Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, system, image processing method, and program

A system comprising:

• a first vision sensor that captures an image by synchronous scanning and provides a first timestamp to the image;
• a second vision sensor that includes a sensor associated with one or a plurality of pixels of the image, generates, when the sensor detects an intensity change of light, an event signal, and provides a second timestamp synchronized with the first timestamp to the event signal;
• and
• an image processing apparatus that includes
• a movement estimation unit that estimates a movement of an imaging target in the image on a basis of the first timestamp, the event signal, and the second timestamp,
• an inverse filter generation unit that generates an inverse filter on a basis of the movement, and
• a filter application unit that applies the inverse filter to the image.

An image processing method comprising:

• capturing an image by synchronous scanning and providing a first timestamp to the image;
• including a sensor associated with one or a plurality of pixels of the image, generating, when the sensor detects an intensity change of light, an event signal, and providing a second timestamp synchronized with the first timestamp to the event signal;
• estimating a movement of an imaging target in the image on a basis of the first timestamp, the event signal, and the second timestamp;
• generating an inverse filter on a basis of the movement;
• and
• applying the inverse filter to the image.

A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform an image processing method by carrying out actions, comprising:

• estimating, on a basis of a first timestamp provided to an image captured by synchronous scanning, an event signal generated corresponding to an intensity change of light at one or a plurality of pixels of the image, and a second timestamp that is provided to the event signal and is in synchronism with the first timestamp, a movement of an imaging target in the image;
• generating an inverse filter on a basis of the movement;
• and
• applying the inverse filter to the image.