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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30228 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to extract a foreground area more appropriately, an image processing apparatus for extracting a foreground area from an inputted image includes an image input unit that sets a first area and a second area different from the first area in the inputted image, a first extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the first area, and a second extraction unit that extracts a foreground area from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method used by the first extraction unit.