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Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and control method thereof

US9516213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 6, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus comprises an acquiring unit configured to acquire pixel signals in which light fluxes from a subject are stored, each pixel signal being such that a pixel has stored a pupil-divided light flux obtained by performing pupil division on the light flux; a determination unit configured to determine, with respect to pixels of the pixel signals that are associated with a predetermined region, whether or not a pixel value of each pixel satisfies a predetermined relationship to a pixel value of a pixel having stored another light flux from the same subject; and a detection unit configured to detect that there is an external factor that varies the pixel value in the predetermined region if the pixels of the pixel signals include a predetermined number or more of pixels that are determined to satisfy the predetermined relationship.

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