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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Awatani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, including an acquisition unit configured to acquire RAW data of a captured image, which is captured by an image pickup unit; a processing unit configured to perform a plurality of different image processing steps on the acquired RAW data in a step-wise manner; and a control unit configured to control the processing unit, wherein, when the processing unit performs the plurality of different image processing steps on the RAW data in the step-wise manner in real time during the image capturing by the image pickup unit, the control unit controls the processing unit in accordance with operation statuses regarding the captured image to limit a stepwise execution of the plurality of different image processing steps, controls the processing unit to output the RAW data to which processing up to a limited step has been performed, and generates information indicating the limited step.