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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Tokuro Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Akimori Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Koki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Norifumi Kashiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A generation unit generates a background separation image in which regions of a captured image are classified as a foreground region, a background region, and an unknown region, based on distance distribution information obtained from a plurality of parallax images. An output unit outputs the captured image and the background separation image. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is within a first range is classified as the foreground region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside a second range broader than the first range is classified as the background region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside the first range and inside the second range is classified as the unknown region.