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 |
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.
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