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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Matsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Nogami, Kawasaki, JP;
Mahoro Anabuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a first detected region and a second detected region from an input image, on the basis of a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion, respectively; image setting means for setting, as a target image subjected to correction, an image including the first detected region, and setting, as a reference image that is referred to in the correction, an image including the second detected region; accepting means for accepting, from a user, designation of a region in the target image and a correction instruction for the designated region; correction region setting means for identifying, in the reference image, a region corresponding to the designated region, and for setting a to-be-corrected region on the basis of the identified region and the second detected region; and correcting means for correcting the first detected region in the target image on the basis of the to-be-corrected region set in the reference image.