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Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image correction method, and storage medium

US9628768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2015
Grant dateApr 18, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/741
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus useable for correcting an image includes an input unit to receive an input of an image; an area dividing unit to divide the image, input to the input unit, into a plurality of areas having different lighting conditions; a computing unit to compute a correction coefficient for each of the divided areas divided by the area dividing unit; a movement detector to detect a movement between the first image and the second image supplied from the input unit along the time line; a boundary determination unit to determine a boundary between the areas to which correction coefficients of each of the areas are blended based on the movement detected by the movement detector; and a setting unit to set image correction coefficient data for the image input to the input unit based on the boundary between the areas determined by the boundary determination unit.

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