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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Ogasawara, Funabashi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image signal, a generating unit configured to perform enhancement processing on the image signal to generate a first image and a second image, a synthesizing unit configured to generate a synthetic image with the first image used in a region having a first brightness and the second image used in a region having a second brightness lower than the first brightness, and a recording unit configured to record the synthetic image on a recording medium, the generating unit being configured to perform the enhancement processing such that the second image is more enhanced than the first image.