Patent ID: 8958637
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a receiving device that receives an image; an estimating device that estimates, for each of pixels within the image received by the receiving device, on the basis of the image received by the receiving device, an amount of fog, which is a difference between a luminance value of the pixel and an original luminance value of the pixel; a measuring device that measures for each of the pixels within the image received by the receiving device, a chroma value of the pixel; a determining device that determines a correction target value for luminance values of pixels of a background portion within the image received by the receiving device; and a correcting device that corrects the chroma value of the pixel measured by the measuring device on the basis of the amount of fog estimated by the estimating device, the correction target value determined by the determining device, and a distance from the chroma value to an achromatic color, wherein the correcting device corrects the chroma value of the pixel on the basis of a difference between the amount of fog estimated by the estimating device and the correction target value determined by the determining device.