Imaging device, imaging method, and image processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027909-B2
Application number	US-201715704941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2017
Priority date	Aug 1, 2013
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An imaging device 10 according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a subject distance acquisition section 115; a movement amount acquisition section 120 that acquires an amount of movement of the subject on the basis of the subject distance; a restoration processing determination section 125 that determines, on the basis of the amount of movement acquired by the movement amount acquisition section 120, whether the restoration processing should be performed on the images through a restoration filter, a restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the images, or the restoration processing should not be performed on the images; and a restoration processing execution section 105 that performs the restoration processing on the images through the restoration filter or with the adjusted restoration strength, on the basis of the determination of the restoration processing determination section 125.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging circuit that generates a plurality of successive images of a subject captured through an optical system;
a frame rate setting circuit that sets a frame rate for generation of the images performed by an image sensor;
a filter acquisition circuit that acquires a restoration filter generated corresponding to a transfer function for point distribution of the optical system;
a restoration processing determination circuit that determines whether a restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images through the restoration filter with the general restoration strength, a restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images, or the restoration processing should not be performed on the plurality of successive images, on the basis of the frame rate which is set by the frame rate setting circuit;
a restoration strength adjustment circuit that adjusts the restoration strength of the restoration processing in case where the restoration processing determination circuit determines that the restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images; and
a restoration processing execution circuit that performs the restoration processing on the plurality of successive images through the restoration filter with the general restoration strength or with the adjusted restoration strength, on the basis of the determination of the restoration processing determination circuit.

2. An imaging method comprising:
a generation step of generating a plurality of successive images of a subject captured through an optical system;
a frame rate setting step of setting a frame rate for generation of the plurality of successive images performed in the generation step;
a filter acquisition step of acquiring a restoration filter generated corresponding to a transfer function for point distribution of the optical system;
a restoration processing determination step of determining whether a restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images through the restoration filter with the general restoration strength, a restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images, or the restoration processing should not be performed on the plurality of successive images, on the basis of the frame rate which is set in the frame rate setting step;
a restoration strength adjustment step of adjusting the restoration strength of the restoration processing in case where it is determined in the restoration processing determination step that the restoration strength of the restoration processing should be adjusted and the restoration processing should be performed on the plurality of successive images; and
a restoration processing execution step of performing the restoration processing on the plurality of successive images through the restoration filter with the general restoration strength or with the adjusted restoration strength, on the basis of the determination in the restoration processing determination step.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Hayashi Kenkichi
• Sugimoto Masahiko
• Naruse Yousuke
• Irie Kosuke

Classifications

• H04N23/672

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