Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and image processing method
An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire information about an object size in first image data, acquire a parameter about an optical characteristic of an optical system, acquire, based on the parameter, a characteristic that changes according to the information about the object size, and generate second image data by applying the characteristic to the first image data. The parameter changes according to at least one of states of zoom, focus, and an aperture stop of the optical system. The processor is configured to change processing according to whether it is determined that the at least one state has changed.
1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire information about an object size in first image data,
acquire a parameter about an optical characteristic of an optical system,
acquire, based on the parameter, a characteristic that changes according to the information about the object size, and
generate second image data by applying the characteristic to the first image data,
wherein the parameter changes according to at least one of states of zoom, focus, and an aperture stop of the optical system, and
wherein the processor is configured to change processing according to whether it is determined that the at least one state has changed.
2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed, the processor is configured to restrict a change amount of the characteristic due to a change of the information about the object size.
3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed,
the processor is configured to restrict the change amount of the characteristic due to the change of the information about the object size in an imaging state, and
the processor is configured not to restrict the change amount of the characteristic in a non-imaging state.
4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the change amount of the characteristic due to the change of the information about the object size is larger than a predetermined threshold, the processor is configured to decrease the change amount.
5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined threshold is a maximum change amount of the optical characteristic of the optical system.
6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed, the processor is configured to set the change amount of the characteristic to zero.
7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed, the processor is configured to:
acquire a last characteristic that has already been calculated without newly calculating the characteristic, and
generate second image data by applying the last characteristic to the first image data.
8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed, the processor is configured not to change the characteristic even if the information about the object size changes.
9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the at least one state has not changed, the processor is configured to:
acquire the last characteristic without newly calculating the characteristic in an imaging state, and
newly calculate the characteristic without acquiring the last characteristic in a non-imaging state.
10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the characteristic based on the information about the object size and the at least one state of the optical system.
11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire the information about the object size in a case where it is determined that the at least one state of the optical system has changed.
12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter is a parameter for reproducing an aberration characteristic of the optical system by signal processing.
13 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to output first image data;
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
acquire information about an object size in the first image data,
acquire a parameter about an optical characteristic of an optical system,
acquire, based on the parameter, a characteristic that changes according to the information about the object size, and
generate second image data by applying the characteristic to the first image data,
wherein the parameter changes according to at least one of states of zoom, focus, and an aperture stop of the optical system, and
wherein the processor is configured to change processing according to whether it is determined that the at least one state has changed.
14 . An image processing method comprising the steps of:
acquiring information about an object size in first image data;
acquiring a parameter about an optical characteristic of an optical system;
acquiring, based on the parameter, a characteristic that changes according to the information about the object size; and
generating second image data by applying the characteristic to the first image data,
wherein the parameter changes according to at least one of states of zoom, focus, and aperture of the optical system, and
wherein, the generating step changes processing according to whether it is determined that the at least one state has changed.