Patent ID: 7590304

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: an angle detector configured to detect an angle between a reference axis of data continuity with image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by light signals of a real world being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements each having spatio-temporal integration effects, of which a part of continuity of the light signals of the real world have been lost, said angle detector including, a pixel extractor configured to extract multiple sets of pixels made up of a predetermined number of pixels for each angle of a plurality of angles, pixels of interest within said image data and a reference axis serving as a reference; and a correlation detector configured to detect a correlation of pixel values between the pixels in positions corresponding to at least two sets and a set including a pixel of interest as multiple sets extracted for each angle by said pixel extractor, said angle detector configured to detect a data continuity angle with said reference axis serving as a reference in said image data corresponding to said continuity of said real world light signals which have been lost based on the correlation detected by said correlation detector; and a real world estimating unit configured to estimate said light signals by estimating a continuity of said real world light signals which have been lost based on said angle detected by said angle detector.