Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218624 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an optical system which forms an image based on light from object, an image pickup device which acquires the image of the object, a display section which displays the object, and a focusing detection inoperative condition and a focusing detection operative condition. The image pickup apparatus further includes an image pickup instructing section (release button) which instructs an image of the object to be picked up, and a control section which performs control such that when the image pickup instructing section (release button) is in the focusing detection operative condition, an image in the focusing detection inoperative condition is displayed on the display section. | 09-11-2008 |
20080297648 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS - A blurring parameter operating section calculates a blurring parameter corresponding to a distance from an optical system to a subject, based on two luminance information items which have different blurring degrees and are acquired by changing an arrangement setting of the optical system. A distance estimating section estimates distance information corresponding to the distance from the optical system to the subject, based on the blurring parameter. A focus detection section acquires luminance information after changing arrangement setting of the optical system based on the distance information, acquires luminance information items having different blurring degrees by further changing arrangement setting of the optical system, calculates an evaluation value indicating a degree of focus from each of the luminance information items having the different blurring degrees, and determines the focal position based on the evaluation value. | 12-04-2008 |
20090002504 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, RESOLUTION ENHANCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image sensor acquires images with resolutions being switched. A resolution switching unit switches the resolutions of the images to be output from the image sensor. An image selecting unit selects a basic image from a plurality of output images which are output from the image sensor, having different resolutions of two or more types switched by the resolution switching unit, at least including an image having a first resolution and an image having a second resolution higher than the first resolution. An image displacement estimating unit estimates a displacement between the basic image and another image. A resolution converting unit converts the resolution of any image in the plurality of output images output from the image sensor using the image having the first resolution and the image having the second resolution acquired by the image sensor and the displacement between images obtained by the image displacement estimating unit. | 01-01-2009 |
20090208102 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a motion vector measurement region setting unit for setting a plurality of motion vector measurement regions; a motion vector calculation unit for calculating motion vectors; a motion vector reliability calculation unit for calculating a reliability of the respective motion vectors; a main region setting unit for setting a main region; and a motion vector integration processing unit for calculating an inter-image correction vector by integrating the motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions, taking into account the reliability. The motion vector integration processing unit includes a contribution calculation unit for calculating a contribution of the respective motion vectors from a positional relationship between the respective motion vector measurement regions and the main region, and integrates the motion vectors in accordance with the reliability and the contribution. | 08-20-2009 |
20090213235 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus according to the present invention comprises an image pickup unit for obtaining an image, the image pickup unit including an image pickup element and an image pickup optical system which includes an aperture stop and forms the image on the image pickup element, a synthesis instruction unit for providing an instruction to form a multiple exposure image by making registration of a plurality of images and synthesizing the plurality of images into one image, an aperture value control unit for controlling setting of an aperture value of an aperture stop when the synthesis instruction unit provides the instruction to form the multiple exposure image, and an image processing unit for forming the multiple exposure image by synthesizing, into one image, a plurality of images obtained by the image pickup unit with the aperture value set by the aperture value control unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20090251577 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing device. The image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion element that photoelectrically converts an optical image to acquire image data, and a readout control unit that reads out, in accordance with a supplied readout rule, the image data acquired by the photoelectric conversion element. The image sensing device also includes an image scaling ratio selection unit that selects the scaling ratio of the image to be output, a readout scheme selection unit that selects, in accordance with the selected image scaling ratio, the readout scheme of the image data to be read out from the photoelectric conversion element by the readout control unit, and a readout rule supply unit that supplies, to the readout control unit, a readout rule corresponding to the readout scheme selected by the readout scheme selection unit. | 10-08-2009 |
20090324066 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a parameter setting unit which sets a noise reduction processing parameter for use in noise reduction processing for applying onto an original image signal including a plurality of color components; a correlation arithmetic processing unit which calculates coefficients of correlation between each of the color components in the original image signal; a parameter correcting unit which corrects the noise reduction processing parameter based on the coefficient of correlation; and a noise reducing unit which reduces noise in the original image signal using the corrected noise reduction processing parameter. | 12-31-2009 |
20100033584 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing device that performs registration processing between a plurality of images using an image transformation defined by at least one inter-frame motion vector, is provided with a lens characteristic acquisition unit for obtaining a lens characteristic of an imaging lens that photographs the plurality of images; a motion vector measurement region setting unit for setting, on the basis of the lens characteristic, a plurality of motion vector measurement regions in each of which a motion vector is to be measured; a motion vector reliability calculation unit for calculating a reliability of each of calculated motion vectors; and a motion vector integration processing unit for calculating the at least one inter-frame motion vector by integrating the motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions in accordance with the reliability of the motion vectors. | 02-11-2010 |
20100091105 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM - An electronic camera detects a person's face image from an object image obtained by photographing an object, executes an enlarging process on the detected face image so as to obtain a face image whose face size is suitable, and displays the face image which is enlarged into the suitable size on a display device. When a plurality of people are present on the object image, the enlarged face images are switched by an image operating switch. As a result, the switched face image is displayed on the display device. | 04-15-2010 |
20110069762 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that performs image registration processing between a plurality of images through a motion vector calculation sets a plurality of motion vector measurement regions on an image, calculates a motion vector in each of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions, specifies a region of interest on the image, determines whether or not each of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions is included in the region of interest, calculates a contribution of each motion vector such that the contribution of the motion vector of a motion vector measurement region included in the region of interest is larger than the contribution of the motion vector of a motion vector measurement region not included in the region of interest, and determines an inter-image motion vector by integrating the motion vectors calculated respectively in the plurality of motion vector measurement regions in accordance with the calculated contribution. | 03-24-2011 |
20120044394 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A multi-spectral imaging device includes pixels R, G, B, λ1, λ2, . . . , λ12 composing color sensors for four or more colors having mutually differing spectral sensitivity characteristics. In a first signal readout mode, an image signal including all of four or more types of signals read from the pixels composing the color sensors for the four or more colors is read from the multi-spectral imaging device. In a second signal readout mode, an image signal having a smaller number of colors than that of the first signal readout mode is read such that a narrower gamut than a gamut that can be reproduced by the image signal read in the first signal readout mode is formed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120113307 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus receives an image signal and generates a display image having an image range associated with a display area of a display unit from an image based on the image signal. The image processing apparatus includes a position-of-interest-calculating-unit, a frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit, an alteration-variable-decision-unit and an image-alteration-unit. The position-of-interest-calculating-unit calculates a position of interest as a position of an object of interest in the image. The frame-out-accuracy-calculation-unit calculates a frame-out accuracy representing an accuracy that the position of interest deviates from the image range based on the position of interest and the image range. The alteration-variable-decision-unit decides a processing variable of alteration processing performed with respect to the image in conformity with the frame-out accuracy. The image-alteration-unit performs the alteration processing with respect to the image in conformity with the decided processing variable to generate a signal of the display image. | 05-10-2012 |
20120293714 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a parameter setting unit which sets a noise reduction processing parameter for use in noise reduction processing for applying onto an original image signal including a plurality of color components; a correlation arithmetic processing unit which calculates coefficients of correlation between each of the color components in the original image signal; a parameter correcting unit which corrects the noise reduction processing parameter based on the coefficient of correlation; and a noise reducing unit which reduces noise in the original image signal using the corrected noise reduction processing parameter. | 11-22-2012 |
20130155203 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image processing system includes an acquisition unit, a candidate value estimation unit, a cutoff frequency acquisition unit and a candidate value modification unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire an image of a sample taken via an optical system. The candidate value estimation unit is configured to estimate a candidate value of a 3D shape of the sample based on the image. The cutoff frequency acquisition unit is configured to acquire a cutoff frequency of the optical system based on information of the optical system. The candidate value modification unit is configured to perform at least one of data correction and data interpolation for the candidate value based on the cutoff frequency and calculate a modified candidate value. | 06-20-2013 |
20130258058 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image processing system includes an image acquisition unit, a candidate value estimation unit, a band characteristics evaluation unit, an effective frequency determination unit and a candidate value modification unit. The acquisition unit acquires images. The estimation unit estimates, for each pixel of the images, a candidate value of a 3D shape. The evaluation unit calculates, for each pixel, a band evaluation value of a band included in the images. The determination unit determines an effective frequency of the pixel based on statistical information of the band evaluation value. The modification unit performs data correction or data interpolation for the candidate value based on the effective frequency and calculates a modified candidate value representing the 3D shape. | 10-03-2013 |