Imaging device, image processing device and image processing method

An image processing device, comprising:

• a map integrating unit for generating an integrated depth map obtained by integration processing of a depth map, generated using a first image generated by a first imaging unit comprising a pixel having a polarization characteristic for each of a plurality of polarization directions and a second image generated by a second imaging unit having a configuration equivalent to that of the first imaging unit, and a normal map based on a polarization state of the first image generated by the first imaging unit;
• and
• a viewpoint converting unit for converting the integrated depth map generated by the map integrating unit into a map from a viewpoint of a third imaging unit interposed between the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, the third imaging unit including a pixel having no polarization characteristic.

An image processing method, comprising the steps of:

• generating, by a map integrating unit, an integrated depth map obtained by integration processing of a depth map, generated using a first image generated by a first imaging unit comprising a pixel having a polarization characteristic for each of a plurality of polarization directions and a second image generated by a second imaging unit having a configuration equivalent to that of the first imaging unit, and a normal map based on a polarization state of the first image generated by the first imaging unit;
• and
• converting, by a viewpoint converting unit, the generated integrated depth map into a map from a viewpoint of a third imaging unit interposed between the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, the third imaging unit including a pixel having no polarization characteristic.