Abstract: A processing apparatus determines a light source condition corresponding to an object distance, and performs control to image an object, which is sequentially irradiated with light from three or more light sources each different in a position on the basis of the light source condition.

Abstract: The surface normal information producing apparatus acquires, as captured images of an object, multiple first images in which light source positions relative to the object are mutually different and three or more second images in which polarization states are mutually different, and performs area division of a surface of the object depending on at least one of luminance information that changes corresponding to the light source positions acquired from the first images and polarization information acquired from the second images. The apparatus selects, for each divided area obtained by the area division, information to be used in production of surface normal information from information relating to change of the luminance information corresponding to the light source positions and the polarization information to produce the surface normal information.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a luminance information obtainer that obtains luminance information for each of a plurality of images, each of which is shot respectively when the light source arranged at mutually different positions illuminates an object, and a normal information determiner that determines normal information of the object from a plurality of normal candidates calculated using three or more polarization images with polarization states different in each other on the basis of the luminance information.

Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus includes a plurality of imaging optical systems, a memory configured to store a relationship among an output pixel number, a frame rate, and a function that is available with at least one of the imaging optical system, and a controller configured to set, when first setting data is input as setting data of a first item among a plurality of items including the output pixel number, the frame rate, and the function, setting data of remaining items except the first item in the plurality of items based on any combinations of the plurality of items in which the first item has the first setting data in the relationship stored in the memory.

Abstract: The image capturing apparatus includes a main image capturing system configured to capture an object image formed by a main optical system whose magnification is variable, and multiple sub image capturing systems configured to respectively capture multiple object images respectively formed by multiple sub optical systems. The multiple optical systems are arranged on both sides across a sectional plane including an optical axis of the main optical system. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to acquire, using a main image produced by the main image capturing system and multiple sub images produced by the multiple image capturing systems, object distance information in an image capturing view angle of the main image capturing system.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a main image capturing system configured to capture an object image formed by a main optical system that can vary a magnification, a first sub capturing system configured to capture an object image formed by a first sub optical system having an angle of view equal to or wider than that at a wide-angle end of the main optical system, and a second sub capturing system configured to capture an object image formed by a second sub optical system having an angle of view narrower than that at a wide-angle end and equal to or wider than that at a telephoto end of the main optical system. An optical barrel configured to hold the main optical system can be retracted relative to a body of the image capturing apparatus. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: At a time of compositing images each of which has a different angle of view, the images are composited by deciding weights of composition for each of the images based on an edge of an image of an object and using the decided weights. At this time, in a periphery of the edge of the image of the object, a weight of an image having a large angle of view is set to be small.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus (204) includes an unnecessary component determiner (204a) which determines unnecessary component information of a parallax image based on difference information relating to a plurality of parallax images, a reduction processor (204b) which performs reduction processing on at least one of the parallax image, the difference information, and the unnecessary component information, a magnification processor (204c) which performs magnification processing on the unnecessary component information, and an unnecessary component reducer (204d) which reduces an unnecessary component, based on the unnecessary component information, from the parallax image or a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the plurality of parallax images.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus (204) includes a generator (204a) which generates difference information relating to a plurality of parallax images, a gain distribution determiner (204b) which determines a gain distribution based on the difference information, an intensity determiner (204c) which determines an unnecessary component intensity based on the gain distribution, and a reducer (204d) which generates an unnecessary component reduction image in which an unnecessary component is reduced based on the parallax image and the unnecessary component intensity.

Abstract: A compound eye image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of optical systems (1110, 1120, 1130, 1140) including a first optical system having a longest focal length, and an optical system group of a plurality of second optical systems having focal lengths different from the focal length, and includes an image pickup element (1200) including a plurality of image pickup regions corresponding to the plurality of optical systems, and a condition expression below is satisfied, 0.15 2 × S p 2 × P AVE ? N t ? P SUM var × 2.0 × 10 6 where p (mm) represents a pixel pitch of the image pickup element, S (mm2) represents an area of the image pickup element, PAVE represents an average value of the number of pixels of each image pickup region, PSUM represents a sum of the number of the pixels of each image pickup region, Nt represents the number of the first optical systems, and var represents the number of the different focal lengths.

Abstract: The surface normal information producing apparatus acquires, as captured images of an object, multiple first images in which light source positions relative to the object are mutually different and three or more second images in which polarization states are mutually different, and performs area division of a surface of the object depending on at least one of luminance information that changes corresponding to the light source positions acquired from the first images and polarization information acquired from the second images. The apparatus selects, for each divided area obtained by the area division, information to be used in production of surface normal information from information relating to change of the luminance information corresponding to the light source positions and the polarization information to produce the surface normal information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image capturing condition acquirer (260) configured to acquire image capturing condition information of a plurality of images having angles of view different from each other, a distance information acquirer (230) configured to acquire distance information of an object included in the plurality of images, an angle of view information acquirer (240) configured to acquire angle of view information, and an image generator (224) configured to generate an image corresponding to the angle of view information from the plurality of images based on the image capturing condition information, the distance information, and the angle of view information, and the distance information is object distance information at each position in an image.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a focus detector configured to perform focus detection based on an image signal obtained via a first optical system, the first optical system having a shallowest depth of field in a plurality of optical systems having focal lengths different from each other, and a controller configured to perform focus control of the plurality of optical systems based on an output signal from the focus detector.

Abstract: The three-dimensional image capturing apparatus includes an image capturer performing image capturing to produce parallax images, an extractor extracting an object included in the parallax images, a first determiner determining whether the parallax images allow three-dimensional image fusion by an observer observing the parallax images, by using determination-purpose information on one of a parallax amount of the object between the parallax images and a distance to the object at the image capturing and a fusional limit, a second determiner determining a three-dimensional effect of the object in the observation of the parallax images, by using the determination-purpose information and a lowest allowable parallax value that is a lower limit of the parallax amount allowing the observer to feel the three-dimensional effect, and a controller controlling an image capturing parameter in the image capturer depending on determination results by the first and the second determiners.

Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of determining a first unnecessary component included in each of a plurality of parallax images based on a plurality of pieces of relative difference information of the parallax images (S14, S25, S35, S46), calculating a synthesis value of the first unnecessary components included in the parallax images (S15, S26, S36, S47), and reducing a second unnecessary component included in a synthesis image of the parallax images based on the synthesis value of the first unnecessary components (S17, S28, S38, S50).

Abstract: An image processing method includes the steps of determining a first unnecessary component contained in each of a plurality of parallax images based on a plurality of pieces of relative difference information of the parallax images, generating a first image by reducing the first unnecessary component from the parallax images, generating a blurred image by adding blur to the first image, creating a mask based on the blurred image and the first image, and determining a second unnecessary component based on the first unnecessary component and the mask.

Abstract: The multi-lens optical apparatus includes multiple imaging optical systems configured to respectively form optical images of an object in mutually different areas on an image plane. The multiple imaging optical systems include imaging optical systems having mutually different focal lengths, and adjacent lenses included in the multiple imaging optical systems are integrally held, the adjacent lenses being mutually adjacent in a direction orthogonal to optical axes of the multiple imaging optical systems. Of the multiple imaging optical systems, a most wide-angle imaging optical system whose focal length is shortest includes a most object-side lens that is a meniscus lens having a negative optical power and having a convex surface toward an object side, and the convex surface is disposed at a most object-side position in the multiple imaging optical systems.

Abstract: A compound eye image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of optical systems (1110, 1120, 1130, 1140) including a first optical system having a longest focal length, and an optical system group of a plurality of second optical systems having focal lengths different from the focal length, and includes an image pickup element (1200) including a plurality of image pickup regions corresponding to the plurality of optical systems, and a condition expression below is satisfied, 0.15 2 × S p 2 × P AVE ? N t ? P SUM var × 2.0 × 10 6 where p (mm) represents a pixel pitch of the image pickup element, S (mm2) represents an area of the image pickup element, PAVE represents an average value of the number of pixels of each image pickup region, PSUM represents a sum of the number of the pixels of each image pickup region, Nt represents the number of the first optical systems, and var represents the number of the different focal lengths.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes a determining part configured to determine, from a difference between information on color of a first pixel in a first image and information on color of a second pixel corresponding to the first pixel in a second image, whether or not the first image includes color blur due to defocus, the first and second images being generated by an image-pickup system and whose focus states are mutually different. The apparatus further includes a correcting part configured to perform on the first image a correction process that corrects the color blur determined by the determining part.

Abstract: The image processing method includes acquiring multiple parallax images produced by image capturing of an object, the parallax images having a parallax to one another. The method further includes acquiring, by using the respective parallax images as base images, relative difference information on a relative difference between each of the base images and at least one other parallax image in the multiple parallax images, and detecting an unwanted component contained in each of the parallax images by using the relative difference information.