Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Shota Yamaguchi

Naoto Kimura

Makoto Oota

An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive registration of a new image group for at least one existing image group; and a generation unit configured to specify an image having consistency with representative images, which are set for the existing image groups respectively, out of the images included in the new image group, and generate from the specified image a representative image of the new image group.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform same area dividing on each of a plurality of images, and create a composite image from the plurality of images. A first area of the composite image is composited from corresponding areas in a first number of image among the plurality of images. A second area of the composite image is composited from corresponding areas in a second number of image among the plurality of images.

Apparatus, method, and storage medium each relating to image composition

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of first captured images acquired in a plurality of first image capturing operations based on a first imaging parameter, and motion information for a subject in the plurality of first captured images, a setting unit configured to set a second imaging parameter, an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the motion information and the second imaging parameter, a motion blur of a subject in a second captured image acquired when a second image capturing is performed based on the second imaging parameter and a notification unit configured to notify of the motion blur. The motion blur is a statistic of a motion blur in each of the plurality of first captured images.

Information processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, information processing method, control method for imaging apparatus, and storage medium for notifying of a subject blur occuring in a captured image

An image processing apparatus comprises: first and generation units that generate color signal components for luminance and color signal components for color difference, respectively, in a first color space from an input image signal; an integration unit that integrates the color signal components for luminance and color difference to generate color signal components common for luminance and color difference; a processing unit that performs nonlinear processing on the color signal components common for luminance and color difference; a separation unit that generates luminance and color difference signals in a second color space from the signal that has undergone the nonlinear processing; and a band limiting unit that performs band limitation processing on the color difference signals. A characteristic of the band limitation processing is set on the basis of frequency characteristics of the luminance color difference signals.

Image processing apparatus and method, and image capturing apparatus

An image processing apparatus including a recording unit configured to acquire a plurality of image data and record the plurality of image data in a recording medium includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire depth distribution information of an object corresponding to image data, and a control unit configured to perform a process of recording the plurality of image data by performing switching between a first mode in which the recording unit records the image data and the depth distribution information corresponding to the image data in the recording medium and a second mode in which the recording unit records the image data in the recording medium without recording the depth distribution information.

Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from an input image, a plurality of hierarchical images having different frequency bands; a gain calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of the hierarchical images, a gain based on a luminance value for each image area by using a tone conversion curve that is set according to the corresponding frequency band, wherein the tone conversion curve assigns tone with priority to different luminance ranges according to the frequency bands of the hierarchical images; a determination unit configured to determine a combined gain by combining gains that are set for the plurality of hierarchical images; and a conversion unit configured to perform tone conversion on the input image by using the combined gain determined by the determination unit.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images having different depths of field for an object; a designation unit configured to instruct a user to designate an area of the object; a presentation unit configured to present at least two candidate images from the plurality of images based on the depths of field and an object distance of the area; and a selection unit configured to instruct the user to select an image from the candidate images.

An image processing apparatus includes: a reduced image generation unit configured to obtain a reduced image; a gain data generation unit configured to obtain gain data; and a determination unit configured to determine a control gain required to amplify the input image based on the generated gain data, and letting first gain data be the gain data for an image having a relatively high frequency, and second gain data be the gain data having a relatively low frequency, the determination unit determines the control gain based on a first addition result and a second addition result.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method for tone control by applying different gain

An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit to acquire an image. A detection unit detects each object region from the image acquired by the acquisition unit. A luminance distribution calculation unit calculate a plurality of luminance distribution information for respective object regions detected by the detection unit. A representative luminance value calculation unit calculates a plurality of representative luminance values for respective detected object regions. A determination unit determines tone characteristics for respective object regions based on the plurality of luminance distribution information for respective object regions calculated by the luminance distribution calculation unit and a relationship among the representative luminance values for the respective object regions calculated by the representative luminance value calculation unit.

Information processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium that determine tone characteristics for respective object signals

An image processing apparatus configured to detect a position deviation between a first image and a second image includes a first memory configured to store motion vectors between the first image and the second image as a first motion vector group, a second memory configured to store, as a second motion vector group, motion vectors extracted from the first motion vector group determined to have a higher reliability than a predetermined threshold, an acceptable motion vector selection unit configured to calculate a temporary position deviation parameter from the second motion vector group, and select the motion vectors representing the position deviation as an acceptable motion vector group from the first motion vector group, using the temporary position deviation parameter, and a parameter estimation unit configured to estimate the position deviation parameter representing the position deviation from the acceptable motion vector group.

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Shota Yamaguchi