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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaaki Kobayashi, Chofu, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image and a reference image, a region enlargement unit configured to perform, on each of the input image and the reference image, a region enlargement process for widening a region including pixels that satisfy a predetermined condition, and a detection unit configured to detect a corresponding point in the reference image subjected to the region enlargement process, the corresponding point corresponding to a pixel of interest in the input image subjected to the region enlargement process.