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Patent No.:

US 10063829 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2015

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

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Chiaki Inoue, Utsunomiya, JP;

Kaoru Eguchi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tracy Y Li

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0007 (2013.01); G02B 27/0018 (2013.01); G06T 5/005 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 13/0018 (2013.01); G06T 2200/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); H04N 5/211 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing method includes the steps of determining a first unnecessary component contained in each of a plurality of parallax images based on a plurality of pieces of relative difference information of the parallax images, generating a first image by reducing the first unnecessary component from the parallax images, generating a blurred image by adding blur to the first image, creating a mask based on the blurred image and the first image, and determining a second unnecessary component based on the first unnecessary component and the mask.

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Inoue, Chiaki. (2018). Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 10063829). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10063829

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