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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Akihiro Kakinuma, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kamijo, Tokyo, JP;
Chiba University, Chiba, JP;
Akihiro Kakinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kamijo, Kanagawa, JP;
Norimichi Tsumura, Chiba, JP;
Satomi Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Chiba University, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a skin information obtaining unit that extracts a skin area from an image and obtains skin information from the skin area; an independent component extracting unit that extracts independent components constituting the skin area from the skin information; and a bias calculation unit that calculates, based on the independent components, a bias representing color information of a light source used to illuminate the skin area when the image is captured.