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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Morpho, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Michihiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Morpho, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 11/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The image generation apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a base image, a reference image, the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image, and a pseudo-exposure value different from the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image; an estimation unit configured to estimate a conversion parameter; and a generation unit configured to generate a pseudo-image regarded as an image photographed with the pseudo-exposure value by converting the luminance value of the base image for each of the pixels based on the respective exposure values associated with the base image and the reference image, the pseudo-exposure value, and the conversion parameter.


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