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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryo Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/02 (2013.01); H04N 9/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform operations of the following units: an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information that indicates characteristic value of luminance of inputted image data; and a conversion unit configured to convert colors of the image data into conversion colors which are respectively associated with sub-ranges determined by dividing a luminance range of the image data using thresholds, wherein a first threshold of the thresholds is the characteristic value.