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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Yokokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Ichihashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Nishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yiwen Zhu, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pixel addition processing unitadds pupil division pixel signals with a plurality of different addition patterns in pupil units to generate a pixel addition image for each addition pattern. Further, the pixel addition processing unitmay use a pupil division pixel signal in which a sensitivity difference between pupil division pixels has been corrected, and the addition pattern may be set on the basis of image characteristic information calculated by using the pupil division pixel signal. A super-resolution processing unitperforms super-resolution processing using a pixel addition image signal generated for each addition pattern by the pixel addition processing unitto generate an image signal with a higher resolution than that of the pixel addition image signal. A high-resolution image can be generated using pupil division.