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US 10,455,163 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus that generates a combined image, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomotoshi Kanatsu
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomotoshi Kanatsu
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An image processing apparatus includes a camera for image capture; a first extracting unit for extracting one or more specified areas from an image obtained by preliminary image capture of the document; an estimating unit for estimating relative focal length in each of the specified areas based on blur amount of each of them; a classifying unit for classifying each of the specified areas by level based on relative focal length; a determining unit for determining focus position in each level based on position of the specified area belonging to each level; and an obtaining unit for obtaining the plurality of images by performing primary image capture of the document at the determined focus position in each level, wherein relative focal length represents a change amount of focal length required to change from in-focus state in one specified area to in-focus state in another specified area.
An image processing apparatus comprising,
A control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.