This information processing apparatus includes an image processing unit that detects a position of a light source in image data captured by an imaging apparatus and estimates an unnecessary light generation position in the image data on the basis of the detected position of the light source. The image processing unit detects, with respect to a plurality of pieces of image data respectively captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses having partially common fields of view, positions of light sources and estimates unnecessary light generation positions on the basis of the detected positions of the light sources and combines pieces of image data of common field-of-view portions respectively captured by the plurality of imaging apparatuses and generates image data of the unnecessary light generation position with unnecessary light removed or reduced.

A processing circuitry is configured to generate a first analysis result based on a size of a partial area of a target area when the partial area is captured by only one of a first sensor or a second sensor, based on first image data for the target area captured by the first sensor and second image data for the target area captured by the second sensor, and generate first final image data or second final image data by using the first image data and the second image data, based on the first analysis result. A difference between the first final image data and the second final image data is based on a difference between a first characteristic of the first sensor and a second characteristic of the second sensor.

A processing circuitry is configured to generate a first analysis result based on a size of a partial area of a target area when the partial area is captured by only one of a first sensor or a second sensor, based on first image data for the target area captured by the first sensor and second image data for the target area captured by the second sensor, and generate first final image data or second final image data by using the first image data and the second image data, based on the first analysis result. A difference between the first final image data and the second final image data is based on a difference between a first characteristic of the first sensor and a second characteristic of the second sensor.

The present disclosure relates to a medical observation system, an image processing method, and a program capable of providing image display more helpful for a surgeon. A correction processing unit performs correction processing on a wide-angle image which is a captured image of a medical treatment target, a clipping processing unit moves a clipping area for a display image clipped from the wide-angle image, and a correction control unit controls the correction processing according to a relative state of the clipping area to the wide-angle image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an endoscopic surgery system.

A camera system and method provide a trailing motion blur effect without the use of a flash. In one embodiment, a variable light-transmissive filter is positioned in front of an image sensor. While the light-transmissive property of the filter is lower, the blurred image of the object in motion is produced. The light-transmissive property of the filter is increased during the exposure in order to produce a clearer image of the object. In a method, a plurality of images taken in rapid succession are combined to produce a clear image of the object with a trailing blurred image of the object.

A camera system and method provide a trailing motion blur effect without the use of a flash. In one embodiment, a variable light-transmissive filter is positioned in front of an image sensor. While the light-transmissive property of the filter is lower, the blurred image of the object in motion is produced. The light-transmissive property of the filter is increased during the exposure in order to produce a clearer image of the object. In a method, a plurality of images taken in rapid succession are combined to produce a clear image of the object with a trailing blurred image of the object.

There is provided an information processing apparatus that includes an information acquisition unit and a control prediction unit. The information acquisition unit acquires information regarding a location and a posture of a first mobile object that includes a sensing device. The control prediction unit predicts control performed with respect to the sensing device, on the basis of the information regarding the location and the posture and map information, the information regarding the location and the posture being acquired by the information acquisition unit.

In an embodiment an apparatus includes a scanning photographic sensor configured to acquire an image, according to an integration time of the sensor, of a scene illuminated with periodically emitted light pulses by a source, so that the image has a regular succession of bands with different luminosities when the integration time of the sensor is different from a period of the light pulses, a processor configured to generate a signature vector representative of the regular succession of bands with different luminosities being present in the image acquired by the photographic sensor, wherein the signature vector is independent of a reflectance of an objects of the scene and of a level of light in the scene, determine a frequency of the bands in the image on basis of the generated signature vector and determine the period of the pulses of the source on basis of the determined frequency of the bands in the image, and a controller configured to adjust the integration time of the photographic sensor so that the integration time is a multiple of the determined period of the light pulses of the source.

A voltaic arc processing apparatus and method are described for processing metal workpieces, like MMA electrode welding, TIG/MIG/MAG welding, plasma welding, plasma cuts, etc., in which a welding mask includes a protective head covering worn by an operator to protect eyesight from a very intense light emission produced during processing, two or more cameras arranged outside the protective head covering to send the images of the processing to a screen arranged inside the protective head covering and visible by the operator, wherein the operator can set one or more operating parameters of the processing that are displayed on the screen.

Methods and systems for optimizing one or more imaging settings for a machine vision job are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting, by one or more processors, an initiation trigger that initiates the machine vision job. The example method further includes, responsive to detecting the initiation trigger, capturing, by an imaging device, a first image of a target object in accordance with a first configuration of the one or more imaging settings. The example method further includes, responsive to capturing the first image of the target object, automatically adjusting, by the one or more processors, the one or more imaging settings to a second configuration that includes at least one different imaging setting from the first configuration; and capturing, by the imaging device, a second image of the target object in accordance with the second configuration of the one or more imaging settings.