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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Furukawa, Saitama, JP;
Kosuke Kajimura, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-processing device includes a high-resolution combining portion that generates a combined image by combining a standard image and at least one reference image, which are acquired by capturing images of a subject in time series by using an imaging element in which multiple types of color filters are arrayed in individual pixels, in a high-resolution space where the resolution is greater than those of the standard image and the reference images. The image-processing device also includes a position-displacement-distribution calculating portion that calculates a distribution of position displacements between two comparative images that are individually formed of pixels corresponding to the different types of color filters in the generated combined image, a correlation-level calculating portion that calculates, for individual pixels, correlation levels between the two comparative images based on the calculated distribution, and an image correcting portion that corrects the combined image based on the calculated correlation levels.