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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Chigasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus obtains, for each of a plurality of subjects, a data set including first shape data which indicates a shape of a subject measured in association with the subject in a first state, and second shape data which indicates a shape of the subject measured in association with the subject in a second state, obtains basis data required to express a deformation from the first state to the second state, based on the data sets for the plurality of subjects, and estimates, based on the generated basis data and data indicating a shape of a target subject measured in association with the target subject in the first state, a deformation from the first state to the second state in association with the target subject.