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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Sawao, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Sawao, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Miyake, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device and method, where the device includes a data continuity detector configured to detect data continuity of image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by light signals of a real world being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements each having spatio-temporal integration effects, and a real world estimating unit configured to generate a gradient of pixel values of the plurality of pixels corresponding to a position in one dimensional direction of spatio-temporal directions as to pixels of interest within the image data.