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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Kanzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/73 (2024.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G06T 5/73 (2024.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus determines an area in a visible light image where an invisible light image is to be combined and combines the invisible light image with the visible light image based on a determination to generate a combined image. Before combining, the apparatus adjusts the invisible light image so that, in the combined image, a difference between tone information in an area where the invisible light image has been combined and the tone information in an area where the invisible light image has not been combined is equal to or less than a predetermined first threshold.