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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Ogasahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuo Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a refocus filter generating unit and a refocus image generating unit. The refocus image generating unit executes a filtering process using a refocus filter generated by the refocus filter generating unit. A filtering level of the refocus filter is adjusted according to a subject distance of a subject to be focused and sighted among a plurality of subjects projected in a first image and a second image.