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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Applicant:
Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/68 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a gradation correction unit configured to perform gradation correction upon a subject image to be processed to generate a corrected image, the gradation correction including processing for lowering contrast in the subject image; a gradation information acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation information indicating relative balance of brightness in each portion of the subject image; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust brightness of the corrected image on a pixel basis based on the gradation information.