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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2005
Applicants:

Takahiro Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;

Tsutomu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;

Hisakazu Shiraki, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoki Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Masanori Kanemaru, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichiro Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuhiro Suto, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takahiro Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;

Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;

Tsutomu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;

Hisakazu Shiraki, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoki Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Masanori Kanemaru, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichiro Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuhiro Suto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A motion-vector-setting section () sets a first motion vector in units of pixel in a target image. An exposure-time-ratio-setting section () sets in units of image an exposure time ratio that is a ratio between a time interval of the target image and a period of exposure time. A motion-blur-amount-setting section () sets a motion blur amount in units of pixel based on the exposure time ratio and the first motion vector. Based on the motion amount, a processing-region-setting section () sets processing regions as well as a processing-coefficient-setting section () sets processing coefficients. A pixel-value-generating section () generates pixel values that correspond to the target pixel from pixel values in the processing region and the processing coefficients. A motion-blur-adding section () adds a motion blur to an image containing the pixel value generated based on an input second motion vector and the first motion vector. An image-moving section () moves the motion-blur-added image along a counter vector of the second motion vector. Any more real arbitrary viewpoint image can be generated.


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