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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Keisuke Omori, Sakai, JP;
Kei Tokui, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01); H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image processing device, including: a distance calculator that calculates distance information corresponding to at least one image among a plurality of input images; and an image generator that generates an output image with a shallow depth of field based on the distance information, in which the distance calculator calculates distance information from a plurality of contrast calculation regions sizes of which are different, and the image generator calculates a pixel value of an output image by smoothing a pixel value of the input image based on the distance information.