Patent ID: 7447378

Claim:
An image processing device including: an inverse gamma correction unit configured to apply inverse gamma correction to first image data acquired by light signals of the real world being cast upon a plurality of detecting devices each having spatio-temporal integration effects, of which a part of continuity of the light signals of the real world have been lost, and subjected to gamma correction, and outputting said first image data subjected to inverse gamma correction; an image data continuity detecting unit configured to detect the continuity of image data corresponding to the continuity of said light signals of the real world within said first image data output from said inverse gamma correction unit, said image data continuity detecting unit including a first discontinuity detecting unit configured to detect discontinuity of a plurality of pixel values within said first image data, a peak detecting unit configured to detect the peak of change of said pixel values from said discontinuity, a monotonous increase/decrease region detecting unit configured to detect a monotonous increase/decrease region from wherein said pixel value is increasing or decreasing monotonously from said peak, and a second discontinuity detecting unit configured to detect a continuity region between at least two monotonous increase/decrease regions based on information from said monotonous increase/decrease region detecting unit, said continuity region indicating data continuity information within said at least two monotonous increase/decrease regions; a real world estimating unit configured to generate a function approximating said light signals by estimating the continuity of said light signals of the real world, based on the continuity of said image data detected by said image data continuity detecting unit; an image generating unit configured to generate second image data from said function generated by said real world estimating unit; and a presentation system property correcting unit configured to apply a correction corresponding to non-linear properties of a presentation system to said second image data generated by said image generating unit.