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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Bin Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06K 9/342 (2013.01); G06K 9/6206 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06K 2209/053 (2013.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30064 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is configured to extract an object region from an image. The image processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a plurality of reference points in the image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a contour of the object region corresponding to each of the plurality of reference points as an initial extraction result based on a characteristic of the object region; and an extraction unit configured to extract the object region from the image based on an integration result obtained by integrating values of pixels in a plurality of initial extraction results.