Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program

A method for processing an image, said method comprising:

• detecting a motion vector by using an image made up of multiple pixels acquired by an image sensor having time integration effects;
• generating a motion-blurring-mitigated image in which motion blurring of a moving object is mitigated by using the motion vector detected by the detecting on the assumption that a pixel value of pixel of the moving object in the image is a value obtained by integrating, in a time direction, a pixel value of each pixel in which no motion blurring that corresponds to the moving object occur as it is moved;
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• generating an image that has a higher spatial resolution than that of the image made up of the multiple pixels by using the motion vector detected by the detecting a motion vector and the motion-blurring-mitigated image from the generating a motion-blurring-mitigated image.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• detecting a motion vector by using an image made up of multiple pixels acquired by an image sensor having time integration effects;
• generating a motion-blurring-mitigated image in which motion blurring of a moving object is mitigated by using the motion vector detected by the detecting on the assumption that a pixel value of pixel of the moving object in the image is a value obtained by integrating, in a time direction, a pixel value of each pixel in which no motion blurring that corresponds to the moving object occur as it is moved;
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• generating an image that has a higher spatial resolution than that of the image made up of the multiple pixels by using the motion vector detected by the detecting a motion vector and the motion-blurring-mitigated image from the generating a motion-blurring-mitigated image.

An apparatus for processing an image, said apparatus comprising:

• a motion vector detector configured to detect a motion vector by using an image that is made up of multiple pixels and acquired by an image sensor having time integration effects;
• a motion-blurring-mitigated image generator configured to generate a motion-blurring-mitigated image in which motion blurring of a moving object is mitigated by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector on the assumption that a pixel value of pixel of the moving object in the image is a value obtained by integrating, in a time direction, a pixel value of each pixel in which no motion blurring that corresponds to the moving object occur as it is moved;
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• a spatial resolution creation unit configured to generate an image that has a higher spatial resolution than that of the image made up of the multiple pixels by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector and the motion-blurring-mitigated image from the motion-blurring-mitigated image generator.