Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAtsushi Kawano
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Abstract
In order to select a suitable background image for an image subjected to privacy protection, an image processing apparatus acquires a captured image, and extracts a subject region corresponding to a predetermined subject from the captured image. The image processing apparatus selects a background image to be used for processing from a plurality of background images, based on the captured image, and performing processing for abstracting the extracted subject region for the selected background image.
Claims13
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image;
- an extraction unit configured to extract a subject region corresponding to a predetermined subject from the captured image;
- a selection unit configured to select a background image to be used for processing from a plurality of background images, based on the captured image;
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- a processing unit configured to obscure, for the background image selected by the selection unit, the subject region extracted by the extraction unit.
An image processing method comprising:
- acquiring a captured image;
- extracting a subject region corresponding to a predetermined subject from the captured image;
- selecting a background image to be used for processing from a plurality of background images, based on the captured image;
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- performing processing for obscuring the extracted subject region for the selected background image.
A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image;
- an extraction unit configured to extract a subject region corresponding to a predetermined subject from the captured image;
- a selection unit configured to select a background image to be used for processing from a plurality of background images, based on the captured image;
- and
- a processing unit configured to perform processing for obscuring the subject region extracted by the extraction unit for the background image selected by the selection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.