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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Wakako Tanaka, Inagi, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Shinjiro Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus a processor that acquires reading image data, composed of a plurality of pixel signals, and executes stochastic resonance processing, in which each of the plurality of pixel signals is added to noise and is subjected to a binary processing, and a plurality of results, obtained by performing the noise addition and the binary processing on the plurality of pixel signals in parallel, are synthesized. With regard to a pixel signal as a processing target among the plurality of pixel signals, at least one of a strength of the noise and a threshold value used for the binary processing is set based on a pixel signal of the input image data corresponding to the pixel signal. In addition, the processor outputs the result of the stochastic resonance processing.