Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7221778
APP PUB NO 20040066460A1
SERIAL NO

10362641

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The present invention allows detection of an exposure time of an image that has already been captured. A motion detector 102 detects an amount of inter-frame movement of a foreground object in a designated frame based on the designated frame and a frame preceding or subsequent to the designated frame. A mixture-ratio calculator 104 detects a mixture ratio indicating the ratio of mixture of a foreground component and a background component in a mixed area of the designated frame. In accordance with the mixture ratio, the mixture-ratio calculator 104 detects the amount of movement of the foreground object within an exposure time in which pixel data is obtained. A shutter-time calculator 106 detects a ratio of a time interval between frames to the exposure time based on the amount of inter-frame movement and the amount of movement within the exposure time of the foreground object. The present invention is applicable to an image processing apparatus.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujiwara, Naoki Tokyo, JP 179 1628
Ishibashi, Junichi Saitama, JP 80 962
Kondo, Tetsujiro Tokyo, JP 758 10061
Miyake, Toru Tokyo, JP 74 1091
Nagano, Takahiro Kanagawa, JP 146 1571
Sawao, Takashi Tokyo, JP 54 671
Wada, Seiji Kanagawa, JP 152 1633

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