US 11,930,160 B2
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
Yuhi Kondo, Tokyo (JP); Yasutaka Hirasawa, Tokyo (JP); Takefumi Nagumo, Kanagawa (JP); Toshinori Ihara, Tokyo (JP); Teppei Kurita, Tokyo (JP); and Legong Sun, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/273,891
Filed by SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/022514
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/054152, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-170378 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0243437 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 19/105 (2014.01); H04N 19/136 (2014.01); H04N 19/182 (2014.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01); H04N 19/423 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/105 (2014.11) [H04N 19/136 (2014.11); H04N 19/182 (2014.11); H04N 19/186 (2014.11); H04N 19/423 (2014.11)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an information compression unit configured to generate compressed image information by reducing an amount of information of polarized image information of each of polarization pixels with at least a plurality of polarization directions in a polarized image including polarization pixels with a plurality of polarization directions,
wherein the amount of information of the polarized image information is reduced by encoding difference information indicating a difference between a reference intensity value of a reference polarization pixel for a respective color and an intensity value of at least one other polarization pixel of the respective color, and
wherein the information compression unit is implemented via at least one processor.