US 12,444,075 B2
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Kyoto (JP); and Satoru Takashimizu, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/621,256.
Application 18/621,256 is a continuation of application No. 17/611,200, granted, now 11,972,591, previously published as PCT/JP2019/019544, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242376 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [G06T 11/60 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a camera;
a storage;
a controller; and
a display;
wherein the camera is configured to capture an image,
wherein the storage is configured to:
store a capturing position information and a capturing direction information in accordance with the image; and
store a capturing propriety information which including an external apparatus position information and a setting information relating to capture propriety,
wherein the controller, in case that the setting information indicates denial for capturing, is configured to: perform a masking process for the image to a region corresponding to an external apparatus position in accordance with the external apparatus position information relating to the capturing position information and the capturing direction information when the external apparatus position is included in a range of angle of view and the camera captured the image; and
generate a masking process information that makes unnecessary the masking process by changing the capturing direction information, when the external apparatus position is included in the range of angle of view and the camera captured the image, and
wherein the display is configured to display the image and the masking process information.