Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute: obtaining a first image captured by an imaging device installed on a mobile object; generating a second image in which brightness of a second area located below a first area of the first image in a vertical direction with respect to a traveling surface of the mobile object, is corrected based on brightness of the first area; and outputting the second image.

Abstract: An image processing device for performing correction processing on original image data generated by an image-capturing element configured to receive light with a plurality of pixels through a color filter including segments of a red color and at least one complementary color includes a processing circuitry being configured to perform operations including converting the original image data into primary color-based image data represented in a primary color-based color space, acquiring a statistical value of a plurality of pieces of pixel data corresponding to the plurality of pixels from the primary color-based image data, calculating a correction parameter by using the statistical value, and correcting the original image data based on the correction parameter.

Abstract: An image processing device including: a color correction section that is input with an RGB signal, and performs color correction on the RGB signal; a YC conversion section that converts the color corrected RGB signal to a first brightness signal and a color difference signal; a Y conversion section that is input with the RGB signal, and generates a second brightness signal from the RGB signal; a processor configured to execute a process, the process including computing a ratio at which to combine the first brightness signal and the second brightness signal based on the RGB signal; and a combining section that combines the first brightness signal and the second brightness signal at the computed ratio.

Abstract: An image processing device including: a color correction section that is input with an RGB signal, and performs color correction on the RGB signal; a YC conversion section that converts the color corrected RGB signal to a first brightness signal and a color difference signal; a Y conversion section that is input with the RGB signal, and generates a second brightness signal from the RGB signal; a processor configured to execute a process, the process including computing a ratio at which to combine the first brightness signal and the second brightness signal based on the RGB signal; and a combining section that combines the first brightness signal and the second brightness signal at the computed ratio.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to this invention comprises: an image capturing unit which performs continuous image capturing; a storing unit which stores a plurality of first images captured by the image capturing unit before a shutter button is pushed, and a plurality of second images captured by the image capturing unit after the shutter button is pushed; and a generating unit which generates a background image which is an image of a background of a dynamic body included in the first images and second images based on at least the plurality of first images.

Abstract: In a correction data storing unit of a digital camera which captures a microscopic image, image data of a light image without a sample, image data obtained by using a filter for removing a defective portion for the light image without a sample, image data where a region without being corrected (or a region being corrected) is set in the light image without the sample, and shading correction data calculated from image data obtained by setting a mask region where data after being corrected is set to 0 are stored. An operator obtains, captures, records, and stores an observation image satisfactory for great-looking by using arbitrary shading correction data. In this way, a captured image satisfactory for great-looking is obtained by making a suitable shading correction according to a shading characteristic, which is caused by an optical system.

Abstract: For computing a plurality of white balance gains with regard to a single image data item, a target image is first divided into a plurality of blocks. Then, a representative value of each block is computed, and a value representing the relative contribution of each light source type to a whole image is calculated based on the representative value which is obtained. Once the representative value of each block and the contribution level of each type of light source are obtained, a MWB gain and an AWB gain are computed using these results. Because the computation of the representative value of each block, which is a calculation operation performed for each pixel, is performed only once, the computation time can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging apparatus, an imaging method and a computer program which can automatically select an imaging method matching a scene and capture higher quality images. The imaging apparatus analyzes a preview image acquired from the image sensor before a shutter button is operated to classify the scene on which the preview image is obtained and, when the scene classified by the scene classifying unit is a night scene including a night view, controls the image sensor to continuously capture a plurality of images when the shutter button is operated.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging apparatus which, when a dynamic range is expanded, even if a subject is irradiated by a plurality of different light sources, can apply adequate white balances to respective light sources. The imaging apparatus captures two images from an image sensor at different exposures when a preview image, which is input from the image sensor but is not captured yet, includes an area which is irradiated by the different light sources and which comprises the different brightnesses. The imaging apparatus then composes a dark area of the one image captured at the over exposure and applied a white balance to and a bright area of the other image captured at the under exposure and applied a white balance to.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to this invention comprises: an image capturing unit which performs continuous image capturing; a storing unit which stores a plurality of first images captured by the image capturing unit before a shutter button is pushed, and a plurality of second images captured by the image capturing unit after the shutter button is pushed; and a generating unit which generates a background image which is an image of a background of a dynamic body included in the first images and second images based on at least the plurality of first images.

Abstract: In a correction data storing unit of a digital camera which captures a microscopic image, image data of a light image without a sample, image data obtained by using a filter for removing a defective portion for the light image without a sample, image data where a region without being corrected (or a region being corrected) is set in the light image without the sample, and shading correction data calculated from image data obtained by setting a mask region where data after being corrected is set to 0 are stored. An operator obtains, captures, records, and stores an observation image satisfactory for great-looking by using arbitrary shading correction data. In this way, a captured image satisfactory for great-looking is obtained by making a suitable shading correction according to a shading characteristic, which is caused by an optical system.

Abstract: A point defect and a line defect in a captured image resulting due to an imaging element defect in a digital camera are interpolated. A defect correction circuit of a digital camera simultaneously corrects a point flaw, a vertical line flaw, and a horizontal line flaw in a captured image. In consideration of cases in which a point flaw and a vertical line flaw are present adjacent to each other, the defect correction circuit executes predetermined difference calculations using pixels surrounding a target pixel to be corrected and determines an interpolation pattern based on a comparison of magnitude among the difference calculation values. The defect correction circuit also selects, for interpolation, an interpolation pattern from among interpolation patterns prepared in advance based on an adjacent pattern of the point flaw and line flaw. The adjacent pattern is detected by a defect decode circuit 78.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a first luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on G signals of the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a second luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on all color signals of the image signals; a selector for providing an output by switching between outputs of the first and second luminance data generating section; and a selection signal generating section for generating selection signal for controlling the switching of the selector based on color information obtained at the color information detecting section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a first luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on G signals of the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a second luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on all color signals of the image signals; a selector for providing an output by switching between outputs of the first and second luminance data generating section; and a selection signal generating section for generating selection signal for controlling the switching of the selector based on color information obtained at the color information detecting section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a first luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on G signals of the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a second luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on all color signals of the image signals; a selector for providing an output by switching between outputs of the first and second luminance data generating section; and a selection signal generating section for generating selection signal for controlling the switching of the selector based on color information obtained at the color information detecting section.

Abstract: A CCD imaging element 12 has a two-dimensional array of a plurality of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. A read-out mode switching circuit switches a full read-out mode and a horizontal line thinning-out mode with respect to the imaging element 12 one over to the other. A read-out circuit reads out an image signal from the imaging element 12. A defective pixel compensation circuit 15 executes compensation for defective pixels on the basis of adjacent pixel signals thereto. In the full read-out mode, the defective pixel compensation is executed by using four normal pixels adjacent to the defective pixel in the horizontal and vertical line directions. In the thinning-out read-out mode, the defective pixel compensation is executed by using two normal pixels adjacent to and on opposite sides of a horizontal line defective pixel in the horizontal line direction, said two normal pixels lying along the same horizontal line as said defective pixel.

Abstract: A camera comprises a beam splitter configured to divide an incident light from a subject through a photographing lens, an eyepiece lens configured to observe the incident light divided by the beam splitter with a viewfinder, a relay lens provided between the beam splitter and the eyepiece lens, and a shutter provided in a vicinity of the relay lens and configured to cut a reverse-incident light from the eyepiece lens.

Abstract: An optical microscope apparatus selectively arranges a plurality of optical elements in an optical path, and includes: a manual switch unit capable of manually switching any of the plurality of optical elements; a detection unit detecting an arrangement status of manually switched optical elements; a storage unit storing information relating to the arrangement of the plurality of optical elements for each observing method; and an arrangement control unit arranging the plurality of optical elements according to the detection result by the detection unit and the information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a first luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on G signals of the image signals obtained by the image pickup section; a second luminance data generating section for finding luminance data for use in edge enhancement processing based on all color signals of the image signals; a selector for providing an output by switching between outputs of the first and second luminance data generating section; and a selection signal generating section for generating selection signal for controlling the switching of the selector based on color information obtained at the color information detecting section.

Abstract: An optical microscope apparatus selectively arranges a plurality of optical elements in an optical path, and includes: a manual switch unit capable of manually switching any of the plurality of optical elements; a detection unit detecting an arrangement status of manually switched optical elements; a storage unit storing information relating to the arrangement of the plurality of optical elements for each observing method; and an arrangement control unit arranging the plurality of optical elements according to the detection result by the detection unit and the information stored in the storage unit.