Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

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

• generating a single composite image by selecting a pixel value for each pixel in any one of a plurality of captured images having been consecutively captured;
• calculating a motion vector between at least two captured images among the plurality of captured images;
• and
• performing correction processing, based on a motion vector corresponding to a pixel of interest in the composite image, on the pixel of interest or a pixel near the pixel of interest, wherein
• the correction processing is performed by updating, using a bright pixel value, a pixel value of at least one pixel in a group of pixels associated with a path from the pixel of interest to a pixel indicated by the motion vector corresponding to the pixel of interest.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to function as:

• a generating unit configured to generate a single composite image by selecting a pixel value for each pixel in any one of a plurality of captured images having been consecutively captured;
• a calculating unit configured to calculate a motion vector between at least two captured images among the plurality of captured images;
• and
• a correcting unit configured to perform correction processing, based on a motion vector corresponding to a pixel of interest in the composite image, on the pixel of interest or a pixel near the pixel of interest, wherein
• the correcting unit performs the correction processing by updating, using a bright pixel value, a pixel value of at least one pixel in a group of pixels associated with a path from the pixel of interest to a pixel indicated by the motion vector corresponding to the pixel of interest.