A two-dimensional solid-state image capture device includes pixel areas arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel area being constituted by multiple sub-pixel regions, each sub-pixel region having a photoelectric conversion element. A polarization member is disposed at a light incident side of at least one of the sub-pixel regions constituting each pixel area. The polarization member has strip-shaped conductive light-shielding material layers and slit areas, provided between the strip-shaped conductive light-shielding material layers. Each sub-pixel region further has a wiring layer for controlling an operation of the photoelectric conversion element, and the polarization member and the wiring layer are made of the same material and are disposed on the same virtual plane.

In an optical system, a color filter mosaic can determine first color pixel locations, second color pixel locations, and third color pixel locations in an array of sensor pixels. The optical system can capture overhead images, which can be subtracted to form a background-subtracted tri-color image of a reflection of sunlight from at least one ground-based curved mirror. A processor can scale color values at the first and second color pixel locations of the tri-color background-subtracted image. The processor can form a single-color background-subtracted image from the scaled color values at the first color pixel locations, the scaled color values at the second color pixel locations, and third color values at the third color pixel locations. The single-color background-subtracted image can correspond to a point spread function or a line spread function of the optical system.

An image processing method is provided. The image sensor outputs a merged image and a color-block image in a same scene. A preset target region is identified in the merged image. A part of the color-block image corresponding to a part of the merged image beyond the preset target region is converted into a first image using a first interpolation algorithm, and a part of the merged image within the preset target region is converted into a second image using a second interpolation algorithm. The first image and the second image are merged into a simulation image. An image processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided. With the image processing method and apparatus, and the electronic device the situation that the image sensor needs to take a long work to output a high quality image can be avoided, thus reducing the work time and improving the work efficiency.

An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source unit that emits white illumination light or narrow band illumination light; an image sensor having pixels; a filter unit arranged corresponding to the pixels and including filters having a filter for passing blue light, and a filter for passing the blue light and one of green light and red light, the number of the filters for passing the green light being not less than half of the number of all the filters of the filter unit, and the number of the filters for passing the blue light being not less than the number of the filters for passing the green light; a selecting unit that selects, from the pixels, a luminance component pixel depending on types of illumination light; and a demosaicing processing unit that generates a color image signal having color components based on the luminance component pixel.

A method of de-mosaicing pixel data from an image processor includes generating a pixel block that includes a plurality of image pixels. The method also includes determining a first image gradient between a first set of pixels of the pixel block and a second image gradient between a second set of pixels of the pixel block. The method also includes determining a first adaptive threshold value based on intensity of a third set of pixels of the pixel block. The pixels of the third set of pixels are adjacent to one another. The method also includes filtering the pixel block in a vertical, horizontal, or neutral direction based on the first and second image gradients and the first adaptive threshold value utilizing a plurality of FIR filters to generate a plurality of component images.

The present disclosure provides an image processing method, an image processing apparatus and an electronic device. The method includes: controlling the image sensor to output a color-block image; determining a predetermined area on the color-block image according to a user input; converting a first part of the color-block image inside the predetermined area into a first simulation image using a first interpolation algorithm; converting a second part of the color-block image outside the predetermined area into a second simulation image using a second interpolation algorithm, in which, a complexity of the second interpolation algorithm is less than that of the first interpolation algorithm; and merging the first simulation image and the second simulation image to generate a simulation image corresponding to the color-block image.

It is determined whether an image before pixel mixture has a high frequency. In a partial image obtained by an imaging device having a Bayer array, a Gr pixel which indicates a green component and is arranged in the same row as an R pixel indicating a red component is distinguished from a Gb pixel which indicates a green component and is arranged in the same row as a B pixel indicating a blue component. The Gr pixels and the Gb pixels which are distinguished from each other are separately mixed. When an image before pixel mixture has a high-frequency component, the level of the Gr pixel and the level of the Gb pixel are different from each other after pixel mixture. It is determined whether the image before pixel mixture has a high-frequency component based on levels of the Gr pixel and Gb pixel after pixel mixture.

First image data and second image data are image data in which each pixel value corresponds to one of a plurality of color components that constitute a color filter of an image sensor. Also, the second image data is image data whose field of view overlaps the field of view of the first image data, and whose resolution is higher than that of the first image data. An image processing apparatus performs color interpolation processing on the first image data by referring to, out of the values of the pixels that constitute the second image data, the value of a pixel at a first position corresponding to the position of a pixel to be interpolated in the first image data or a position closest to the first position.

Visibility of a license plate and color reproducibility of a vehicle body are improved in a monitoring camera.

A vehicle body area detection unit detects a vehicle body area of a vehicle from an image signal. A license plate area detection unit detects a license plate area of the vehicle from the image signal. A vehicle body area image processing unit performs processing of the image signal corresponding to the detected vehicle body area. A license plate area image processing unit performs processing different from the processing of the image signal corresponding to the vehicle body area on the image signal corresponding to the detected license plate area. A synthesis unit synthesizes the processed image signal corresponding to the vehicle body area and the processed image signal corresponding to the license plate area.

A control method for controlling an electronic apparatus includes controlling an image sensor to output a merged image and a color block image of a same scene; defining a first predetermined region using the merged image based on a user input; converting the color block image into a first imitating image and converting the merged image into a restored image, wherein a second predetermined region in the color block image is converted using a first interpolating method, and the second predetermined region corresponds to the first predetermined region, and wherein a third predetermined region in the merged image is converted using a second interpolating method, and the third predetermined region corresponds to a first region outside the first predetermined region; obtaining a second imitating image by synthesizing the first imitating image and the restored image. An electronic apparatus is also provided.