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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Yuichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 9/67 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3572 (2013.01); H04N 9/67 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flare determination apparatus includes an image input unit inputting an image, an image correction unit correcting the image using a correction coefficient to be set based on a gain value for white balance processing depending on a light source type, a region detection unit detecting a region included in a predetermined color component range from the image being corrected by the image correction unit, and a determination unit determining whether or not a flare is generated in the region being detected by the region detection unit.