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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Jvc Kenwood Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Hirata, Yokohama, JP;
JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image pickup unit configured to take an image including an object, a shooting condition control unit configured to control a shooting condition for the image pickup unit so that no blown out highlight occurs in a taken image taken by the image pickup unit, an object extraction unit configured to extract the object included in the taken image, a block-division unit configured to divide the taken image into a plurality of blocks according to the object extracted by the object extraction unit, a gamma correction unit configured to gamma-correct a gradation value of the taken image for each block by using a gamma value set for each block based on the object, and a boundary correction unit configured to correct the gradation value in a boundary area between adjoining blocks.
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