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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Shuta Yanagita, Tokyo, JP;
Takeyuki Ajito, Hachioji, JP;
Shuta Yanagita, Tokyo, JP;
Takeyuki Ajito, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device that corrects an obtained image includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains the image; a region setting unit that sets a first region including a main object and a second region not including the main object on the image; an image characteristic amount calculation unit that calculates a first image characteristic amount respectively in the first region and the second region; a comparison unit that compares the first image characteristic amounts of the first region and the second region; an image processing method setting unit that sets an image processing method to be applied to the image, from a plurality of image processing methods, on the basis of a comparison result obtained by the comparison unit; and an image characteristic adjustment unit that adjusts a second image characteristic amount of the obtained image using the method set by the image processing method setting unit.