Patent ID: 11869196
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory, including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor cause the image processing apparatus to:
set, based on area information, a partial area in an input image as either a first area or a second area different from the first area;
extract a first foreground area from the first area; and
extract a second foreground area, different from the first foreground area, from the second area by using an extraction method different from an extraction method,
wherein the area information is information that specifies the location of the first area to which extraction processing is applied and the location of the second area to which extraction processing is applied, with respect to the input image.