Patent ID: 10462390

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an image pickup apparatus, an image pickup method, a program, and an image processing apparatus that enable a color image to be generated on the basis of an infrared image and a visible image captured using an image pickup device that uses a focal plane reading system.An image pickup apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an image pickup device that generates, in a one frame period, sub-frame images in a number corresponding to 3 or more sub-frame periods; an infrared light irradiation unit that turns on/off irradiation of infrared light onto an image pickup range in a time length unit that is the same as the sub-frame period in the one frame period; and a color image generation unit that generates a color image in a predetermined frame rate on the basis of an infrared image based on the sub-frame image in which a period during which the infrared light is irradiated is included in an exposure time and a visible image based on the sub-frame image in which the period during which the infrared light is irradiated is not included in the exposure time. The present disclosure is applicable to a surveillance camera, for example.