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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Yokokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fusion decision processing section-performs, based on a feature amount calculated by using a moving image of a monochrome imaged image acquired by imaging a subject with an imaging section-and a color imaged image acquired by imaging the subject from a different point-of-view position with an imaging section-, fusion decision as to whether or not deterioration of image quality is caused in fusion processing in the fusion processing sectionfor producing a fusion image by fusion of the monochrome imaged image and the color imaged image with the monochrome imaged image as a reference, for each image of the moving image. The fusion decision processing section-sets a synthesis ratio in such a way that switching to fusion image data produced in the fusion processing sectionin the case where it is decided that deterioration of image quality is not caused in the fusion processing, and switching to demosaic image data produced in a demosaic processing sectionin the case where it is decided that the deterioration is caused are successively performed with a lapse of time. An imaged image of high-image quality can be produced by using imaged images acquired in a plurality of imaging sections.