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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/62 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01); H04N 5/202 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 9/69 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00234 (2013.01); H04N 1/608 (2013.01); H04N 1/62 (2013.01); H04N 1/628 (2013.01); H04N 9/643 (2013.01); H04N 9/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
An amount of color correction of a facial region is modified based on changes caused in face average values by white balance correction. Also, the amount of color correction of the facial region is modified according to luminance of pixels of interest to perform optimum color correction on the facial region and a highlight region.