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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Tomoyuki Tsurube, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Tsurube, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus () performs matching processing with respect to a first video signal and a second video signal obtained from two imaging devices (). The matching processing minimizes a disparity amount between the first video signal and the second video signal. A third video signal obtained from one of the imaging devices () is shifted by a minimum disparity amount obtained as a result of the matching processing, and is added to a fourth video signal obtained from the other imaging device (). Non-linear processing and/or contour correction processing is performed on the video signal obtained by adding the two video signals, and a monitoring image is generated. Thus, an image processing apparatus is provided that can obtain a monitoring image of high image quality by adding two video signals and utilizing the resulting video signal as a monitoring image.