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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2009
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A signal processing apparatus includes: an input unit receiving a first image generated by a first camera and higher-resolution second images generated by a plurality of second cameras; a similar portion detecting unit detecting a similar portion between part of a subject included in the first image and a subject included in each of the second images; an image synthesizing unit pasting the second images at positions corresponding to the detected similar portions within the first image to generate a synthesized image; an imaging area detecting unit detecting an area, for which image information is insufficient in the first image and is difficult to complement by the second cameras, as a non-imageable area from the synthesized image; and a camera parameter calculation unit changing a camera parameter for controlling the second camera that captures the second image by which the image information insufficient in the first image is complemented.