Parallax image capturing apparatus and parallax image processing apparatus
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1. An image capturing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, comprising:
- a capturing section operable to perform image capturing for said subject at a plurality of viewpoints; and
a controller operable to control said capturing section to perform said image capturing at different timings at said plurality of viewpoints, wherein said controller controls said capturing section to perform said image capturing for said subject two or more times at least one of said plurality of viewpoints.
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, includes: a capturing section for performing image capturing for the subject at a plurality of viewpoints; and a controller for controlling the capturing section to successively perform the image capturing at the plurality of viewpoints, wherein the controller controls the capturing section to perform the image capturing for the subject two or more times at least one of the viewpoints.
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1. An image capturing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, comprising:
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a capturing section operable to perform image capturing for said subject at a plurality of viewpoints; and
a controller operable to control said capturing section to perform said image capturing at different timings at said plurality of viewpoints, wherein said controller controls said capturing section to perform said image capturing for said subject two or more times at least one of said plurality of viewpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. An image processing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, comprising:
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an inputting unit operable to input a plurality of images of said subject successively shot at a plurality of different viewpoints, said plurality of images including two or more images shot at one viewpoints;
an estimated image generating unit operable to generate an estimated image that is assumed to be shot at said one viewpoint at a time the same as a time at which another one of said plurality of images was shot at another viewpoint different from said one viewpoint, by estimation based on said two or more images shot at said one viewpoint;
a positional difference detecting unit operable to detect a difference of a position of an image of a particular region of said subject between said estimated image and said another image shot at said another viewpoint; and
a depth calculating unit operable to calculate a depth of said particular region of said subject based on said difference of said position.
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20. An image capturing method for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, comprising:
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capturing a first image of said subject at a first time at a first viewpoint;
capturing a second image of said subject at a second time at a second viewpoint;
capturing a third image of said subject at a third time at said first viewpoint;
estimating an image of a particular region of said subject at said second time at said first viewpoint based on said first and third images;
detecting a positional difference between said estimated image of said particular region of said subject and an image of said particular region of said subject in said second image; and
calculating a depth of said particular region of said subject based on said detected positional difference.
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21. A recording medium storing a computer program for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, said program comprising:
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an inputting module operable to input a plurality of images of said subject successively shot at a plurality of different viewpoints, said plurality of images including two or more images shot at one viewpoints;
an estimated image generating module operable to generate an estimated image that is assumed to be shot at said one viewpoint at the same time as a time at which another one of said plurality of images was shot at another viewpoint different from said one viewpoint, by estimation based on said two or more images shot at said one viewpoint;
a positional difference detecting module operable to detect a difference of a position of an image of a particular region of said subject between said estimated image and said another image shot at said another viewpoint; and
a depth calculating module operable to calculate a depth of said particular region of said subject based on said difference of said position.
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22. A computer program for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, comprising:
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an inputting module operable to input a plurality of images of said subject successively shot at a plurality of different viewpoints, said plurality of images including two or more images shot at one viewpoints;
an estimated image generating module operable to generate an estimated image that is assumed to be shot at said one viewpoint at the same time as a time at which another one of said plurality of images was shot at another viewpoint different from said one viewpoint, by estimation based on said two or more images shot at said one viewpoint;
a positional difference detecting module operable to detect a difference of a position of an image of a particular region of said subject between said estimated image and said another image shot at said another viewpoint; and
a depth calculating module operable to calculate a depth of said particular region of said subject based on said difference of said position.
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