Patent Document ID: 9911060
Application ID: 15055891
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: at least one of: one or more circuits; or one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein at least one of the one or more circuits or the execution of the instructions cause the image processing apparatus to function as: a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a first area consisting of a plurality of pixels including a pixel of interest is an area in a uniform color for the pixel of interest in input image data; a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not a second area, different from the first area, consisting of a plurality of pixels including the pixel of interest is an area in a uniform color; a setting unit configured to set a reference area consisting of the pixel of interest and adjacent pixels of the pixel of interest for the pixel of interest; and a first correction unit configured to correct the pixel value of the pixel of interest to a value for which noise has been reduced based on the pixel values of the pixels included in the reference area, wherein the setting unit sets: a predetermined area prepared in advance and consisting of a plurality of pixels as the reference area in a case where the first determination unit determines that the first area is an area in a uniform color; and an area consisting of a plurality of pixels in accordance with determination results by the second determination unit as the reference area in a case where the first determination unit determines that the first area is not an area in a uniform color.