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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus () includes a first obtainer () that obtains a plurality of input images () obtained by photographing an object a plurality of times while at least one of a light source position and a viewpoint is changed, and a second obtainer () that obtains a plurality of diffuse images () based on the same pixel areas of object images in the plurality of input images ().