Selective Image Processing for Multi-Viewpoint Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image processing technologies can only apply a single type of image processing to multiple viewpoint images, limiting their versatility and functionality.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device is configured with an acquisition unit, an image processing unit, and a setting unit that allows for the selective application of multiple image processing types to image data, enabling the setting of each processing type and its parameters, thereby enabling multiple types of image processing on multiple viewpoint images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single type of image processing is applied to multiple viewpoint images, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability and versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device is designed to perform multiple types of image processing (refocusing, sharpness control, ghost reduction, foreground blur correction) using a single integrated system. The processing unit can selectively apply different processing types to multiple viewpoint images based on setting information, making the device universal and multi-functional without requiring separate dedicated systems for each processing type
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of image processing are applied to multiple viewpoint images, then the adaptability and versatility are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Setting information acts as an intermediary that controls and coordinates the multiple image processing operations. The processing unit selectively applies different processing types based on this setting information, which simplifies user interaction and system control while still enabling versatile multi-type processing. The setting information mediates between the user's needs and the complex processing operations
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AI summary
An image processing device includes at least one processor that acquires a plurality of viewpoint images, and selectively applies a plurality of different image processings to image data based on the plurality of viewpoint images. The plurality of different image processings includes an adjustment process of adjusting a perceived resolution of an image, the adjustment process including a shift synthesis process of relatively shifting the plurality of viewpoint images to synthesize the plurality of viewpoint images that are relatively shifted, and a viewpoint change process of changing a viewpoint by changing a weighting coefficient when the plurality of viewpoint images are synthesized. In addition, the at least one processor sets the image processing by the image processing unit, exclusively setting one of the plurality of different image processings and a parameter of the image processing set by the setting unit to be applied to the image data.