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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoko Watazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect region information of an object in an image, an acquisition unit configured to detect a predetermined object region that is a part of the object from the region information of the object, and to acquire luminance information of a periphery of the predetermined object region, and a relighting unit configured to perform processing for correcting brightness of the object in the image by adding an effect of virtual light. The relighting unit corrects the brightness of the object including the predetermined object region in accordance with luminance of the periphery of the predetermined object region.