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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Takuro Ema, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Takuro Ema, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an amount-of-feature detection section configured to determine an amount of features of a first image and an amount of features of a second image, the first image and the second image containing the same subject; an elimination-area detection section configured to eliminate, from the second image, an area in which the amount of features extracted by the amount-of-feature detection section is larger than a predetermined threshold and to provide the second image in which the eliminated area is transparent; and an image combination section configured to superimpose the second image in which the eliminated area is transparent on the first image.