IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data;
a detection unit configured to detect objects from the image data;
a selection unit configured to select a main object from the detected objects;
an object distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding distance to the detected objects;
a distance information acquisition unit configured to divide the image data into small areas, and acquire object distance information for each of the small areas;
a distance grouping unit configured to, based on the distance information, group the small areas into distance groups defined by different distance ranges;
a determination unit configured to determine a blurring level for each of the distance groups; and
a blurring processing unit configured to perform blurring processing on the image data based on the blurring level,wherein the determination unit identifies an object located within a predetermined distance from the main object, based on the distance information acquired by the object distance information acquisition unit, and determines a distance group of the identified object as a non-blur area.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an object distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a distance to an object detected from acquired image data, a distance information acquisition unit configured to divide the image data into small areas and acquire object distance information for each of the small areas, a determination unit configured to determine a blurring level for each of the small areas, and a blurring processing unit configured to perform blurring processing on the image data based on the blurring level. The determination unit identifies an object located within a predetermined distance from a main object based on the distance information acquired by the object distance information acquisition unit, and determines a distance group of the identified object as a non-blur area.
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14 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data; a detection unit configured to detect objects from the image data; a selection unit configured to select a main object from the detected objects; an object distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding distance to the detected objects; a distance information acquisition unit configured to divide the image data into small areas, and acquire object distance information for each of the small areas; a distance grouping unit configured to, based on the distance information, group the small areas into distance groups defined by different distance ranges; a determination unit configured to determine a blurring level for each of the distance groups; and a blurring processing unit configured to perform blurring processing on the image data based on the blurring level, wherein the determination unit identifies an object located within a predetermined distance from the main object, based on the distance information acquired by the object distance information acquisition unit, and determines a distance group of the identified object as a non-blur area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for image processing comprising:
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acquiring image data; detecting objects from the image data; selecting a main object from the detected objects; acquiring information regarding distances to the detected objects; dividing the image data into small areas, and acquiring object distance information for each of the small areas; grouping the small areas into distance groups defined by different distance ranges, based on the distance information; determining a blurring level for each of the distance groups; performing blurring processing on the image data based on the blurring level; and identifying an object located within a predetermined distance from the main object based on the acquired object distance information, and determining a distance group of the identified object as a non-blur area. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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