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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Tanaka, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatusincludes an image region dividing portionconfigured to divide a shot image into a plurality of image regions so that an amount of change of an image quality is within a predetermined range when the shot image is blurred using a blur kernel depending on an object distance and an angle of view of the shot image, a blur kernel generating portionconfigured to calculate the blur kernel for each image region divided by the image region dividing portion, and an image processing calculating portionconfigured to generate a blur-added image by performing a convolution calculation for the shot image using the blur kernel calculated by the blur kernel generating portion