Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Hiroaki Ebi

Jiro Takatori

Alexander Berestov

Kenichi Nishio

Daisuke Nakao

Akira Tokuse

Xiaogang Dong

Satoshi Numata

Shohei Noguchi

Tak Shing Wong

An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes an exposure section and a controller. The controller controls, at an exposure timing based on a predicted exposure timing at which a state of a subject shot at a first frame rate is predicted to satisfy a predetermined condition, the exposure section at a second frame rate. The second frame rate is different from the first frame rate.

Imaging device and imaging control method

Various aspects of a method and a system for image processing are disclosed herein. The method includes processing an input image, which comprises structure information and detail information, using image processing (IP) blocks in an image processing pipeline. One or more of the IP blocks, such as the 'lossy' IP blocks, process the input image with at least a partial loss of the detail information. By replacing the 'lossy' IP blocks with redesigned image processing (IP) modules, the image processing pipeline reduces or avoids such loss of the detail information. A more efficient implementation of the improved pipeline is realized by using a master IP module when the &#x201c;lossy&#x201d; IP blocks are reordered and grouped together in the image processing pipeline. The method is further extended to process 3-D images to reduce or avoid loss of detail information in a 3-D image processing pipeline.

Method and system for improving detail information in digital images

There is provided an image processing device including a color determination unit configured to detect a region in a certain color from an input image, a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate a feature amount related to luminance of the input image, and a noise reduction unit configured to perform noise removal on the input image on the basis of a result obtained by detecting the region in the certain color, and the feature amount.

Image processing device, image processing method, and program

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a detection unit, a strength determination unit, and a processor. The detection unit is configured to detect at least one area in an image. The strength determination unit is configured to determine strength of processing for a unit of processing of the image, based on a distance between a location of the area being detected by the detection unit and a location of the unit of processing of the image. The processor is configured to perform the processing on the image, per the unit of processing, at the strength being determined by the strength determination unit.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

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Hiroaki Ebi