Patent ID: 8437546
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for generating, from a RAW image that is an image obtained by an image sensor having a color filter and including pixels each having single-color signal information, a reduced RAW image by reducing the RAW image in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, comprising: a first generation unit that limits a band of spatial-frequency components of a RAW image in the horizontal direction and generates a RAW image reduced in the horizontal direction by decreasing the number of pixels of the band-limited RAW image in the horizontal direction; a storage unit that stores the RAW image reduced in the horizontal direction; and a second generation unit that generates the reduced RAW image by decreasing the number of pixels in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of the RAW image reduced in the horizontal direction stored in said storage unit.