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US 12,573,102 · App. 18/347,712 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium that obtain information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure

Inventors: Shu Kato (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoyuki Shigeta (Kanagawa, JP); Keigo Kurihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06T11/001G06T7/70G06T7/90
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Patent No.
US 12,573,102
App. No.
18/347,712
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to act as an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure and a display control unit configured to display a first deformation object indicating the position of the deformation of the structure in a superimposed manner on the image capturing the structure, and to perform control to decide a color of the first deformation object in the superimposed display in accordance with a color of a background of the first deformation object.

Claims (28)

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to act as:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure; and

a display control unit configured to display a first deformation object indicating the position of the deformation of the structure in a superimposed manner on the image capturing the structure, and to perform control to decide a color of the first deformation object in the superimposed display in accordance with a color of a background of the first deformation object.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the background is a second deformation object that is different from the image or the first deformation object.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the color of the background is a color of a part of the image where the first deformation object is superimposed, or a color of the second deformation object overlaid on the first deformation object.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display control unit performs control to change a color of at least a portion of the first deformation object from predetermined color, in a case when the background is the image and a color difference between the color of the first deformation object and the color of the background is less than a threshold value.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display control unit performs control to set the color of the first deformation object to the predetermined color, in a case when the background is the image and the color difference is greater than the threshold value.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further caused to act as a decision unit configured to decide respective colors of the first deformation object and the second deformation object in accordance with respective types of the deformation of the first deformation object and the second deformation object,

wherein the display control unit performs control to change the color decided by the decision unit such that the color of a contour line of the first deformation object and the color of a contour line of the second deformation object are displayed with different colors from each other, in a case when the background is the second deformation object and the color difference between the color of the first deformation object and the color of the second deformation object based on the decision result by the decision unit is less than a threshold value.

7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the display control unit performs control to set the color of the first deformation object and the color of the second deformation object, respectively, to a color based on the decision result by the decision unit, in a case when the background is the second deformation object, and the color difference is greater than the threshold value.

8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit displays the first deformation object in a superimposed manner on the image while not displaying a part of a contour line of the first deformation object.

9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the first deformation object and the second deformation object overlap, based on a distance between a predetermined position of the first deformation object and a predetermined position of the second deformation object.

10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the determination unit determines which of the portion of the first deformation object and the portion of the second deformation object at the overlapping position includes a specific part, in a case when the first deformation object and the second deformation object overlap based on the distance,

the display control unit displays, in a superimposed manner on the foreground of the image, the first deformation object or the second deformation object that includes the specific portion, based on the result of the determination by the determination unit, and

the specific portion is a start point or an end point of the deformation.

11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit displays, in a superimposed manner on the foreground of the image, at least one of the first deformation object and the second deformation object indicating a position of deformation of a specific deformation type of the structure.

12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation is at least one of a crack, water leakage, flaking, efflorescence, rebar exposure, and rust fluid.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the background is a graphic drawn on the structure in the image.

14 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the color of the contour line of the first deformation object and the color of the contour line of the second deformation object are different from each other in at least any one of hue, saturation, and brightness.

15 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the portion of the contour line of the first deformation object is an edge in a longitudinal direction of the first deformation object.

16 . An image processing method comprising:

obtaining information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure; and

displaying a first deformation object indicating the position of the deformation of the structure in a superimposed manner on the image capturing the structure, and performing a control to decide a color of the first deformation object in the superimposed display in accordance with a color of a background of the first deformation object.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform an image processing method comprising:

obtaining information indicating a position of deformation of a structure in an image capturing the structure; and

displaying a first deformation object indicating the position of the deformation of the structure in a superimposed manner on the image capturing the structure, and performing control to decide a color of the first deformation object in the superimposed display in accordance with a color of a background of the first deformation object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: KATO, SHU; SHIGETA, TOMOYUKI; KURIHARA, KEIGO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064476/0908 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-141015 · Sep 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240078720A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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