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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3185 (2013.01); G03B 21/142 (2013.01); H04N 9/3188 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a characteristic value of each of partial regions of an input image; a determination unit configured to determine target regions for which a graphic is displayed, out of the partial regions, based on the acquired characteristic values and a predetermined condition; and a control unit configured to control so that the graphic is displayed in the target regions of the input image.