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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

  • US 20100177979A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2009
  • Published: 07/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus which corrects a captured image obtained by capturing an object, the apparatus comprising:

  • an acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each pixel of the captured image, information on an object distance representing a distance to the object;

    a calculating unit configured to calculate, based on the information on the object distance, a difference in the object distance between a pixel of interest in the captured image and a surrounding pixel of the pixel of interest;

    a parameter setting unit configured to set a sharpening process parameter for the pixel of interest based on the calculated difference in the object distance; and

    a sharpening process unit configured to perform a sharpening process for the pixel of interest by using the set parameter.

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