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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Omagari, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data generated by reading an original; a specifying unit configured to specify an object region including a predetermined object in the image data; a removing unit configured to remove, from the object region, noise with a size smaller than a size specified by a first threshold; and a setting unit configured to set the first threshold, for each object region specified by the specifying unit, in accordance with the size of the object region.