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Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takahisa Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshinori Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Kotaro Yano, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06N 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00167 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G06N 3/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/0289 (2013.01);
Abstract

By a first grouping pattern, a plurality of regions for which a filter operation is to be performed in an operation target image are grouped. Then, for each group obtained by the first grouping pattern, a first filter corresponding to the group is used to perform a filter operation on each region belonging to the group. By a second grouping pattern, a plurality of regions for which a filter operation is to be performed in an intermediate image obtained by the filter operation are grouped. Then, for each group obtained by the second grouping pattern, a second filter corresponding to the group is used to perform a filter operation on each region belonging to the group.


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