Abstract: A portable terminal capable of executing a plurality of applications at the same time comprising a system controller configured to determine whether or not a background application can be executed in the background while the foreground application is being executed and executes the background application in the background, wherein the system controller determines whether or not the background application can be executed in the background based on information about the foreground application and environment suitability information from during the execution of the foreground application.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a photographed image; an editing unit configured to edit the photographed image by executing an action including an application and image processing that is a function of the application; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire photographing information on photographing of the photographed image; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first history information indicating a history of actions for the photographed image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second history information based on at least a history of actions for an image different from the photographed image; and a control unit configured to determine a candidate for an action that is to be executed next on a basis of the first history information and the second history information and perform control to notify the determined candidate.

Abstract: With respect to a subject included in an image, the illuminating condition by an ambient light source in an environment where the image was captured is estimated, and based on the estimation result, the effect of a virtual light source that was non-existent at the time of image capture is computed. More specifically, the effect of the virtual light source is computed using an illumination direction of the virtual light source and the reflective characteristics of the subject illuminated by the virtual light source, which have been determined based on the estimation result, and an image derived from addition of the effect of the virtual light source is output.

Abstract: A portable terminal capable of executing a plurality of applications at the same time comprising a system controller configured to determine whether or not a background application can be executed in the background while the foreground application is being executed and executes the background application in the background, wherein the system controller determines whether or not the background application can be executed in the background based on information about the foreground application and environment suitability information from during the execution of the foreground application.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and a method for detecting a facial pose, an image processing system, and a storage medium. The apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit to obtain at least three keypoints of at least one face from an input image based on a pre-generated neural network, wherein coordinates of the keypoints obtained via a layer in the neural network for obtaining coordinates are three-dimensional coordinates; and a determining unit to determine, for the at least one face, a pose of the face based on the obtained keypoints, wherein the determined facial pose includes at least an angle. According to the present disclosure, the accuracy of the three-dimensional coordinates of the facial keypoints can be improved, thus the detection precision of a facial pose can be improved.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a photographed image; an editing unit configured to edit the photographed image by executing an action including an application and image processing that is a function of the application; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire photographing information on photographing of the photographed image; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first history information indicating a history of actions for the photographed image; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second history information based on at least a history of actions for an image different from the photographed image; and a control unit configured to determine a candidate for an action that is to be executed next on a basis of the first history information and the second history information and perform control to notify the determined candidate.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising. An identification unit identifies a target color that a pixel of a shot image corresponding to an object having a specific color is to have as a result of white balance processing performed on the shot image. A determination unit determines a target region of a virtual light source in the shot image. An image processing unit performs image processing for adding an effect of virtual light irradiation by the virtual light source to the target region. A control unit controls a color of the virtual light source such that a color close to the target color approaches the target color in the target region.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus. A compositing unit performs compositing processing for compositing a first reflection characteristic data that shows a reflection characteristic of a first virtual light source on a predetermined object and a second reflection characteristic data that shows a reflection characteristic of a second virtual light source on the predetermined object. A generation unit generates a reflection component relating to an object that is included in an image, based on a reflection characteristic shown by composited reflection characteristic data obtained by the compositing processing. An addition unit adds the reflection component to the image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of acquisition units configured to acquire distance distribution information about a subject included in the image, the plurality of acquisition units including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire the distance distribution information about the subject included in the image, based on parallax information about the image, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the distance distribution information about the subject included in the image, based on a feature quantity of the image different from the parallax information, and a determination unit configured to determine the acquisition unit which has acquired the distance distribution information with which a relighting process is to be performed, among the plurality of acquisition units.

Abstract: With respect to a subject included in an image, the illuminating condition by an ambient light source in an environment where the image was captured is estimated, and based on the estimation result, the effect of a virtual light source that was non-existent at the time of image capture is computed. More specifically, the effect of the virtual light source is computed using an illumination direction of the virtual light source and the reflective characteristics of the subject illuminated by the virtual light source, which have been determined based on the estimation result, and an image derived from addition of the effect of the virtual light source is output.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising. An identification unit identifies a target color that a pixel of a shot image corresponding to an object having a specific color is to have as a result of white balance processing performed on the shot image. A determination unit determines a target region of a virtual light source in the shot image. An image processing unit performs image processing for adding an effect of virtual light irradiation by the virtual light source to the target region. A control unit controls a color of the virtual light source such that a color close to the target color approaches the target color in the target region.

Abstract: With respect to a subject included in an image, the illuminating condition by an ambient light source in an environment where the image was captured is estimated, and based on the estimation result, the effect of a virtual light source that was non-existent at the time of image capture is computed. More specifically, the effect of the virtual light source is computed using an illumination direction of the virtual light source and the reflective characteristics of the subject illuminated by the virtual light source, which have been determined based on the estimation result, and an image derived from addition of the effect of the virtual light source is output.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof that can correct the brightness of a pixel in an image. Reflection characteristics of environment light when the image is captured are estimated by applying smoothing to the image. The brightness of the pixel is corrected by computing a correction value for correcting the brightness of the pixel based on the reflection characteristics of the environment light and adding the correction value to the pixel. The brightness can be corrected while suppressing an amplification of noise and a loss of details of a subject.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets a correction region in an object of an image. An acquisition unit acquires normal information relating to the correction region. A determination unit determines, based on the normal information, a parameter of a virtual light source that performs virtual light irradiation on the object. A correction unit corrects the image such that light irradiation by the virtual light source is applied.

Abstract: A reflection correction processing unit extracts at least color information from a peripheral area of a processing target pixel having a high luminance in an input image, and performs control, to the processing target pixel, to reduce the luminance of the processing target pixel and to bring a chrominance signal of the processing target pixel close to a predetermined chrominance signal ratio. In a case where a chrominance signal ratio based on the color information is close to the predetermined chrominance signal ratio, the reflection correction processing unit increases an intensity of the correction to the processing target pixel.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of acquisition units configured to acquire distance distribution information about a subject included in the image, the plurality of acquisition units including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire the distance distribution information about the subject included in the image, based on parallax information about the image, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the distance distribution information about the subject included in the image, based on a feature quantity of the image different from the parallax information, and a determination unit configured to determine the acquisition unit which has acquired the distance distribution information with which a relighting process is to be performed, among the plurality of acquisition units.

Abstract: The amount of light to be emitted by an auxiliary light source for capturing an image to which correction processing is applied, as well as a parameter used in the correction processing, is determined based on a degree of shadows of an object to be captured using the auxiliary light source. In this way, shadows in an image obtained through image capture using the auxiliary light source can be appropriately corrected with a simple method.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus. A compositing unit performs compositing processing for compositing a first reflection characteristic data that shows a reflection characteristic of a first virtual light source on a predetermined object and a second reflection characteristic data that shows a reflection characteristic of a second virtual light source on the predetermined object. A generation unit generates a reflection component relating to an object that is included in an image, based on a reflection characteristic shown by composited reflection characteristic data obtained by the compositing processing. An addition unit adds the reflection component to the image.

Abstract: With respect to a subject included in an image, the illuminating condition by an ambient light source in an environment where the image was captured is estimated, and based on the estimation result, the effect of a virtual light source that was non-existent at the time of image capture is computed. More specifically, the effect of the virtual light source is computed using an illumination direction of the virtual light source and the reflective characteristics of the subject illuminated by the virtual light source, which have been determined based on the estimation result, and an image derived from addition of the effect of the virtual light source is output.

Abstract: With respect to a subject included in an image, the illuminating condition by an ambient light source in an environment where the image was captured is estimated, and based on the estimation result, the effect of a virtual light source that was non-existent at the time of image capture is computed. More specifically, the effect of the virtual light source is computed using an illumination direction of the virtual light source and the reflective characteristics of the subject illuminated by the virtual light source, which have been determined based on the estimation result, and an image derived from addition of the effect of the virtual light source is output.