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Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus

US8134613B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2002
Grant dateMar 13, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention particularly relates to an image processing apparatus in which motion blur contained in a blurred image can be eliminated. An area specifying unit 103 specifies a non-mixed area formed of a foreground area consisting of foreground object components which form a foreground object and a background area consisting of background object components which form a background object, or a mixed area in which the foreground object components and the background object components are mixed. A separating/blur-eliminating unit 1503 simultaneously performs processing for separating the foreground object components and the background object components from the pixel data of the mixed area and processing for eliminating motion blur from the separated foreground object components based on a result obtained by specifying the area. The present invention is applicable to an image processing apparatus in which a difference between a signal detected by an image-capturing device and the real world is considered.

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