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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A focused patch setting unit sets a focused patch in an input image. The focused patch has a first number of pixels. A detecting unit detects a plurality of similar patches that are similar to the focused patch in the input image. A target patch setting unit sets, based on the plurality of similar patches, a plurality of target patches including at least one pixel included in the similar patch and having a second number of pixels that is different from the first number of pixels. A noise reduction processing unit performs, based on the plurality of target patches, a noise reduction process on the target patches. A merging unit merges the target patches whose noise has been reduced by the noise reduction processing unit to generate an output image.