IP Library Granted Patent US 8,610,803
Granted Patent B2
US 8,610,803 · App. 12/880,497 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Image processing apparatus for acquiring an image using a specific image capturing method and acquiring an anomalous pixel using a different image capturing method

Inventors: Hiroyuki Omi (Kawasaki, JP); Yohei Minatoya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,610,803
App. No.
12/880,497
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured according to a predetermined image capturing method, an anomalous pixel acquisition unit configured to acquire an anomalous pixel occurring according to an image capturing method different from the predetermined image capturing method, and a display control unit configured to cause the acquired anomalous pixel to be displayed together with the captured image.

Claims (34)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured according to a specific image capturing method;

an anomalous pixel acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of at least one anomalous pixel occurring according to an image capturing method different from said specific image capturing method;

a designation unit configured to designate a region in the captured image;

a presenting unit configured to present an adjustment amount for adjusting a position of an imaging apparatus according to the anomalous pixel included in the designated region; and

a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the position of the acquired anomalous pixel together with the captured image according to the specific image capturing method,

wherein when the imaging apparatus is adjusted according to the adjustment amount, the at least one anomalous pixel is removed from the designated region.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit causes the position of the acquired anomalous pixel to be displayed in superimposition on the captured image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the display control unit changes a display format for the position of the anomalous pixel according to the designated region.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific image capturing method includes an image capturing method for capturing a moving image, and the image capturing method different from the specific image capturing method includes an image capturing method for capturing a still image.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by an imaging apparatus that supports the specific image capturing method and the image capturing method different from the specific image capturing method.

6. An image processing method comprising:

acquiring an image captured according to a specific image capturing method;

acquiring a position of an anomalous pixel occurring on an image captured according to an image capturing method different from the specific image capturing method;

designating a region in the captured image;

presenting an adjustment amount for adjusting a position of an imaging apparatus according to the anomalous pixel included in the designated region; and

causing the acquired position of the anomalous pixel to be displayed together with the captured image according to the specific image capturing method,

wherein when the imaging apparatus is adjusted according to the adjustment amount, the at least one anomalous pixel is removed from the designated region.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:

acquiring an image captured according to a specific image capturing method;

acquiring a position of an anomalous pixel occurring on an image captured according to an image capturing method different from the specific image capturing method;

designating a region in the captured image;

presenting an adjustment amount for adjusting a position of an imaging apparatus according to the anomalous pixel included in the designated region; and

causing the acquired position of the anomalous pixel to be displayed together with the captured image according to the specific image capturing method,

wherein when the imaging apparatus is adjusted according to the adjustment amount, the at least one anomalous pixel is removed from the designated region.

8. An image processing system comprising:

an imaging unit configured to support a plurality of image capturing methods for capturing an image;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured according to one image capturing method of the plurality of image capturing methods;

an extraction unit configured to extract a position of an anomalous pixel occurring on an image captured according to an image capturing method different from the one image capturing method of the plurality of image capturing methods;

a designation unit configured to designate a region in the captured image;

a presenting unit configured to present an adjustment amount for adjusting a position of an imaging apparatus according to the anomalous pixel included in the designated region; and

a display unit configured to display the extracted position of the anomalous pixel together with the captured image according to the specific image capturing method,

wherein when the imaging apparatus is adjusted according to the adjustment amount, the at least one anomalous pixel is removed from the designated region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2010
From: OMI, HIROYUKI; MINATOYA, YOHEI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 025542/0457 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-214696 · Sep 16, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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