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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Hideto Shiozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsukasa Sako, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Nishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hideto Shiozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsukasa Sako, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Nishii, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a combining unit configured to combine a visible light image obtained by capturing visible light from an object and a radiation image obtained by capturing a radiation ray that has passed through the object, and an image processing unit configured to change a proportion between the visible light image and the radiation image to be combined by the combining unit such that the proportion differs between combinations in a peripheral region and a central region.