Image processing apparatus that generates moving image using shooting image, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image pickup apparatus, comprising:

• an image processing apparatus, including
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image generated by shooting,
• a division unit configured to divide the first image into two or more regions according to a distribution of a distance of each subject at the time of shooting, included in the first image,
• a detection unit configured to detect one of the divided regions as a high brightness region where high brightness pixels exist,
• a first generation unit configured to perform correction of the first image with different correction intensities with respect to the high brightness pixels and surrounding pixels thereof in the high brightness region to generate a plurality of second images, and
• a second generation unit configured to generate a moving image using the generated second images;
• and
• an image pickup unit configured to generate the first image.

An image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• an acquisition step of acquiring a first image generated by shooting;
• a division step of dividing the first image into two or more regions according to a distribution of a distance of each subject, at the time of shooting, included in the first image;
• a detection step of detecting one of the divided regions as a high brightness region where high brightness pixels exist;
• a first generation step of performing correction of the first image with different correction intensities with respect to the high brightness pixels and surrounding pixels thereof in the high brightness region to generate a plurality of second images;
• and
• a second generation step of generating a moving image using the generated second images.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform an image processing method,

• the image processing method comprising:
• an acquisition step of acquiring a first image generated by shooting;
• a division step of dividing the first image into two or more regions according to a distribution of a distance of each subject, at the time of shooting, included in the first image;
• a detection step of detecting one of the divided regions as a high brightness region where high brightness pixels exist;
• a first generation step of performing correction of the first image with different correction intensities with respect to the high brightness pixels and surrounding pixels thereof in the high brightness region to generate a plurality of second images;
• and
• a second generation step of generating a moving image using the generated second images.