Image processing apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Komiya, Kangda Wang
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises an image inputting section having a photographing lens, a semiconductor image pickup element, such as a CCD, an A/D converting section for converting an obtained image signal to a digital signal, image correcting sections for subjecting respective images which are obtained at a plurality of image inputting sections to correction in terms of geometric displacement due to optical aberration, an image composing section for joining corrected images, a monitor and a printer. When a plurality of images are to be joined, a geometric displacement, such as aberration of the photographing lens, is corrected on a to-be-composed image on the basis of the photographing condition so that a joined image is obtained.
Claims26
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image information receiving section for receiving image information of an image picked up by an image inputting unit which comprises a photographing lens system for forming an optical image and at least one image pickup element for photoelectrically converting the optical image into an image;
- an image correcting section for correcting optical aberration occurring under a condition which is represented by an optical parameter of the image inputting unit, with respect to at least one image obtained from the image information receiving section;
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- an image joining section for detecting a positional relationship between a plurality of images including said at least one image whose optical aberration is corrected by the image correcting section, and for joining the images together.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image inputting unit comprising at least one image inputting section which is provided integral with or separate from an apparatus body, and comprises a photographing lens for forming an optical image and at least one image pickup element for photoelectrically converting the optical image into an image;
- an image correcting section for correcting optical aberration occurring under a condition which is represented by an optical parameter of said at least one image inputting section, with respect to at least one image obtained from the image inputting unit;
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- an image joining section for detecting a positional relationship between images including said at least one image subjected to aberration correction, and for joining the images together.
An image processing method comprising:
- a step of obtaining a plurality of image signals by use of an image inputting unit comprising at least one image pickup element which photoelectrically converts an image of a subject, which is picked up by a photographing lens;
- a step of correcting that optical aberration of one or more images obtained by the image inputting unit, which occurs under a condition indicated by an optical parameter of the image inputting unit, thereby obtaining one or more corrected images;
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- a step of detecting a positional relationship between a plurality of images including said corrected one or more images, and joining the plurality of images based on the detected positional relationship.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image information receiving section for receiving image information of an image picked up by an image inputting unit which comprises a photographing lens system for forming an optical image and at least one image pickup element for photoelectrically converting the optical image into an image;
- an image correcting section for correcting optical aberration of the photographing lens system which occurs under a condition which is represented by an optical parameter of the image inputting unit, with respect to at least one image obtained from the image information receiving section;
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- an image joining section for detecting a positional relationship between a plurality of images including said at least one image whose optical aberration is corrected by the image correcting section, and for joining the images together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.