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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinari Higaki, Atsugi, JP;
Daiki Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing apparatus that performs noise reduction processing by using a patch obtained by dividing an image into small areas. The image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set, for the image, a patch of interest, a search unit configured to search the image for a similar patch based on the patch of interest, a generation unit configured to generate one or more synthesis patches different from a patch included in the image, based on at least one of the patch of interest and the similar patch, and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce noise in the patch of interest by using a patch group including the patch of interest, the similar patch, and the one or more synthesis patches.