Patent ID: 8264565
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device comprising: a shooting period obtaining unit configured to obtain a shooting period; an imaging unit which includes a plurality of pixels each converting light into an electrical signal, and which has a first mode in which a low-resolution image signal is outputted and a second mode in which a high-resolution image signal is outputted, the low-resolution image signal including electrical signals converted by a first number of pixels among the plurality of pixels, the high-resolution image signal including electrical signals converted by a second number of pixels among the plurality of pixels, and the second number being greater than the first number; a control unit configured to cause said imaging unit to operate in the first mode during the shooting period obtained by said shooting period obtaining unit, and to operate in the second mode during a period other than the shooting period; and a super-resolution unit configured to generate a super-resolution image signal by performing a resolution up-converting process on the low-resolution image signal outputted by said imaging unit during the shooting period using the high-resolution image signal outputted by said imaging unit during the period other than the shooting period, wherein said control unit is configured to cause said imaging unit to operate in the second mode before a start of the shooting period or after an end of the shooting period, and wherein said super-resolution unit is configured to perform the resolution up-converting process on the low-resolution image signal outputted by said imaging unit during the shooting period using (i) the high-resolution image signal outputted by said imaging unit before the start of the shooting period when said control unit causes said imaging unit to operate in the second mode before the start of the shooting period or (ii) the high-resolution image signal outputted by said imaging unit after the end of the shooting period when said control unit causes said imaging unit to operate in the second mode after the end of the shooting period.