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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus including a determining unit configured to determine, based on at least one of a first conversion characteristic or a second conversion characteristic, a conversion characteristic of each of a plurality of regions in a first image having a first dynamic range, and a conversion unit configured to convert an image of each of the plurality of regions into a second image having a second dynamic range less than the first dynamic range by using the conversion characteristic determined by the determining unit. In relation to input luminance and output luminance, the first conversion characteristic has a higher characteristic of maintaining tone than the second conversion characteristic, and has a lower characteristic of maintaining contrast than the second conversion characteristic.