Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US14612811Application Date: 2015-02-03
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Publication No.: US09779701B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Masaaki Matsuoka
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2014-020480 20140205
- Main IPC: G06K9/40
- IPC: G06K9/40 ; G09G5/377 ; G06T5/00 ; G06T5/20

Abstract:
There is provided at least one image processing apparatus capable of precisely reproducing a large blur similar to a background blur produced by a single-lens reflex camera, while suppressing a circuit scale for filter processing. A two-dimensional filter processing circuit of at least one embodiment of an image processing unit performs the filter processing using first to N-th division filters each having a plurality of filter coefficients (where N is an integer of 2 or more) on an input image to generate first to N-th intermediate images. A combination unit of the at least one embodiment of the image processing unit combines or adds together the first to N-th intermediate images generated by the two-dimensional filter processing circuit to generate an integrated image. Thus, a large blur similar to a background blur produced by the single-lens reflex camera can be precisely reproduced by small-size two-dimensional filter processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150221072A1 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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