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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Tsutsumi, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
By conventional method, it is not possible to check whether or not a target subject is included in a range in which refocus can be performed at the time of image capturing or at the time of editing a captured image. An image processing apparatus includes a subject of interest specification unit configured to specify a subject of interest within a parallax image obtained by performing image capturing from a plurality of different viewpoints, and a notification unit configured to notify a user of a focused state of the specified subject of interest in an image to be generated by performing image combination processing using the parallax image.