IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT

摘要

An image capturing unit 20 is provided, for each of a plurality of polarization directions, with a same-polarization pixel block which is constituted by a plurality of pixels having the same polarization direction, and pixels of prescribed colors are provided in the same-polarization pixel block. A correction processing unit 31 performs correction processing such as white balance correction on a polarized image generated by the image capturing unit 20. A polarized image processing unit 32 separates and extracts a reflection component by using the polarized image that has been subjected to the correction processing. By using a polarized image of the reflection component obtained after the separation and extraction, normal line information can be accurately generated, for example.