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Image processing apparatus and method

US10863897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2016
Grant dateDec 15, 2020
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0414
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing an increase in a load on a subject and obtaining a captured image of the subject with higher image quality. An imaging unit reduces a light amount and performs imaging of the fundus of the eye so as to generate a plurality of fundus images. A biological information alignment processing unit aligns fundus images by using biological information of a subject. A super-resolution processing unit superimposes an aligned input image on a previous super-resolution result image so as to generate a new super-resolution result image. The super-resolution processing unit stores or outputs the super-resolution result image in a storage unit or from an output unit, and supplies the super-resolution result image to a super-resolution result image buffer so as to be stored.

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