Patent ID: 9736390
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second image that is different in dynamic range from the first image; a characteristics acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the first image, characteristics information representing at least one of a gradation value representing a bright area that is an area in the first image and is an area formed of a pixel with a gradation value greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and a size of the bright area; a first conversion unit configured to convert the first image to a third image by performing image processing in which a correspondence relationship of a gradation value and display brightness is made closer to a correspondence relationship in the second image, based on the characteristics information acquired by the characteristics acquisition unit; and a combination unit configured to generate a combined image by combining the second image and the third image.