Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing method, comprising:

• acquiring, by circuitry, state information corresponding to a subject on a visible light image, wherein
• the state information corresponds to temperature information indicating a temperature of the subject, and
• an indication of the temperature of the subject is absent in the visible light image;
• executing, by the circuitry, a recognition process for the subject;
• acquiring, by the circuitry, type information of the subject based on the execution of the recognition process, wherein the type information indicates a type of the subject;
• and
• superimposing, by the circuitry, an effect component image on the subject in the visible light image based on
• the temperature information indicating the temperature of the subject, and
• the type information indicating the type of the subject.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• acquiring state information corresponding to a subject on a visible light image, wherein
• the state information corresponds to temperature information indicating a temperature of the subject, and
• an indication of the temperature of the subject is absent in the visible light image;
• executing a recognition process for the subject;
• acquiring type information of the subject based on the execution of the recognition process, wherein the type information indicates a type of the subject;
• and
• superimposing an effect component image on the subject in the visible light image based on
• the temperature information indicating the temperature of the subject, and
• the type information indicating the type of the subject.

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• acquire state information corresponding to a subject on a visible light image, wherein
• the state information corresponds to temperature information indicating a temperature of the subject, and
• an indication of the temperature of the subject is absent in the visible light image;
• modify a subject image of the subject on the visible light image into a specific image;
• and
• change a physical state of the subject in the specific image based on the temperature of the subject, wherein the change in the physical state corresponds to a change between a solid phase of the subject and a liquid phase of the subject.

An image processing method, comprising:

• acquiring, by circuitry, state information corresponding to a subject on a visible light image, wherein
• the state information corresponds to temperature information indicating a temperature of the subject, and
• an indication of the temperature of the subject is absent in the visible light image;
• modify a subject image of the subject on the visible light image into a specific image;
• and
• change a physical state of the subject in the specific image based on the temperature of the subject, wherein the change in the physical state corresponds to a change between a solid phase of the subject and a liquid phase of the subject.