Image processing device, imaging device, and image processing method

An imaging device comprising:

• an image sensor configured to generate an image signal;
• and
• image processing circuitry configured to:
• detect a first portion of the image signal corresponding to a vehicle body area of an image by performing object motion detection;
• detect a second portion of the image signal corresponding to a license plate area of the image;
• perform a first processing on the first portion of the image signal corresponding to the vehicle body area to modify first pixels corresponding to the vehicle body area of the image;
• and
• perform a second processing on the second portion of the image signal corresponding to the license plate area to modify second pixels corresponding to the license plate area of the image, the second processing being different from the first processing,
• wherein a detection procedure performed by the image processing circuitry to detect the vehicle body area of the image occurs independently of a detection procedure performed by the image processing circuitry to detect the license plate area of the image.

An image processing method comprising:

• detecting a first portion of an image signal by performing object motion detection, the first portion of the image signal corresponding to a vehicle body area of an image;
• detecting a second portion of the image signal, the second portion of the image signal corresponding to a license plate area of the image;
• performing a first processing on the first portion of the image signal corresponding to the vehicle body area to modify first pixels corresponding to the vehicle body area of the image;
• and
• performing a second processing on the second portion of the image signal corresponding to the license plate area to modify second pixels corresponding to the license plate area of the image, the second processing being different from the first processing,
• wherein the detecting of the first portion of the image signal corresponding to the vehicle body area of the image occurs independently of the detecting of the second portion of the image signal corresponding to the license plate area of the image.