Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and recording medium
An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image pickup unit configured to take an image including an object, a shooting condition control unit configured to control a shooting condition for the image pickup unit so that no blown out highlight occurs in a taken image taken by the image pickup unit, an object extraction unit configured to extract the object included in the taken image, a block-division unit configured to divide the taken image into a plurality of blocks according to the object extracted by the object extraction unit, a gamma correction unit configured to gamma-correct a gradation value of the taken image for each block by using a gamma value set for each block based on the object, and a boundary correction unit configured to correct the gradation value in a boundary area between adjoining blocks.
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup unit configured to take an image including an object;
a shooting condition control unit configured to control a shooting condition for the image pickup unit so that no blown out highlight occurs in a taken image taken by the image pickup unit;
an object extraction unit configured to extract the object included in the taken image;
an image search unit configured to search a network for a similar image similar to an object image of the object by using AI (Artificial Intelligence); and
a gamma correction unit configured to gamma-correct the taken image with a gamma value corresponding to the similar image.
2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an input unit configured to receive an input of a search condition, wherein
the image search unit performs a search based on the search condition.
3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the object extraction unit estimates a gamma value of the similar image by analyzing a histogram of the similar image.
4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the taken image is divided into a plurality of blocks according to objects included in the taken image,
the similar image similar to the object image is retrieved for each block, and
a gradation value is gamma-corrected for each block with a gamma value set for each block.
5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a gradation value of a boundary area between blocks is corrected.
6. An image pickup method comprising:
taking an image including an object;
controlling a shooting condition so that no blown out highlight occurs in the taken image;
extracting the object included in the taken image;
searching a network for a similar image similar to an object image of the object by using AI; and
gamma-correcting the taken image with a gamma value corresponding to the similar image.
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing an image pickup apparatus to execute:
controlling a shooting condition for a taken image including an object so that no blown out highlight occurs in the taken image;
extracting the object included in the taken image;
searching a network for a similar image similar to an object image of the object by using AI; and
gamma-correcting the taken image with a gamma value corresponding to the similar image.