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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Koki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus including a first generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having an M-bit depth per pixel by inputting an input image having a bit depth of N bits, and clipping M-bit segments from mutually different positions within the N bits; a second generation unit including a neural network for an M-bit-depth image and configured to generate, by inputting the plurality of images generated by the first generation unit into the neural network, a plurality of output images corresponding to each of the plurality of images being input; and a third generation unit configured to generate an image having the N-bit depth from the plurality of output images generated by the second generation unit.