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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device and a method are provided which perform movement vector calculation processing from photographing images for which a microlens array is used without generating whole images. Specifically, consecutive photographing images photographed by an imaging section having a microlens array are input, and a movement vector between the images is calculated. A movement vector calculating section calculates the movement vector corresponding to a feature point by using microlens photographing images photographed by respective microlenses. When the movement vector corresponding to the feature point within duplicate image regions having the same image region within a plurality of microlens photographing images is calculated, an average value of a plurality of movement vectors corresponding to the same feature point is calculated and is set as the movement vector of the feature point. Alternatively, an average value of plural movement vectors remaining after an outlier (abnormal value) is excluded is calculated and is set as the movement vector of the feature point.