IP Library Granted Patent US 12694552
Granted Patent B2
US 12694552 · App. 18/409,988 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

Inventor: Nobuto Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06T7/62G06T3/40G06V40/161G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 12694552
App. No.
18/409,988
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus acquires a size of an object area in first image data, acquires characteristic data on a characteristic of an optical system according to the size of the object area, and generates second image data by applying the characteristic data to the first image data.

Claims (31)

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image sensor that converts an optical image captured by an optical system to a first image data;

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire and calculate a size of an object area of an object in the first image data,

acquire and process characteristic data on a characteristic of an optical system used to capture the first image data, and

generate a second image data for display by applying the acquired characteristic data to the first image data,

wherein the acquired characteristic data on the characteristic of the optical system is selected and processed based on the size of the object area.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to generate the second image data by performing image processing for the first image data using the characteristic data corresponding to the characteristic of the optical system.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image data is raw image data.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image data is video signal data.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the object area is a face area.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to detect the face area from the first image data.

7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the object area from at least one of a focus position, zoom magnification, a focal length of the optical system, a pixel pitch of an image sensor, or the effective number of pixels of the image sensor.

8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the size of the object area based on at least one of the number of output pixels of an image sensor, an enlargement rate and reduction rate of the first image data.

9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the object area is a size of a processing area of the processor.

10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the object area is a ratio of an entire size of the first image data.

11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the characteristic data by interpolating a plurality of characteristic parameters stored in the memory according to the size of the object area.

12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the characteristic data by enlarging or reducing a characteristic parameter stored in the memory according to the size of the object area.

13 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic of the optical system is an aberration characteristic.

14 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein in a case where the size of the object area is a first size, the processor is configured to acquire the characteristic data in which bokeh is smaller than in a case where the size of the object area is a second size that is larger than the first size.

15 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:

the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

an image sensor configured to output first image data.

16 . An image processing method comprising the steps of:

converting an optical image captured by an optical system to a first image data;

acquiring and calculating a size of an object area of an object in the first image data;

acquiring and processing characteristic data on a characteristic of an optical system used to capture the first image data; and

generating a second image data for display by applying the acquired characteristic data to the first image data,

wherein the acquired characteristic data on the characteristic of the optical system is selected and processed based on the size of the object area.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute the image processing method according to claim 16 .