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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiro Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Kiwamu Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/194 (2017.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.05);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus generates an image indicating a foreground area of a captured image, based on (i) a threshold value corresponding to both luminance difference between the captured image and a background image and luminance of one of the captured image and the background image, (ii) obtained luminance of one of the captured image and the background image, and (iii) obtained luminance difference between the captured image and the background image.