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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Funamizu, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ohki, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Ohkouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Takagi, Fujisawa, JP;
Yojiro Tezuka, Yokohama, JP;
Sota Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus including as image acquiring section that acquires a plurality of images obtained by imaging, at different times, a subject irradiated with lights intensity-modulated with a plurality of modulation frequencies or modulation frequency bands; and a demodulating section that demodulates pixel values of the plurality of images with a plurality of demodulation frequencies or demodulation frequency bands based on the plurality of modulation frequencies or modulation frequency bands, for each pixel, thereby generating a plurality of pieces of pixel information indicating subject light amounts from the subject caused by each of the lights intensity-modulated with the plurality of modulation frequencies or modulation frequency bands, for each pixel.