Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasuhiro Itoh

Hisato Sekine

Yoshiki Ishii

Takahiro Matsuura

Yusuke Yamashita

Masaharu Yamagishi

Keisuke Matsuno

Kento Watanabe

Takehito Fukushima

An information processing apparatus acquires imaging parameters of a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, and based on the imaging parameters, determines a number of first images to be captured by the first imaging apparatus and a number of second images to be captured by the second imaging apparatus. Further, the information processing apparatus acquires first color information included in the first images and second color information included in the second images, and based on the first color information and the second color information, generates color correction information for correcting a difference in color between the first and second images.

Information processing apparatus, method, medium, and system for color correction

An image processing apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as a specification unit configured to, based on a parameter of an image capturing unit, specify a region captured by the image capturing unit in a display screen in which display panels are arrayed, and a correction unit configured to, based on a direction from a pixel in the region to the image capturing unit, obtain a correction amount of a luminance value of the pixel, and based on information for correcting an individual difference regarding a luminance of a display panel, correct the correction amount.

Image processing apparatus that corrects luminance values in pixels in a specified display region using a correction amount based on vectors between a pixel and an image capture apparatus

An image processing apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a range of a transmittance of air that is designated in accordance with a user operation to a captured image, and a generation unit configured to generate a corrected image in which influence of a microparticle component in the air on the captured image is suppressed based on the range.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an image capturing apparatus capable of capturing an image while controlling an image capturing condition on a pixel-by-pixel basis or on a region-by-region basis comprises: an identification unit configured to identify a moving object region in the image on the basis of motion information on an object; and a setting unit configured to set the image capturing condition for each pixel or each region such that an identical shutter speed is applied to pixels corresponding to the moving object region.

Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling image capturing apparatus, and storage medium

An image capture apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit, an acquisition unit, a first amplification unit, a second amplification unit, and an amplification factor control unit. The photoelectric conversion unit is configured to convert an optical image into an image signal. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a value related to a correct exposure on a basis of the image signal converted from the optical image by the photoelectric conversion unit. The first amplification unit is configured to amplify the image signal with a first amplification factor. The second amplification unit is configured to amplify the image signal with a second amplification factor. The amplification factor control unit is configured to change the first amplification factor or the second amplification factor based on the value related to the correct exposure.

Image capture apparatus having first and second amplification units and control method for same

This disclosure provides an image processing apparatus comprising a first setting unit which sets a first parameter for processing for removing an influence of a fine particle component based on image data; a first image processing unit which performs fine particle removal processing based on the first parameter; a second setting unit which sets a second parameter; a second image processing unit which performs fine particle removal processing based on the second parameter; a setting unit which sets a region for which the first image processing unit is to be used and a region tor which the second image processing unit is to be used and a generation unit which generates image data by applying a result from the first image processing unit and a result from the second image processing unit to the respective set regions.

Image processing apparatus for reducing influence of fine particle in an image, control method of same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

In order to improve linearity characteristics in synthesis processing for expanding a dynamic range, an image pickup apparatus comprising an AD conversion unit for performing AD conversion of input signals by comparing a first ramp signal or a second ramp signal; a first synthesis unit for synthesizing a first signal AD converted using the first ramp signal and a second signal AD converted using the second ramp signal; a first correction unit for correcting a level difference between the first signal and the second signal when the first signal and the second signal are synthesized; an amplifier for amplifying pixel signals by different gains; a second synthesis unit for synthesizing the signals amplified by the different gains; and a second correction unit for correcting a level difference between the signals amplified by the different gains when the signals amplified by the different gains are synthesized.

Image pickup device and storage medium

At least one image processing apparatus, and at least one method, of the present invention(s) generate a corrected image obtained by removing, from a color image whose pixel values contain components derived from scattered light, at least part of the components derived from the scattered light. The at least one image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the corrected image by correcting a pixel value of a first color component of each pixel in the color image by using a first reference intensity and a weight value, and by correcting a pixel value of a second color component of each pixel in the color image by using a second reference intensity and a weight value.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes a first composition unit which generates a first HDR image by applying a first gamma to each of a plurality of images different in exposure amount and composing the plurality of images after the application of the first gamma, a determination unit which determines whether one preset image among the plurality of images includes a light region satisfying a preset condition, a generation unit which generates, based on the light region, map data for discriminating the light region, a dark region, and an intermediate region, and a second composition unit which generates a second HDR image by applying a second gamma to one of the plurality of images, and composing, with reference to the map data, an image obtained by applying the second gamma and the first HDR image data.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof for generating high dynamic range image data

An image processing apparatus generates an image from a captured image, in which an influence of fine particles in an atmosphere has been reduced. The image processing apparatus acquires the captured image, performs correction processing (i) to correct the captured image to reduce the influence of fine particles in the atmosphere, based on a pixel value of a pixel in which a scattered light component is enhanced due to the fine particles, and (ii) to generate a corrected captured image, and outputs an image based on the corrected captured image. The pixel value of the pixel, in which the scattered light component is enhanced due to the fine particles, is determined based on a lower pixel value, except for a minimum pixel value, within a predetermined block that includes the pixel in the captured image.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium storing a program that generates an image from a captured image in which an influence of fine particles in an atmosphere has been reduced

An attempt is made to suppress the processing load while securing real-time properties of the image processing to improve visual recognizability of a captured image whose visual recognizability has been reduced by the influence of fine particle components. An image processing apparatus including: an extraction unit configured to extract an atmospheric light component from a captured image including an influence of fine particles in the atmosphere; and a removal processing unit configured to generate an image from the captured image, in which the influence of fine particles has been removed, based on the extracted atmospheric light component, and the extraction unit performs the extraction based on data of the captured image and data of an exposure value at the time of photographing the captured image.

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

Spectral radiance data is calculated by performing ray tracing from a viewpoint for each pixel of an image of a scene, based on light source characteristics and object information in the scene. Either a spatial-based collection of the spectral radiance data or a wavelength-based collection of the spectral radiance data is performed to generate preview data of the image of the scene, during performing of the ray tracing.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yasuhiro Itoh