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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kubota, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention enables automatic generation of an image in which only an impressive color is kept, without requiring a complicated operation. A digital cameradivides an image obtained by an imaging unitinto regions based on color information and luminance information, and determines a characteristic object in accordance with a characteristic degree of each region into which the image is divided. Further, a region for keeping a color is set in which the color of the characteristic object is to be kept. A color conversion process is then performed so as to keep the color of the characteristic object in the region for keeping a color, and to change colors of the other regions to an achromatic color.