Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method thereof

摘要

An image processing apparatus and method relate to an imaging process which is applied to image data captured by an image capturing apparatus such as a multi-eye camera, multi-view camera, and the like. The image processing apparatus and method generates synthetic image data which focused on a curved focus surface by compositing multi-view image data captured from multi-viewpoints.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an image input unit configured to input a plurality of images, each of which corresponds to a different viewpoint, obtained by capturing the images from a plurality of viewpoints; an image generation unit configured to composite the plurality of images to generate a synthetic image with a curved focus surface of the synthetic image, wherein the curved focus surface is set based on focus coordinates of the plurality of images in a three-dimensional space; an acquisition unit configured to acquire focus coordinates representing a plurality of positions to be in focus in the synthetic image; and a surface generation unit configured to generate information representing the curved focus surface from a distance to an object and the acquired focus coordinates, wherein a curvature of the curved focus surface is determined in accordance with a number of the acquired focus coordinates, wherein the image generation unit is configured to composite the plurality of images based on the information representing the curved focus surface, and wherein the image generation unit is implemented using a processor.