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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a calculation unit configured to obtain, for a pixel of interest in a boundary portion of a specific region in a captured image bounding a non-specific region, a direction vector to the non-specific region, a selection unit configured to select one of pixels in the boundary portion that are adjacent to the pixel of interest, as a selected pixel based on the direction vector of the pixel of interest, and a generation unit configured to generate information indicating a direction from the pixel of interest to the selected pixel as information indicating a contour corresponding to the specific region.
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