IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,749,519
Granted Patent B2
US 9,749,519 · App. 14/889,283 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

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
H04N5/23212G06F3/0486G06F3/0488G06F3/04817G06F3/04845G06F3/04847H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 9,749,519
App. No.
14/889,283
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
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 (31)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup lens;

an image pickup device configured to obtain image pickup data based on detected light;

a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses, and arranged on an image forming plane of the image pickup lens, each of the microlenses being provided corresponding to a plurality of pixels of the image pickup device;

an image processing section configured to produce an image based on the image pickup data obtained from the image pickup device; and

a touch panel configured to display the image and a representative icon representing a camera diaphragm plate,

wherein a proportion of the representative icon is changed based on user input,

wherein the image processing section is further configured to adjust a depth of field of the displayed image according to the proportion of the representative icon,

wherein the image processing section is further configured to generate distance information from the image pickup data and to rearrange pieces of the image pickup data based on the distance information and a specified focus position of the displayed image, and

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

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the representative icon represents an aperture value of a camera lens.

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

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

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

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the representative icon comprises a circular icon.

7. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a display area of the touch panel, corresponding to the displayed representative icon and within which the representative icon is encompassed, is completely filled by the displayed representative icon and the displayed representative icon completely fills an entire area of the display area.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform an image processing method, the method comprising:

obtaining image pickup data based on detected light;

generating distance information from the image pickup data;

producing an image based on the obtained image pickup data;

displaying the image and a representative icon representing a camera diaphragm plate; and

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

wherein a proportion of the representative icon is changed based on user input, and

wherein the image a depth of field of the displayed image is adjusted according to the proportion of the representative icon.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image processing section configured to produce an image based on a multi view image; and

a display configured to display the image and a representative icon,

wherein a proportion of the representative icon is changed based on user input,

wherein the image processing section is further configured to adjust a depth of field of the displayed image according to the proportion of the representative icon,

wherein the image processing section is further configured to generate distance information from the multi view image and to rearrange pieces of the multi view image based on the distance information and a specified focus position of the displayed image, and

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

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2015
From: ITO, KATSUHISA; MIYAMOTO, ATSUSHI; HAYASAKA, KENGO; MORI, HIRONORI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037054/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-104384 · May 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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