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Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

May. 05, 2020
Applicants:

Morpho, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Sharp Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Hirotaka Kawano, Tokyo, JP;

Shun Hirai, Tokyo, JP;

Masaki Satoh, Tokyo, JP;

Michihiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Taiga Koseki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

MORPHO, INC., Tokyo, JP;

Sharp Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23277 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: an alignment unit configured to perform alignment for a group of images including a plurality of short-time-exposure images that are captured with a first exposure time and a long-time-exposure image that is captured with a second exposure time that is longer than the first exposure time; and an output unit configured to output the long-time-exposure image in a case where the long-time-exposure image satisfies a predetermined condition and configured to output a composite image which is generated by compositing a plurality of images selected from among the plurality of short-time-exposure images, in a case where the long-time-exposure image does not satisfy the predetermined condition.


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