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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Inventor:
Kazunari Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 1/62 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); H04N 1/40068 (2013.01); H04N 1/62 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method are provided which quantifies sharpness of one or more areas in an image. The sharpness processing includes acquiring an image from an image capturing apparatus, obtaining an object information characterizing a position of an object within the captured image, and controlling, based on a sharpness of each of a plurality of regions identified within the captured image according to the object information, an unit such that a sharpness information representing a numeric value regarding a sharpness of the captured image is displayed with the captured image.