Patent ID: 7869649

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: a color information calculation portion for calculating color information from an image signal that can form an image made of pixels; a correction amount control portion for setting a correction gain for correcting the color information of the image signal based on depth information that has been input; a color information correction portion for correcting the color information based on the correction gain; an output portion for outputting the color information that has been corrected by the color information correction portion in a predetermined format; and a processor configured to control at least one of the color information calculation portion, the correction amount control portion, the color information correction portion, and the output portion, wherein the correction amount control portion sets the correction gain, based on the depth information of a pixel of interest, such that (i) a feeling of foreground becomes stronger, due to a contrast effect, based on a degree to which the depth information indicates that the pixel of interest is in the foreground, and (ii) a feeling of background becomes stronger, due to a contrast effect, based on a degree to which the depth information indicates that the pixel of interest is in the background, and wherein the color information correction portion comprises: a color characteristic calculation portion for calculating a color contrast amount based on the color information of the pixel of interest and the color information of pixels around the pixel of interest; a correction amount control portion for calculating a contrast correction coefficient for correcting the color information based on the correction gain and the color contrast amount; and a correction portion for correcting the color information based on the contrast correction coefficient.