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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Okubo, Machida, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires images of a plurality of consecutive frames; a first composite unit that performs lighten composite on the images; a second composite unit that performs darken composite on the images by two consecutive frames, and subtracts an image of a frame before or after the images of the two frames subjected to the darken composite from a result of the darken composite to generate a subtraction image; a third composite unit that performs lighten composite on subtraction images obtained by the second composite unit; and an addition unit that adds a first image obtained by performing the lighten composite on the images by the first composite unit and a second image obtained by performing lighten composite on the subtraction images.