Patent ID: 8228401
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a region identifying section that identifies a partial region that fulfills a preset condition in a main image captured through an optical system in which an optical transfer function relating to light from an object point is substantially uniform regardless of a distance to the object point; and a correcting section that corrects an image of the partial region identified by the region identifying section, according to the optical transfer function of the optical system; and further comprising a condition storing section that stores the condition to be fulfilled by the partial region corrected by the correcting section, wherein the region identifying section identifies a partial region of the main image that fulfills the condition stored by the condition storing section, wherein the condition storing section stores a condition concerning a distance to a subject, and the region identifying section identifies a partial region in which is captured a subject positioned at a distance that fulfills the condition stored by the condition storing section, wherein the condition storing section stores a range of distance from the optical system over which the optical transfer function is substantially uniform, and the region identifying section identifies a partial region in which is captured a subject positioned within the range of distance stored by the condition storing section.