公开(公告)号：EP2293541A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-09

申请号：EP09769839.3

申请日：2009-05-15

申请人： Panasonic Corporation

发明人： SATO, Satoshi ,  KANAMORI, Katsuhiro

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G06T1/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/2256 ,  G02B27/283 ,  G02B27/288 ,  H04N5/23229

摘要： A polarization image capturing section 103 obtains a first polarization image containing polarization information. A polarization information obtaining section 104 obtains first polarization information from the first polarization image. An illumination control section 102 changes an illumination section 101 and again obtains a second polarization image by means of the polarization image capturing section 103. The polarization information obtaining section 104 obtains second polarization information from the second polarization image. A light source dependency estimation section 105 obtains light source dependency from the first and second polarization information obtained from the first and second polarization images. An area dividing section 106 performs an area division by using the polarization information and light source dependency information.

摘要翻译： 偏振图像拍摄部103获得包含偏振信息的第一偏振图像。 偏振信息获取部分104从第一偏振图像获得第一偏振信息。 照明控制部102改变照明部101，并且通过偏振图像拍摄部103再次获得第二偏振图像。偏振信息获取部104从第二偏振图像获得第二偏振信息。 光源依赖性估计部分105从从第一和第二偏振图像获得的第一和第二偏振信息获得光源依赖性。 区域分割部分106通过使用偏振信息和光源相关性信息来执行区域划分。

公开(公告)号：EP2216999A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-11

申请号：EP08857676.4

申请日：2008-11-28

申请人： Panasonic Corporation

发明人： KANAMORI, Katsuhiro ,  SATO, Satoshi

IPC分类号： H04N9/07 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/28 ,  H01L27/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H01L27/14621 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N2209/046

摘要： An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a single-chip color image capture element that has a color mosaic filter 201 and a patterned polarizer 202 in which a number of polarizer units, having polarization transmission planes defining at least three different angles, are provided for multiple pixels of the same color (G) in the color mosaic filter 201 . This apparatus includes not only a color and polarization obtaining section 101 including such a single-chip color image capture element but also a polarization information processing section 103 for approximating, as a sinusoidal function, a relation between the intensities of light rays that have been transmitted through the polarizer units for the G pixels and the angles of the polarization transmission planes of the polarizer units and a color mosaic interpolation section 102 for generating a color intensity image by performing a color intensity interpolation and getting a color intensity that cannot be obtained at a pixel of interest.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的图像处理装置包括具有彩色马赛克滤波器201和图案化偏振器202的单芯片彩色图像捕获元件，其中具有限定至少三个不同角度的偏振透射平面的多个偏振器单元是 提供了颜色马赛克滤光器201中相同颜色（G）的多个像素。 该装置不仅包括包括这样的单片彩色图像捕获元件的颜色和偏振获得部分101，而且包括用于近似作为正弦函数的已经发送的光线的强度之间的关系的偏振信息处理部分103 通过用于G像素的偏振器单元和偏振器单元的偏振透射平面的角度和颜色马赛克内插部分102，用于通过执行颜色强度内插并获得在 感兴趣的像素

公开(公告)号：EP2375755B8

公开(公告)日：2013-10-09

申请号：EP09837447.3

申请日：2009-12-18

申请人： Panasonic Corporation

发明人： KOMOTO, Ayako ,  KANAMORI, Katsuhiro ,  SATO, Satoshi

IPC分类号： H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/225

CPC分类号： H04N5/2251 ,  H04N5/2628 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A polarization camera that can capture polarization images and a color image at the same time is used. Specifically, a clear sky polarization image, which provides information about the polarization of a part of the sky, is captured by a clear sky polarization image capturing section 100. And by reference to the information provided by a sun position determining section 1301 that determines the sun's position at the time of shooting, a camera direction estimating section 101 determines in what direction and in what area of the whole sky the clear sky polarization image is located as a polarization pattern. Finally, information about what direction or orientation on the globe the camera (image capture device) is now facing is output. In this manner, the direction of the camera and the relative position of the camera with respect to the sun can be known without providing a sensor separately and without capturing the whole sky or the sun.

公开(公告)号：EP2216999B1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-07

申请号：EP08857676.4

申请日：2008-11-28

申请人： Panasonic Corporation

发明人： KANAMORI, Katsuhiro ,  SATO, Satoshi

IPC分类号： H04N9/07 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/28 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H01L27/14621 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N2209/046

公开(公告)号：EP2071280A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-17

申请号：EP08790419.9

申请日：2008-08-07

申请人： Panasonic Corporation

发明人： SATO, Satoshi ,  KANAMORI, Katsuhiro ,  SAITO, Natsuki ,  NAKATA, Mikiya

IPC分类号： G01B11/26 ,  G06T1/00 ,  H04N5/232

CPC分类号： G01B11/002 ,  G01S15/02 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/514 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T15/50 ,  G06T15/60 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/2351

摘要： To provide a normal vector information generating device and the like which can generate normal vector information of shadow areas with a high accuracy. The normal vector information generating device (100) generates normal vector information on the surface of an object, and includes: an image information obtaining unit (110) configured to obtain information about an image of the object, the information including luminance information which is information about luminance of light from the object and polarization information which is information about polarization of the light from the object; a shadow area extracting unit (120) configured to extract an attached shadow area and a cast shadow area from the image of the object based on the luminance information and the polarization information obtained by the image information obtaining unit (110), the attached shadow area appearing on the surface of the object depending on an angle of incidence light, and the cast shadow area appearing on the surface of a material body other than the object when the light is blocked by the object; and a normal vector information generating unit (104) configured to generate normal vector information identifying a normal vector on the surface of the object in the attached shadow area extracted by the shadow area extracting unit (120) using the polarization information obtained by the image information obtaining unit (110).