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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomochika Murakami, Ichikawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); G06T 2200/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30056 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image generating apparatus generates an edge image that is an image for which an edge has been enhanced or extracted from an original image obtained by imaging a subject. The image generating apparatus has a viewpoint image generating unit configured to generate a viewpoint image from the original image; and an edge processing unit configured to generate the edge image by applying edge processing to enhance or extract an edge with respect to the viewpoint image generated by the viewpoint image generating unit.