Patent ID: 9538163
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first polarizing unit which includes a first polarization region and a second polarization region and configured to transmit different polarized light corresponding to different viewing point images; a second polarizing unit configured to cause transmission light of the first polarizing unit to be incident and includes a third polarization region to transmit only the transmission light of the first polarization region, a fourth polarization region to transmit only transmission light of the second polarization region, and a total transmission region to transmit the transmission light of the first polarization region and the second polarization region; an imaging element configured to receive the transmission light of the second polarizing unit; and an image processing unit configured to execute signal processing with respect to an output signal of the imaging element, wherein the image processing unit includes: a parallax detecting unit configured to apply two different viewing point images of an image based on the transmission light of the third polarization region of the second polarizing unit and an image based on the transmission light of the fourth polarization region of the second polarizing unit and generate parallax information in which an object distance is reflected; a reflection detecting unit configured to generate reflection information, which is determination information on whether a reflection light component is included in each pixel value, in units of polarization region pixels (PL pixels); an interpolation processing unit configured to select reference pixels according to the reflection information, apply pixel values of the selected reference pixels, and execute pixel value interpolation processing of the polarization region pixels (PL pixels); and a parallax image generating unit configured to apply the parallax information generated by the parallax detecting unit.