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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Takashi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihide Nakane, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Saiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Takuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihide Nakane, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Saiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Takuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including, a distortion correction processor for generating a distortion-corrected output image from a distorted wide-field-of-view image, and a selected area setting unit for setting a selected area in the output image, wherein the distortion correction processor corrects a distortion with a lower image quality when an output image of an area exclusive of the selected area is generated than when an output image of the selected area is generated.