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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Jinno, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of color image data respectively representing a plurality of color images, a determining unit configured to determine a degree of correlation between at least two color values among a plurality of types of color values included in each of a plurality of pixel values corresponding to a pixel position in the plurality of color images, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the determined degree of correlation, whether a feature related to a direction of light reflected from an object appears in the plurality of pixel values corresponding to the pixel position.