Image generating apparatus and image generating method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomochika Murakami
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Abstract
An image generating apparatus which generates an observation image from an original image obtained by imaging a subject, has a viewpoint image generating unit configured to generate a plurality of viewpoint images having mutually different line-of-sight directions by using the original image; and an observation image generating unit configured to generate an image, for which a scattered light component included in the original image has been extracted or enhanced, as the observation image by using the plurality of viewpoint images. The observation image is generated, for example, by extracting or enhancing a difference among the plurality of viewpoint images.
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An image generating apparatus which generates an observation image from an original image obtained by imaging a subject,
- the image generating apparatus comprising:
- a viewpoint image generating unit configured to generate a plurality of viewpoint images having mutually different line-of-sight directions by using the original image;
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- an observation image generating unit configured to generate an image, for which a difference among the plurality of viewpoint images has been extracted or enhanced, as the observation image by using the plurality of viewpoint images.
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An image generating method of generating an observation image by using a computer from an original image obtained by imaging a subject,
- the image generating method comprising:
- generating a plurality of viewpoint images with respectively different line-of-sight directions by using the original image;
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- generating an image, for which a difference among the plurality of viewpoint images has been extracted or enhanced, as the observation image by using the plurality of viewpoint images.
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