Imaging apparatus and image restoration method
View Patent ↗An imaging apparatus restores a deteriorated image to a high-resolution image when the deteriorated image is restored based on a PSF image captured by an optical system. An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, and a PSF capturing unit that acquires point spread function (PSF) information captured by the optical system and outputs corrected PSF information. A subject capturing unit acquires subject information captured by the optical system and outputs the subject information; and an image restoration unit performs a restore operation for restoring the subject information, based on the corrected PSF information and the subject information. The PSF capturing unit subtracts a correction luminance value from the PSF information, and outputs the corrected PSF information. The correction luminance value is greater by a luminance value Is than a luminance value Nf of fixed value noise that does not fluctuate with time.
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an optical system;
a point spread function (PSF) capturing unit configured to acquire PSF information captured by the optical system, and output corrected PSF information;
a subject capturing unit configured to acquire subject information captured by the optical system, and output the acquired subject information; and
an image restoration unit configured to perform a restore operation for restoring the subject information, based on the corrected PSF information and the subject information,
wherein the PSF capturing unit is configured to subtract a correction luminance value from a luminance value of a PSF image indicated by the PSF information, and output the corrected PSF information obtained as a result of the subtraction, the correction luminance value being greater by a luminance value Is than a luminance value Nf of fixed value noise that does not fluctuate with time.
2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the PSF capturing unit is configured to subtract the correction luminance value from an entire region represented by the PSF information.
3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein assuming that random noise included in the PSF information is Gaussian noise, the luminance value Is is equal to or greater than a standard deviation of the Gaussian noise.
4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the luminance value Is is a value from 0.3% to 30% of a highest luminance value of the PSF information.
5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the PSF capturing unit is configured to subtract the correction luminance value only from a region having a luminance value equal to or smaller than the correction luminance value, or a region having a luminance value smaller than the correction luminance value, the regions being included in the entire region represented by the PSF information.
6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein assuming that random noise included in the PSF information is Gaussian noise, the luminance value Is is 1.6 times or more greater than a standard deviation of the Gaussian noise.
7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the luminance value Is is a value from 0.5% to 40% of a highest luminance value of the PSF information.
8. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an optical system;
a subject capturing unit configured to acquire subject information captured by the optical system, and output the acquired subject information; and
an image restoration unit configured to perform a restore operation for restoring the subject information based on corrected point spread function (PSF) information stored in advance and the subject information,
wherein the corrected PSF information is information obtained by subtracting a correction luminance value from a luminance value of a PSF image indicated by PSF information captured by the optical system, the correction luminance value being greater by a luminance value Is than a luminance value Nf of fixed value noise that does not fluctuate with time.
9. An image restoration method comprising:
acquiring point spread function (PSF) information captured by an optical system, and outputting corrected PSF information;
acquiring subject information captured by the optical system, and outputting the acquired subject information; and
performing a restore operation for restoring the subject information, based on the corrected PSF information and the subject information,
wherein in the acquiring of PSF information, a correction luminance value is subtracted from a luminance value of a PSF image indicated by the PSF information, and the corrected PSF information obtained as a result of the subtraction is output, the correction luminance value being greater by a luminance value Is than a luminance value Nf of fixed value noise that does not fluctuate with time.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the image restoration method according to claim 9 .