Patent ID: 9210433
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input a plurality of image frames included in moving image data; a determination unit configured to determine a specific area in the input image frame based on a result of an object detection for the input image frame; an estimation unit configured to estimate, by using a specific area in a first input image frame which is determined by the determination unit based on a result of an object detection for the first input image frame and a specific area in a second input image frame succeeding the first input image frame which is determined by the determination unit based on a result of an object detection for the second input image frame, a specific area in a third input image frame succeeding the second input image frame; a specification unit configured to specify a difference between a specific area in the third input image frame which is determined by the determination unit based on a result of an object detection for the third input image frame and the specific area in the third input image frame which is estimated by the estimation unit by using the specific areas in the first and second input image frames; and a control unit configured to control a parameter for encoding a fourth input image frame succeeding the third input image frame based on the difference specified by the specification unit, such that a specific area being based on an estimation result of the estimation unit for the fourth input image frame is encoded with a higher image quality than other area in the fourth input image frame in a case where the difference specified by the specification unit for the third input image frame is smaller than a predetermined threshold.