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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahisa Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kaneda, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuo Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Noro, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit, a determination unit, and a discrimination unit. The imaging unit images a target object using signals in a predetermined wavelength band in which a spectral transmittance of a specific substance of a plurality of substances on a surface of the target object is different from a spectral transmittance of the other substances of the plurality of substances. The determination unit determines a distribution state of the specific substance on the surface of the target object based on an image captured by the imaging unit. The discrimination unit discriminates a class to which the target object belongs based on the distribution state of the specific substance.