Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program

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PATENT NO 9142027
APP PUB NO 20140169689A1
SERIAL NO

14102031

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An image processing apparatus groups distance measurement areas for every group of distances close to each other based on a photographing distance obtained for each distance measurement area and assigns the same distance number to the distance measurement areas belonging to the same group. The image processing apparatus further divides a photographed image into a plurality of blocks to calculate an average value of hue of each block and sets a plurality of blocks having similar average values of hue among the blocks that are adjacent to one another as the same (one) color area. The image processing apparatus then divides the color area based on the distance number overlapping with the color area.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Ohsawa, Shinnosuke Tokyo, JP 1 2

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