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Granted Patent B2
US 10,070,045 · App. 15/633,928 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Information processing apparatus, electronic apparatus, server, information processing program, and information processing method

Inventors: Katsuhisa Ito (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Miyamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Kengo Hayasaka (Kanagawa, JP); Hironori Mori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N5/23216H04N5/23293H04N13/0271H04N13/0282H04N13/271H04N13/282
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,070,045
App. No.
15/633,928
Filed
Jun 27, 2017
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2662
USPC
348/333.12
Abstract

There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon.

Claims (24)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image based on image pickup data and a representative icon; and

an image processing section configured to

adjust a depth of field of the displayed image according to a shape or size of the representative icon,

generate distance information from the image pickup data, the distance information being associated with an object distance, and

rearrange pieces of the image pickup data based on the distance information and a specified focus position of the displayed image,

wherein the image processing section is implemented via at least one processor.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image processing section is further configured to generate refocus images prior to adjustment of the size of the representative icon.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the size of the representative icon is changed based on the distance information.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the size of the representative icon is changed based on user input.

5. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image pickup data comprises data captured by a light field camera.

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the image pickup data comprises data of a plurality of images from multi-view.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image based on image pickup data and a representative icon; and

an image processing section configured to

adjust a range of focus area of the displayed image according to a shape or size of the representative icon,

generate distance information from the image pickup data, the distance information being associated with an object distance, and

rearrange pieces of the image pickup data based on the distance information and a specified focus position of the displayed image,

wherein the image processing section is implemented via at least one processor.

8. An image processing method comprising:

displaying an image based on image pickup data and a representative icon;

adjusting a depth of field of the displayed image according to a shape or size of the representative icon;

generating distance information from the image pickup data, the distance information being associated with an object distance; and

rearranging pieces of the image pickup data based on the distance information and a specified focus position of the displayed image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2017
From: ITO, KATSUHISA; MIYAMOTO, ATSUSHI; HAYASAKA, KENGO; MORI, HIRONORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043012/0513 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-104384 · May 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14889283
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