Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yohei Horikawa

Kazuma Sakato

Takeshi Ogawa

Hiroshi Nakaoka

Satoshi Shoda

Tomotaka Uekusa

Hayato Takahashi

Yuuichirou Kimijima

Shuto Funakoshi

A programmable signal processing apparatus comprises a plurality of ALUs and a control unit that performs control for configuring a targeted circuit based on received information. The plurality of ALUs include a first type of ALU with one input and multiple outputs and a second type of ALU with two inputs and one output. The first type of ALU delays input data and outputs a plurality of pieces of data with different delay amounts. The second type of ALU generates one or two delayed data and performs an operation on the one or two data. The second ALU does not delay the one or two data in a state where supply of a clock signal to a plurality of registers in the second ALU is cut off.

Programmable signal processing apparatus

An image pickup apparatus capable of processing subject detection in a multiple-exposure image with high accuracy and high speed is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as an acquisition unit to acquire images of a plurality of frames, a synthesis unit to synthesize the images of the plurality of frames to generate a multiple-exposure image, a first detection unit to detect at least one or more subjects with respect to at least one of the images of the plurality of frames, a determination unit to determine a subject type of a main subject of the multiple-exposure image based on a detection result obtained by the first detection unit, and a second detection unit to detect a subject of the determined subject type in the multiple-exposure image.

Image pickup apparatus capable of processing subject detection in multiple-exposure image with high precision and high speed, control method for image pickup apparatus, and storage medium

An imaging device comprises an imaging unit having a first pixel that photoelectrically converts visible light and a second pixel that photoelectrically converts non-visible light to generate an image signal, a composite image generation unit configured to generate a composite image signal by combining a plurality of the image signals, a first detection unit configured to detect a subject based on an output of the first pixel before the generation of the composite image signal is completed, a second detection unit configured to detect a subject based on an output of the second pixel before the generation of the composite image signal is completed, a third detection unit configured to perform subject detection using an output of either a visible light image or a non-visible light image included in the composite image signal based on an output of the first detection unit and an output of the second detection unit.

Imaging device, imaging method, and storage medium

An image capturing apparatus capable of performing pattern recognition with high accuracy without decreasing customer satisfaction and performing image capturing control according to a capturing scene based on a result of the pattern recognition. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor that includes a photoelectric conversion section including first type pixels that receive visible light from a light flux from an object and output a visible light image and second type pixels that receive invisible light from the light flux and output an invisible light image, a memory device that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions to perform pattern recognition of the invisible light image, and to switch an image capturing control for capturing the visible light image from a first image capturing control to a second image capturing control when a specific pattern is detected from the invisible light image through the pattern recognition.

Image capturing apparatus that switches image capturing control according to capturing scene, information processing apparatus, control methods therefor, and storage media storing control programs therefor

A signal processing apparatus that can suppress degradation of accuracy of phase difference detection. An obtaining unit obtains a plurality of frames of image signals from a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which receives light fluxes with different incident directions from an object, an information receiving unit receives saturation information indicating whether the obtained image signals are saturated, a filter arithmetic unit subjects the output image signals of the plurality of frames to filter processing, an evaluation value calculation unit calculates a multivalued saturation evaluation value indicating reliability of the image signals subjected to the filter processing using the saturation information of the image signals of the frames most recently output, and a phase difference detection unit determines whether to use the image signals subjected to the filter processing for phase difference detection based on the calculated saturation evaluation value.

Signal processing apparatus that detects phase differences in image signals, signal processing method, and storage medium

There is provided a depth information generating apparatus. A first generating unit generates first depth information on the basis of a plurality of viewpoint images which are obtained from first shooting and which have mutually-different viewpoints. A second generating unit generates second depth information for a captured image obtained from second shooting by correcting the first depth information so as to reflect a change in depth caused by a difference in a focal distance of the second shooting relative to the first shooting.

Depth information generating apparatus, image capturing apparatus, depth information generating method, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

A focus detecting apparatus includes a first determining unit configured to determine an image stabilizing area based on object information, and a second determining unit configured to determine a focus detecting area based on the object information, and to determine a calculation area for focus detection based on the focus detecting area. The second determining unit determines the calculation area based on a relationship between the image stabilizing area and the focus detecting area.

Focus detecting apparatus, image pickup apparatus, focus detecting method, and storage medium

A processing apparatus having a programmable circuit including a plurality of ALUs, comprises a holding unit which holds configuration information for switching the programmable circuit from a first circuit setting to a second circuit setting, and timing information; and an updating unit which updates each ALU so as to switch the programmable circuit from the first circuit setting to the second circuit setting, wherein in switching from the first circuit setting to the second circuit setting after the programmable circuit has executed the first data processing, the updating unit, using the timing information, updates the first ALU at a timing at which last data of the first data processing is output from the first ALU, and updates the second ALU at a timing at which the last data is output from the second ALU.

Processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A focus detection apparatus comprises a determination unit that determines whether a first signal output from an image sensor satisfies a predetermined condition, and outputs first information indicating a result of the determination, a calculation unit that performs filter processing on a plurality of the first signals using predetermined coefficients at a predetermined cycle and outputs a second signal, a generation unit that generates second information showing an effect of the first signal which satisfies the predetermined condition on the second signal using the coefficients and plural pieces of the first information corresponding to the plurality of the first signals used in the filter processing, and a focus detection unit that detects a focus state based on a plurality of the second signals and the second information.

Focus detection apparatus and method, and image capturing apparatus

Provided are a solid state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and an imaging method that may acquire a desired image without using a frame memory. The solid state imaging device includes: a sensor unit that generates pulses at a frequency in accordance with a frequency of photon reception; a count unit that generates an image signal by counting the number of signals generated from the sensor unit; and a processing unit that performs a predetermined process on a count value obtained in acquisition of a first image signal, and the count unit combines a second image signal and a value obtained by performing a predetermined process on the count value obtained in the acquisition of the first image signal to generate a third image signal.

Solid state imaging device capable of acquiring a desired image without using a frame memory, imaging apparatus, and imaging method

There is provided an image processing apparatus. A generating unit generates a plurality of composite images by repeatedly carrying out a compositing process that composites a plurality of parallax images according to a compositing ratio. The parallax images have parallax with respect to each other. A control unit carries out control so that the compositing ratio changes over time as the compositing process is repeated. A positioning unit positions the plurality of composite images so that a rotational center of viewpoint movement arising between the plurality of composite images due to the change over time in the compositing ratio moves in a depth direction.

Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for generating viewpoint movement moving image

An image processing apparatus includes a first signal processing circuit that receives image signals from an image sensor and a second signal processing circuit that performs image processing on image signals output from the first signal processing circuit. The first signal processing circuit includes an evaluation circuit that determines evaluation values for image signals, a control circuit that controls an order according to which the image signals are output to the second signal processing circuit, based on the evaluation values, and a selection circuit that selects an image signal for a single frame from among the image signals for a predetermined plural number of frames, based on the evaluation values.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof in which a control circuit outputs a selected image signal via an external device to a signal processing circuit

An imaging device acquires a plurality of viewpoint image signals having different viewpoints from an imaging element. The imaging device selects a subject region within a captured image, and divides the subject region into a plurality of regions. The imaging device performs a correlation operation for each divided region, and calculates an amount of parallax on the basis of one or more extreme positions. In addition, the imaging device calculates distance information of a subject on the basis of the amount of parallax, and calculates a reliability for the distance information. If there are two or more pieces of distance information which are output in the divided region, the imaging device generates a distance histogram using the two or more pieces of distance information based on the reliability.

Image processing device, control method thereof, imaging device, and recording medium

An image capturing apparatus is provided with an image sensor having phase difference detection pixels for performing focus detection, an exposure control unit for causing at least the phase difference detection pixels to perform a plurality of accumulations whose exposure periods are a second exposure period shorter than a first exposure period which is a target for obtaining a main image by the image sensor, and a prediction unit for predicting an in-focus position of a subject based on signals of at least two phase difference detection pixels obtained by at least two accumulations among the plurality of accumulations whose exposure periods are the second exposure period.

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Yohei Horikawa