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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Onuki, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which is capable of obtaining a moving image having a special effect suitable for a scene while suppressing a load of a user. In the image processing apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires a first image generated by shooting, a division unit divides the first image into two or more regions according to a distribution of a distance of each subject, at the time of shooting, included in the first image, a detection unit detects one of the divided regions as a high brightness region where high brightness pixels exist, a first generation unit performs correction of the first image with different correction intensities with respect to the high brightness pixels and surrounding pixels thereof in the high brightness region to generate a plurality of second images, and a second generation unit generates a moving image using the generated second images.