Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image capture apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRYO SHIOTA
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of frames of first images, wherein the first images differ from each other in viewpoint. The apparatus generates one frame of second image having a higher resolution than the first images by combining the plurality of frames of first images, and generates a third image having a same resolution as the second image from one of the plurality of frames of first images. The apparatus detects a changed area that has changed among the plurality of frames of first images and further generates a fourth image, as a high-resolution image based on the plurality of frames of first images, from the second image and an area of the third image corresponding to an area of the second image corresponding to the changed area.
Claims13
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors that execute a program stored in a memory and thereby function as:
- an obtainment unit that obtains a plurality of frames of first images, wherein the first images differ from each other in viewpoint;
- a generation unit that generates one frame of second image having a higher resolution than the first images by combining the plurality of frames of first images, and generates a third image having a same resolution as the second image from one of the plurality of frames of first images;
- and
- a detection unit that detects a changed area that has changed among the plurality of frames of first images,
- wherein the generation unit further generates a fourth image, as a high-resolution image based on the plurality of frames of first images, from the second image and an area of the third image corresponding to an area of the second image corresponding to the changed area.
An image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus, the image processing method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of frames of first images, wherein the first images differ from each other in viewpoint;
- generating one frame of second image having a higher resolution than the first images by combining the plurality of frames of first images;
- generating a third image having a same resolution as the second image from one of the plurality of frames of first images;
- detecting a changed area that has changed among the plurality of frames of first images;
- and
- generating a fourth image, as a high-resolution image based on the plurality of frames of first images, from the second image and an area of the third image corresponding to an area of the second image corresponding to the changed area.
An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- an image sensor;
- and
- an image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors that execute a program stored in a memory and thereby function as:
- an obtainment unit that obtains a plurality of frames of first images, wherein the first images have been shot at different viewpoints with use of the image sensor;
- a generation unit that generates one frame of second image having a higher resolution than the first images by combining the plurality of frames of first images, and generates a third image having a same resolution as the second image from one of the plurality of frames of first images;
- and
- a detection unit that detects a changed area that has changed among the plurality of frames of first images,
- wherein the generation unit further generates a fourth image, as a high-resolution image based on the plurality of frames of first images, from the second image and an area of the third image corresponding to an area of the second image corresponding to the changed area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.