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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kotaro Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Naotsugu Sagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 7/0093 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect a position of an object based on an input image, and a segmentation unit configured to segment, according to a result of detection by the object detection unit, the image into a plurality of regions, each of which includes adjacent similar pixels and has a size determined for each position in the image.