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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

a technology of image processing and computer readable medium, which is applied in the direction of selective content distribution, television systems, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of not always in the optimum position, and affecting so as to reduce the viewing of target images

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-03-12
CANON KK
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The present invention provides a technique that allows a graphic image to be displayed more suitably when a wider-area image is displayed as a display area. This technique helps to avoid hindering the viewing of the target image or reducing its visibility.

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However, in the first method, the graphic image is superimposed on the target image, and hence there are cases where viewing of the target image is hindered by the graphic image.
However, even when the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2009-21733 is used, the position corresponding to the selected template is not always an optimum position, and there are cases where the viewing of the target image is hindered by the graphic image.

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[0025]Hereinbelow, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a front perspective view (external view) of a digital camera 100 that is an example of an imaging apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1B is a rear perspective view (external view) of the digital camera 100. The digital camera 100 is a camera (omnidirectional camera; spherical camera) for capturing an omnidirectional image (spherical image).

[0026]A barrier 102a is a protective window for a front camera unit that has a range ahead of the digital camera 100 as a shooting range. The front camera unit is, e.g., a wide-angle camera unit that has, as the shooting range, a wide range of not less than 180 degrees in each of an up-and-down direction and a left-and-right direction ahead of the digital camera 100. A barrier 102b is a protective window for a rear camera unit that has a range behind the digital camera 100 as a shooting range. The rear came...

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An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an image capturing apparatus, wherein a part of the image corresponding to a viewing direction is to be displayed on a screen; and a generation unit configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a graphic image on a specific part of the image corresponding to a specific viewing direction.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium.Description of the Related Art[0002]There is known an imaging apparatus capable of easily capturing a fully spherical image in a 360-degree direction (omnidirectional image; all-around image; 360-degree image) by one shooting (capturing) operation. There is also known an imaging apparatus having, as a shooting range, a wide range of not less than 180 degrees, though not reaching 360 degrees. In addition, there is known a method in which part of an image captured by the above imaging apparatus (image of a wide area; wide-area image) is displayed as a display area in a display unit (display apparatus), and the display area is changed based on a user operation (including an orientation change of the display unit).[0003]A photographer holding the imaging apparatus or a fixing device for fixing the...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/232H04N5/272
CPCH04N5/23238H04N5/272H04N5/232939H04N5/265H04N13/156H04N13/261H04N13/344H04N23/62H04N23/698H04N23/633H04N23/667H04N21/816H04N21/4312H04N21/85406H04N21/4223H04N21/21805G06T3/4038
Inventor OYAMA, YASUFUMI
Owner CANON KK
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