Image adjustment
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKatsuakira Moriwake
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Abstract
An image adjustment apparatus for processing images output by two image capturing devices arranged with respect to one another so as to capture images representing different respective views of a scene comprises a noise combiner for combining a noise signal with one or both of a pair of corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices; a difference detector for detecting differences in color properties between the pair of corresponding images output by the noise combiner; and a color property adjuster for adjusting color properties of images from at least one of the image capturing devices on the basis of the differences detected by the difference detector, so as to reduce the differences in color properties between corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices.
Claims18
An image adjustment apparatus for processing images output by two image capturing devices arranged with respect to one another so as to capture images representing different respective views of a scene;
- the image adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a noise combiner for combining a noise signal with one or both of a pair of corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices;
- a difference detector for detecting differences in color properties between the pair of corresponding images output by the noise combiner;
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- a color property adjuster for adjusting color properties of images from at least one of the image capturing devices on the basis of the differences detected by the difference detector, so as to reduce the differences in color properties between corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices.
A camera system comprising:
- a pair of image capturing devices arranged with respect to one another so as to capture images representing different respective views of a scene;
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- image adjustment apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims.
A method of processing images output by two image capturing devices arranged with respect to one another so as to capture images representing different respective views of a scene;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- combining a noise signal with one or both of a pair of corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices;
- detecting differences in color properties between the pair of images output by the combining step;
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- adjusting color properties of images from at least one of the image capturing devices on the basis of the differences detected by the detecting step, so as to reduce the differences in color properties between corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices.
A computer program product comprising a storage medium by which computer software is stored, the computer software being operable, when executed by a computer, to cause the computer to perform the steps of processing images output by two image capturing devices arranged with respect to one another so as to capture images representing different respective views of a scene, by:
- combining a noise signal with one or both of a pair of corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices;
- detecting differences in color properties between the pair of images output by the combining step;
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- adjusting color properties of images from at least one of the image capturing devices on the basis of the differences detected by the detecting step, so as to reduce the differences in color properties between corresponding images captured by the two image capturing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.