Patent ID: 8025408
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for capturing an object's image and separating the object's image into multiple components, the apparatus comprising: a light projecting section for projecting linearly polarized light, which has been emitted from a light source, toward the object; a color and polarization obtaining section for getting a color polarized image of the object; a polarization information processing section for generating color and polarization information based on an association between the intensity of the light that has been transmitted through a polarizer with three or more polarization principal axis directions and the polarization principal axis directions for each of unit pixels that form the color polarized image; a light source color information collecting section for collecting color information of the light source; and an image component separating section for separating the image into multiple components based on the color and polarization information and the color information of the light source.