Patent ID: 7206018

Claim:
A picture processing apparatus for processing picture data made up of a predetermined number of pixel data acquired by an imaging device having a predetermined number of pixels each having an integrating effect, said picture processing apparatus comprising: a decision maker configured to decide, based on area information specifying a foreground area made up only of foreground object components making up a foreground object in said picture data, a background area made up only of background object components making up a background object in said picture data, and a mixed area which is a mixture of said foreground object components and the background object components in said picture data, said mixed area including a covered background area formed at a leading end in a movement direction of said foreground object, and an uncovered background area formed at a trailing end of said foreground object, a processing unit made up of pixel data lying on at least a straight line extending in a direction coincident with the direction of movement of said foreground object from an outer end of said covered background area to an outer end of said uncovered background area, centered about said foreground area; a generator configured to generate a normal equation by setting pixel values of pixels in said processing unit decided based on said processing unit and a dividing value which is an unknown dividing value obtained on dividing said foreground object components in said mixed area with a predetermined dividing number; and a calculator configured to solve said normal equation by the least square method to generate foreground object components adjusted for the quantity of movement blurring.