Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Tomohiro Nishi

Mitsuyasu Asano

Masatoshi Yokokawa

Yoshihiro Katsu

Hideyuki Ichihashi

Yiwen Zhu

Kazuhiko Nishibori

Toshinori Ihara

Michihiro Ohnishi

Shintaro Okada

Akihiro Ohta

Yoshihiko Kuroki

Masuyoshi Kurokawa

Tomoya Yano

Ken Kikuchi

Takeshi Matsui

Norimasa Furukawa

Takeshi Uemori

Kazuki Yokoyama

Masato Akao

Kohei Miyamoto

An image sensor (IS) includes a plurality of pixel blocks (PB) to which colors different from each other are assigned. Each of the plurality of pixel blocks (PB) includes a plurality of pixels (PX). The plurality of pixels PX provided in at least one pixel block (PB) among the plurality of pixel blocks (PB) includes one or more anomalous pixels (UPX). The anomalous pixel (UPX) detects light of one or more colors assigned to the other one or more pixel blocks (PB).

Image sensor and camera having high sensitivity and high color reproducibility

A pixel addition processing unitadds pupil division pixel signals with a plurality of different addition patterns in pupil units to generate a pixel addition image for each addition pattern. Further, the pixel addition processing unitmay use a pupil division pixel signal in which a sensitivity difference between pupil division pixels has been corrected, and the addition pattern may be set on the basis of image characteristic information calculated by using the pupil division pixel signal. A super-resolution processing unitperforms super-resolution processing using a pixel addition image signal generated for each addition pattern by the pixel addition processing unitto generate an image signal with a higher resolution than that of the pixel addition image signal. A high-resolution image can be generated using pupil division.

Image processing device, image processing method, and imaging device for generation of high-resolution image

An imaging element of an imaging unitdivides the exit pupil of an imaging optical systeminto a plurality of regions and generates a pixel signal for each region. An optical axis position adjustment unitadjusts the optical axis position of the imaging optical system with respect to the imaging element. A control unitcalculates a parallax on the basis of the pixel signal for each region after the pupil division and performs focus control of the imaging optical system. The control unitalso moves the optical axis position using the optical axis position adjustment unit, and generates, using the imaging element, pixel signals indicating the same subject region in the plurality of regions after the pupil division. An image processing unitperforms binning of a plurality of pixel signals indicating the same subject region generated by moving the optical axis position to generate a high-resolution captured image. Calculation of the parallax and acquisition of a high-resolution captured image can be performed.

Imaging control device, imaging control method, and imaging device for increasing resolution of an image

Provided is an image processing device that includes a wide image capturing unit which captures an image of a wide viewing angle, a tele image capturing unit which captures an image of a narrow viewing angle, and an image processing unit which receives an input of the captured images of the respective imaging units and executes signal processing. In a case where a wide conversion lens is attached to the tele image capturing unit, the image processing unit executes any one of a high-sensitivity image generation processing, a HDR image generation processing, or a high-resolution image generation processing based on the captured images of the wide image capturing unit and the tele image capturing unit according to a situation at the time of imaging with a wide conversion lens attachment detection unit which detects whether the wide conversion lens is attached.

Image processing device and image processing method to generate one image using images captured by two imaging units

Provided are a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and an imaging apparatus for estimating depth with a high degree of accuracy from video signals of a plurality of cameras. The signal processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects depth from video captured by a plurality of cameras, an estimation unit that estimates camera motion by detecting a camera position, a prediction unit that predicts present depth from camera motion and depth obtained previously, and a synthesis unit that synthesizes depth detected by the detection unit and depth predicted by the prediction unit on the basis of a result of estimating the amount of blur that occurs in each image captured by cameras. The amount of blur can be estimated using camera motion, previous depth information, and shutter time.

Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and imaging apparatus

To achieve a configuration enabling identification of to which viewing user the displayed user displayed on the display unit is speaking. The configuration includes a display image generation unit that generates dialog pair identification information enabling identification of to which viewing user among the plurality of viewing users the displayed user on the display unit is speaking, and outputs the generated information together with the displayed user, to the display unit. The display image generation unit generates, as the dialog pair identification information, an arrow or an icon, a face surrounding frame or a face side line, a virtual viewpoint background image or the like, directed from the displayed user forming the dialog pair to the viewing user forming the dialog pair, and displays the generated dialog pair identification information together with the displayed user, on the display unit.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An apparatus includes a display controller configured to control a display state of a transparent display based on a sensor output that contains information regarding an object separated from the apparatus.

Display apparatus and display control method

Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.

Display device and display method

A liquid crystal display device includes: a light source section so configured that independently-controllable emission subsections are formed on a light-exit plane of a light-guide plate; a liquid crystal display panel modulating, based on an input picture signal, light exited from each of the emission subsections in the light source section; and a display controlling section having a partitioning-drive processing section generating, based on the input picture signal, an emission pattern signal representing a light emission pattern of the emission subsections in the light source section, and a partitioning-drive picture signal. The display controlling section performs, based on the partitioning-drive picture signal, display-drive on each pixel in the liquid crystal display panel, and performs, based on the emission pattern signal, light-emission drive through allowing one or more of first light sources and one or more of second light sources to emit concurrently so as to form the emission subsections.

Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit that includes a light-guiding plate with a light-exit plane partitioned into emission subsections, and one or plural sides, and light sources; a liquid-crystal-display panel that includes pixels, and modulates light emitted from the light source unit, thereby performing image display; and a display control unit that includes a partitioning-drive processing section generating each of a light-emission pattern signal and a partitioning-drive image signal, performs light-emission driving for each light source, and performs display driving for each pixel. The partitioning-drive processing section performs a gain correction of multiplying each pixel signal in the input image signal by a predetermined gain factor that is set so that a value increases as a pixel position of the pixel signal goes away from the light source, and generates the light-emission pattern signal and the partitioning-drive image signal, by using gain-corrected pixel signal.

Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display includes: a light source section including emission subsections; a LCD panel including pixels each having sub-pixels for four colors of R, G, B, and Z, and modulating light from the emission subsections based on input image signals for three colors of R, G, and B; and a display control section including a partitioning-drive processing section, driving the emission subsections with an emission pattern signal, and driving the four sub-pixels with partitioning-drive image signals for the four colors. The partitioning-drive processing section generates pixel signals for the four colors through performing a first color-conversion based on the input image signals, generates the emission pattern signal from pixel signals for the three colors, primary partitioning-drive image signals for the three colors from both the input image signals and the emission pattern signal, and the partitioning-drive image signals through performing a second color-conversion on the primary partitioning-drive image signals.

Liquid crystal display with a higher luminance sub-pixel including controllable light emission subsections

A display device includes: a light source section having multiple light sources to emit light in illumination colors including three primary colors of light; a display section for displaying an image in monochrome color by modulating the light emitted from the light source section; and a display control section for driving the light source section and the display section in a field sequential system. The display control section includes a determining section for determining a degree of white or a degree of complementary color of the light sources on the basis of an amount of lighting of each of the illumination colors of the light sources, a setting section for setting white components or complementary-color components of a color determined by a mixing ratio of the illumination colors, and an allocating section for allocating the set white components or the complementary-color components to the fields.

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Tomohiro Nishi