Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an influence of infrared light on a color of an input image, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance control value based on the input image, a determination unit configured to perform determination of whether the first white balance control value is effective, and a setting unit configured to set a predetermined white balance control value based on a result of the determination by the determination unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as an adjustment unit configured to adjust a color of an input image based on a correction level defining a degree to which the color of the input image is to be corrected, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first white balance control value based on the input image, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether the first white balance control value is valid, and a setting unit configured to set a second white balance control value based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit determines an evaluation criterion for evaluating whether the first white balance control value is valid based on the correction level determined by the adjustment unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as a detection unit configured to detect deviation in black balance in an input image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on white balance of the input image, a calculation unit configured to calculate, in a case where the detection unit detects deviation in the black balance, a correction value to correct the deviation in the black balance based on the information on the white balance, and a correction unit configured to correct the deviation in the black balance based on the correction value calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor driving unit configured to incline an imaging sensor with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit configured to change a position of a focus lens in the imaging optical system, a range change unit configured to change an imaging range, and a control unit configured to control the position of the focus lens, the imaging range, and an angle of the imaging sensor so that a first inclined focal plane and a second inclined focal plane after a position of the first inclined focal plane is changed have a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on a luminance distribution in an input image, first control information for controlling characteristics of luminance gradation correction to be applied on the input image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on the first control information, second control information for controlling characteristics of luminance gradation correction to be applied on the input image, and a correction unit configured to correct luminance gradation of the input image based on the second control information.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first control value related to white balance based on an input image, a determination unit configured to determine whether a first area including the acquired first control value is changeable, a control unit configured to change the first area to a second area based on a result of determination by the determination unit, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a second control value related to the white balance to be applied to the input image in the second area in a case where the first area is changed to the second area, wherein the control unit changes the first area to the second area by stages.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus capable of increasing the width by which the dynamic range is expanded by HDR combination, according to whether a moving object exists or not, while preventing occurrence of ghost artifacts or the like, caused by improper combination. An image capture section performs image capture operations with a plurality of different exposure amounts for each frame to thereby generate a plurality of captured images so as to perform HDR combination. An exposure controller sets the plurality of different exposure amounts for the image capture section. A moving object detection section detects a moving object existing in at least one of the plurality of captured images. The exposure controller adjusts the plurality of different exposure amounts according to whether or not a moving object is detected by the moving object detection section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on a luminance distribution in an input image, first control information for controlling characteristics of luminance gradation correction to be applied on the input image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on the first control information, second control information for controlling characteristics of luminance gradation correction to be applied on the input image, and a correction unit configured to correct luminance gradation of the input image based on the second control information.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor driving unit configured to incline an imaging sensor with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging optical system, a focus lens driving unit configured to change a position of a focus lens in the imaging optical system, a range change unit configured to change an imaging range, and a control unit configured to control the position of the focus lens, the imaging range, and an angle of the imaging sensor so that a first inclined focal plane and a second inclined focal plane after a position of the first inclined focal plane is changed have a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus capable of increasing the width by which the dynamic range is expanded by HDR combination, according to whether a moving object exists or not, while preventing occurrence of ghost artifacts or the like, caused by improper combination. An image capture section performs image capture operations with a plurality of different exposure amounts for each frame to thereby generate a plurality of captured images so as to perform HDR combination. An exposure controller sets the plurality of different exposure amounts for the image capture section. A moving object detection section detects a moving object existing in at least one of the plurality of captured images. The exposure controller adjusts the plurality of different exposure amounts according to whether or not a moving object is detected by the moving object detection section.

Abstract: The present invention in its first aspect provides an image display apparatus capable of controlling, for each block obtained by dividing a region of a screen, a backlight emission brightness based on image data of an inputted frame. The image display apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects a block in which a predetermined object is displayed; a determining unit that determines an object block that is a block in which a background and the predetermined object are displayed based on a detection result by the detecting unit; and a control unit that controls a backlight emission brightness for each block. The control unit approximates a backlight emission brightness of the object block to a backlight emission brightness of another block in which the background is displayed.

Abstract: The display apparatus comprises: a light-emitting unit; a display unit; a determination unit configured to determine, for each of the plurality of light sources of the light-emitting unit, a target brightness based on a brightness of an image to be displayed in an area corresponding to the light source; a first detection unit configured to detect a first block in which a predetermined object is displayed; a second detection unit configured to detect a second block in which no moving object is displayed; a correction unit configured to correct a target brightness of a light source corresponding to a third block, which is a first block and which is a second block, on the basis of target brightnesses of surrounding light sources; and a control unit configured to control an emission brightness of each light source to the target brightness.

Abstract: The present invention in its first aspect provides an image display apparatus capable of controlling, for each block obtained by dividing a region of a screen, a backlight emission brightness based on image data of an inputted frame, the image display apparatus comprising: a detecting unit that detects a block in which a predetermined object is displayed; a determining unit that determines an object block that is a block in which a background and the predetermined object are displayed based on a detection result by the detecting unit; and a control unit that controls a backlight emission brightness for each block, wherein the control unit approximates a backlight emission brightness of the object block to a backlight emission brightness of another block in which the background is displayed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention extracts a characteristic value of a luminance in relation to respective fields of an input video, and determines the presence of a scene change between adjacent fields. A gamma curve is then generated on the basis of the magnitude of the characteristic value. When a difference in the characteristic value between fields is larger than a predetermined value and a scene change does not exist, the gamma curve to be applied to a subsequent field is modified such that the correction characteristic of the gamma curve does not vary rapidly. The luminance is then corrected using the modified gamma curve.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention extracts a characteristic value of a luminance in relation to respective fields of an input video, and determines the presence of a scene change between adjacent fields. A gamma curve is then generated on the basis of the magnitude of the characteristic value. When a difference in the characteristic value between fields is larger than a predetermined value and a scene change does not exist, the gamma curve to be applied to a subsequent field is modified such that the correction characteristic of the gamma curve does not vary rapidly. The luminance is then corrected using the modified gamma curve.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: motion vector detecting unit which divides an input video image into a plurality of blocks and detects a motion vector of each of the blocks; telop detecting unit which detects a horizontal telop and a vertical telop from the input video image; first correcting unit which corrects the motion vector of a block that includes the horizontal telop; second correcting unit which corrects the motion vector of a block that includes the vertical telop; control unit which controls the first and second correcting units such that when the horizontal and vertical telops are detected, correction is performed by one of the first and second correcting units, and correction by the other one of the first and second correcting units is omitted; and generating unit which generates the interpolated frame, using the motion vector of each of the blocks.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention extracts a characteristic value of a luminance in relation to respective fields of an input video, and determines the presence of a scene change between adjacent fields. A gamma curve is then generated on the basis of the magnitude of the characteristic value. When a difference in the characteristic value between fields is larger than a predetermined value and a scene change does not exist, the gamma curve to be applied to a subsequent field is modified such that the correction characteristic of the gamma curve does not vary rapidly. The luminance is then corrected using the modified gamma curve.