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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging information calculation unit acquiring a first image and higher-resolution second images, and calculating coordinate positions of the second images to the first image and differences in imaging direction between second cameras and a first camera; an eyepoint conversion unit generating eyepoint conversion images obtained by converting the second images based on the differences in imaging direction so that eyepoints of the second cameras coincide with an eyepoint of the first camera and matching the first image with the eyepoint conversion images to calculate phase deviations of the eyepoint conversion images from the first image; and an image synthesizing unit extracting high-frequency images, having frequency components higher than or equal to a predetermined frequency band, from the second images, and pasting the high-frequency images at the coordinate positions in correspondence with the first image to eliminate the phase deviations to generate a synthesized image.