Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that make it possible to accurately reproduce a blur degree of an optical lens with a small data amount. A light condensing process for condensing rays to be incident to a virtual lens having a synthetic aperture configured from a plurality of image pickup sections that pick up images of a plurality of visual points from a real space point in a real space on a virtual sensor through an emulation lens of an emulation target is performed using lens information that is generated for a real space point corresponding to a plurality of information points that are a plurality of positions of part of a plane of the virtual sensor and defines rays that pass the emulation lens. The present technology can be applied to a light field technology for reconstructing, for example, images picked up using various optical lenses from images of a plurality of visual points.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that make it possible to appropriately perform an image process of images of a plurality of visual points. A saturated pixel restoration section restores a pixel value of each saturated pixel whose pixel value is saturated from among pixels of images of a plurality of visual points picked up in a predetermined exposure time period, and a processing section performs an image process of the images of the plurality of visual points with regard to which the pixel value of each saturated pixel is restored. The present technology can be applied to an image process of images of a plurality of visual points such as a light field technology for reconstructing, for example, images picked up using various optical lenses from images of a plurality of visual points or a like technology.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that make it possible to accurately reproduce a blur degree of an optical lens. A ray reproduction section reproduces rays to be incident to a virtual lens, which has a synthetic aperture configured from a plurality of image pickup sections that pick up images at a plurality of visual points, from a real space point in a real space. A light condensing processing section performs a light condensing process in which positioning of a position at which the rays are condensed on a virtual sensor through an emulation lens of an emulation target is performed depending upon an image plane shift position that is a position on the virtual sensor, which is reached by a principal ray emitted from the real space point through the emulation lens, and the ray is condensed on the virtual sensor.

Abstract: There is provided an image pickup device and an image pickup method for estimating the depth of an image having a repetitive pattern with high accuracy. The peripheral cameras are arranged according to base line lengths based on reciprocals of different prime numbers as having a position of a reference camera, to be a reference when images from different viewpoints are imaged, as a reference. The present disclosure is capable of being applied to a light field camera and the like, for example, which includes the reference camera and the plurality of peripheral cameras, generates a parallax image from the images of plural viewpoints, and generates a refocus image by using the images from the plural viewpoints and the parallax image.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.

Abstract: An image processing device in which a high-resolution viewpoint image and a disparity map is obtained with a simple configuration. A resolution of a viewpoint image imaged at a central viewpoint at first resolution is converted to a resolution of a viewpoint image imaged at a peripheral viewpoint at second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, and the viewpoint image at the central viewpoint and the viewpoint image at the peripheral viewpoint both having a same resolution are generated. Further, a disparity map based on a correlation value between the viewpoint image at the central viewpoint and the viewpoint image at the peripheral viewpoint both having the same resolution is generated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method capable of generating high-definition viewpoint interpolation images at high speed. A space reconstruction unit reconstructs a space in which viewpoint images are photographed according to each viewpoint image and each disparity (pixel shift amount) map and supplying reconstruction data of the space to an interpolation position setting unit. The interpolation position setting unit sets an interpolation position in the reconstructed space while changing (an inclination of) a beam and supplies interpolation target coordinates indicating the set interpolation position to a data search unit. The data search unit generates an interpolation image at any viewpoint by sampling RGB values at interpolation target coordinates supplied from the interpolation position setting unit and outputs the generated interpolation image to a subsequent stage.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method, which are capable of reproducing optical information processing of a lens. A viewpoint PSF calculating unit converts each disparity map into a map of a depth z. Then, the viewpoint PSF calculating unit obtains a viewpoint position on the basis of each viewpoint image, a map of each depth z, and a focus position, and generates PSF data of each viewpoint on the basis of the viewpoint position. Here, the PSF data is a point spread function, and an offset amount and an intensity coefficient of each viewpoint can be obtained on the basis of the PSF data of each viewpoint. The viewpoint PSF calculating unit supplies the obtained PSF data of each viewpoint (that is, the offset amount and the intensity coefficient) to a light collection processing unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including circuitry configured to initiate a setting of an object for display within a background image in accordance with a modeling condition associated with a position at which the object is set, based on depth data and base-line length information associated with the background image and modeling data of the object.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, a cable, an electronic apparatus, and a communication apparatus that are capable of increasing the variation of a connection mode of an electronic apparatus to which a predetermined cable such as a USB cable can be connected. An electronic apparatus receiving a baseband signal of a baseband to start initialization processing for causing the electronic apparatus to be in a state of being capable of establishing connection or to turn on or off a power source based on detection results of power of a modulation signal obtained by frequency-converting the baseband signal into a signal of a predetermined frequency band higher than the baseband is controlled. The present technology can be applied to a cable connected to an electronic apparatus to which a cable capable of supplying a power source by bus power such as a USB cable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method which can improve convenience of a service using a multi-viewpoint image. An image processing apparatus includes an encoding unit which encodes multi-viewpoint image data which is data of a multi-viewpoint image composed of a plurality of images with mutually different viewpoints, and an association processing unit which associates sequence information showing a relative position relationship of each viewpoint of the multi-viewpoint image, and eye number information showing a number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image, with multi-viewpoint image encoding data in which the multi-viewpoint image data has been encoded by the encoding unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and specifically relates to an image processing apparatus and method which can improve convenience of a service using a multi-viewpoint image. An image processing apparatus includes a virtual captured image generation unit which generates, by using multi-viewpoint image data, depth data showing a distance to a photographic subject in the multi-viewpoint image, and profile information including a parameter which reproduces an optical effect by a virtual optical system, a virtual captured image obtained by capturing the photographic subject of the multi-viewpoint image by using the virtual optical system. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that enable high-precision generation of parallax images of viewpoints with a small amount of calculation. A correlation generating unit calculates correlation values of captured images of pairs of viewpoints, using captured images of viewpoints. A generating unit generates parallax images of different hierarchical levels of a reference viewpoint based on the correlation values. The parallax images are a parallax image formed with the disparity value of the reference viewpoint, and a parallax image formed with the disparity value of an occlusion region. The reference viewpoint is one of the viewpoints. The present disclosure can be applied to the image processing apparatus of a light field camera, for example.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a depth generation unit configured to generate, based on an image of a current frame and an image of a preceding frame of the current frame, a depth image indicating a position of a subject in a depth direction in the image of the preceding frame as a depth image of the current frame.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an image processing apparatus capable of increasing a distance calculation accuracy. [Solving Means] According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a parallax information generation unit. The parallax information generation unit generates parallax information based on a first phase difference distribution and a second phase difference distribution, the first phase difference distribution being generated on a pixel by pixel basis for the first parallax image and the second parallax image, the second phase difference distribution being generated on a sub-pixel by sub-pixel basis based on the first phase difference distribution.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and an information processing device, in which a high-resolution viewpoint image and a disparity map can be obtained with a simple configuration. A resolution conversion unit converts a resolution of a viewpoint image imaged at a central viewpoint at first resolution to a resolution of a viewpoint image imaged at a peripheral viewpoint at second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, and generates the viewpoint image at the central viewpoint and the viewpoint image at the peripheral viewpoint both having a same resolution. A correlation value calculation unit generates a disparity map based on a correlation value between the viewpoint image at the central viewpoint and the viewpoint image at the peripheral viewpoint both having the same resolution. The present technology is applicable to an information processing device.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an interpolation processing unit configured to generate a plurality of interpolation images based on a plurality of viewpoint images. The image processing apparatus further comprises a development processing unit configured to develop a subject image based on a development parameter and a plurality of ray vectors associated with the plurality of interpolation images and the plurality of viewpoint images.

Abstract: Provided is an encoding device including a non-occlusion region encoding unit configured to encode a difference between an image of a neighboring viewpoint, which is a viewpoint different from a criterion viewpoint, and a predicted image of the neighboring viewpoint of a non-occlusion region of the image of the neighboring viewpoint according to a first encoding scheme, and an occlusion region encoding unit configured to encode an occlusion region of the image of the neighboring viewpoint according to a second encoding scheme different from the first encoding scheme.