; and a controller configured to control whether or not to permit a readout request from a reading unit based on a positional relationship between the write coordinates acquired by the first acquisition unit and the readout coordinates acquired by the second acquisition unit, wherein the controller performs control so as not to permit the readout request from the reading unit if the positional relationship between the write coordinates and the readout coordinates does not satisfy a predetermined condition.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method including control whether or not to permit a readout request

An image processing apparatus comprises: a dividing unit that divides two frame images into a plurality of divided areas; a determination unit that determines a representative point for each of the divided areas in one of the two frame images; a setting unit that, for each of the two frame images, sets image portions for detecting movement between the two frame images, based on the representative points; and a detection unit that detects movement between the two frame images based on correlation values of image signals in the set image portions, wherein for each of the divided areas, the determination unit determines a feature point of the divided area or a predetermined fixed point as the representative point of the divided area in accordance with a position of the divided area in the one frame image.

Image processing apparatus and method

An image processing apparatus generates second image data having different numbers of pixels from image data having first resolution for each frame, outputs first and second image data in a first order, subjects the first and second image data to a predetermined process in a second order which is different from the first order, and controls the writing of the output image data in a memory and the readout of the processed image data from the memory by the unit of the frame, according to the first and second order. The read address in the first frame and the write address of the second frame which is subsequent to the first frame are an address of a first storage region of the memory, and the write address in the second frame is determined to be the read address according to which the first frame has been read out.

Image processing apparatus, and control method and program of image processing apparatus

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Hiroyuki Yaguchi