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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a first alignment unit that aligns a plurality of images that have been continuously shot, a second alignment unit that aligns the plurality of images with higher accuracy than the first alignment unit, a processing time taken to perform the alignment being longer than a processing time taken by the first alignment unit, a selection unit that selects an alignment unit from the first alignment unit and the second alignment unit to be used for aligning the plurality of images according to shooting conditions of the plurality of images, and a synthesis unit that synthesizes the plurality of images that have undergone alignment by the alignment unit selected by the selection unit.