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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Yasuo Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of luminance low frequency components different in frequency band from a luminance component of image data, and a color adjustment unit configured to execute color adjustment of the image data using the image data or the luminance component of the image data and the plurality of luminance low frequency components, wherein, when an effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having a relatively low frequency is larger than an effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having a relatively high frequency among the plurality of luminance low frequency components, the color adjustment unit reduces the effect of color adjustment based on the luminance low frequency component having the relatively low frequency.