Patent ID: 8564592
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a unit which extracts an area of an object, as an object area, from an image; a division unit which divides the object area into a plurality of meshes and calculates, for each of the respective meshes, position information, gradient information, and color information for each vertex of the mesh; a decision unit which decides unnecessary vertices based on a difference between color information of the respective meshes and color information in areas, in the object area, corresponding to the respective meshes; and a calculation unit which sets, as necessary vertices, vertices other than the unnecessary vertices, and decides position information, gradient information, and color information of the necessary vertices by performing iterative calculations to change the position information, gradient information, and color information of the necessary vertices so as to minimize a difference between color information of meshes defined by the unnecessary vertices and color information of areas, in the object area, corresponding to the meshes defined by the unnecessary vertices, wherein said division unit includes: