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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program therefor with which slow shutter photographing can be performed with ease. An image gradient extraction unit extracts image gradient components in an object movement direction from a long-exposure image out of input images. An initial label map generation unit generates an initial label map based on a gradient extraction result from the image gradient extraction unit. A foreground extraction unit extracts a foreground from the input images based on the label map from the initial label map generation unit or label map update unit to generate a synthesis mask. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an image pickup apparatus including an image processing function.