Patent ID: 9681042
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus capable of generating a plurality of output images having different focus positions by performing refocus processing on an input image containing light field information, the image pickup apparatus comprising: an input image obtaining unit configured to obtain the input image by performing a first photographing operation and a second photographing operation; an image processing unit configured to generate a display image from the input image; and a display unit configured to display the display image, wherein the image processing unit is configured to obtain a refocus range in which a focus position is controllable, and generate the display image including information on the refocus range by using at least a part of an input image obtained by performing the first photographing operation, and wherein an edge of each object included in the refocus range of the display image is highlighted by performing highlighting processing on the edge after performing the first photographing operation and before performing the second photographing operation.