Image processing apparatus that aligns images, image pickup apparatus including image processing apparatus, and control method for image processing apparatus
US12020410B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20221
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that can obtain a high-definition image by reducing an alignment mistake of a plurality of images. The image processing apparatus includes an alignment unit that performs sequential alignment that aligns adjacent images and reference alignment that aligns images other than a reference image to the reference image, and a control unit that controls the alignment unit to align a plurality of images that include a same object and are continuously picked up by an image pickup unit in time series by combining the sequential alignment and the reference alignment.
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