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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Nobuhiko Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Sakaegi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/40 (2013.01); H04N 1/409 (2013.01); H04N 1/4092 (2013.01); H04N 5/217 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing method includes inputting input image data captured by an imaging unit, generating an input histogram of the input image data based on the input image data, and correcting the input image data based on noise characteristics data and the input histogram, wherein the noise characteristics data includes data indicating probability of a first characteristic value becoming a second characteristic value due to noise.