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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shota Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/36 (2013.01); G02B 27/0075 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.