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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroaki Nashizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Nashizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/10 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/10 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20048 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which is capable of adding the same soft focus effects to images different in image size irrespective of the types of image scenes. A soft focus processing section acquires an input image. Then, the soft focus processing section acquires a shooting condition for the input image. Further, the soft focus processing section generates a plurality of blurred images different in degree of blur from the input image. The input image and at least one of the blurred images are synthesized. In doing this, a synthesis ratio between the images to be synthesized is set based on the shooting condition for the input image.