Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program

摘要

An image processing apparatus groups distance measurement areas for every group of distances close to each other based on a photographing distance obtained for each distance measurement area and assigns the same distance number to the distance measurement areas belonging to the same group. The image processing apparatus further divides a photographed image into a plurality of blocks to calculate an average value of hue of each block and sets a plurality of blocks having similar average values of hue among the blocks that are adjacent to one another as the same (one) color area. The image processing apparatus then divides the color area based on the distance number overlapping with the color area.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus, including at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or a Micro Processing Unit (MPU), implementing a first classification unit, a second classification unit and a division unit, comprising:
the first classification unit configured to classify image data into a plurality of first areas based on a signal value of each pixel of the image data; the second classification unit configured to classify the image data into a plurality of second areas based on distance information; and the division unit configured to divide at least one of the plurality of first areas into a plurality of areas based on the plurality of second areas, wherein the division unit determines, in a case where two or more second areas overlap with one of the plurality of first areas, whether or not to divide the one of the plurality of first areas into the plurality of areas based on ratio of a planar dimension of at least one of the two or more second areas to a planar dimension of the one of the plurality of first areas.