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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Naho Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naho Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a display section having the function of detecting a position touched by a pointer; an icon display control section for identifying a pixel of interest which is a pixel associated with the position of the pointer from among pixels forming an image displayed at the display section and displaying an icon for indicating the pixel of interest on the image displayed at the display section; and an image processing section for generating an image focused in a part thereof associated with the pixel of interest using distance data associated with the pixels forming the image.