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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method, data, and a recording medium by which the invisibility of corresponding point detection can be improved. A pattern picked up image obtained by image pickup, by an image pickup section, of a predetermined structured light pattern projected by a projection section and having a plurality of, for example, patterns-and-and so forth, each of which has a luminance distribution of a Gaussian function like, for example, a curve-or-, disposed therein, is used to detect corresponding points between a projection image projected by the projection section and a picked up image picked up by the image pickup section. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing apparatus, a projection apparatus, an image pickup apparatus, a projection image pickup apparatus, a control apparatus, a projection image pickup system and so forth.