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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kyouhei Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 1/62 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6005 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/009 (2013.01); H04N 1/6027 (2013.01); H04N 1/628 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H04N 9/0451 (2018.08); H04N 9/04553 (2018.08);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a skin area detection unit configured to detect a skin area of an object person, a difference area detection unit configured to detect a difference area between the visible light image and the infrared light image, a correction target area detection unit configured to detect a correction target area of the object person based on the skin area detected by the skin area detection unit and the difference area detected by the difference area detection unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the correction target area in the visible light image.