Provided are methods, performed by an electronic device, for processing an image. The method includes obtaining a first image by photographing a subject. The method further includes obtaining a depth image including information related to a distance from the electronic device to the subject. The method further includes determining whether light reflection exists in the first image. The method further includes obtaining depth information indicating the distance from the electronic device to the subject. The method further includes obtaining a second image by photographing the subject in an activated state of a flash. The method further includes performing pre-processing for matching the first image, the second image, and the depth image. The method further includes obtaining the image from which the light reflection has been removed using at least one of the pre-processed first image, the pre-processed second image, or the pre-processed depth image.

An optical system has a virtual lens comprising an array of image sensors and processor in communication with the virtual lens and configured to focus the at least one virtual lens by way of mathematical image processing of a dynamic object plane.

The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an interchangeable lens that enable depth-of-field adjustment.

The imaging apparatus includes a depth-of-field adjustment function that adjusts the depth of field of at least one monocular optical system among a plurality of monocular optical systems having optical paths independent of one another. For example, the depth-of-field adjustment function includes a mechanism that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems, and an optical system control unit that adjusts the depths of field of the monocular optical systems by driving the monocular optical systems on the basis of control information. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus, an electronic apparatus, an interchangeable lens or a camera system that provides a plurality of monocular lenses, an information processing method, a program, or the like, for example.

An image processing method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining N images; determining a reference image in the N images; where the reference image is an image in which a target tilt-shift object has a sharpness greater than a preset threshold; obtaining tilt-shift parameters input by a user, where the tilt-shift parameters are used to indicate an azimuth of a target focal plane and a tilt-shift area range; determining, based on the tilt-shift parameters, to-be-composited image(s) in intersection with the target focal plane; and performing, based on focal lengths of the to-be-composited image(s) and the reference image, image composite on the N images to output a target tilt-shift image.

Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for operating a multiple camera system. In some embodiments, a primary camera may be selected from a plurality of cameras using object distance estimates, distance error information, and minimum object distances for some or all of the plurality of cameras. In other embodiments, a camera may be configured to use defocus information to obtain an object distance estimate to a target object closer than a minimum object distance of the camera. This object distance estimate may be used to assist in focusing another camera of the multi-camera system.

The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program for performing lens emulation more easily.

An aberration table is generated as a table including converging ray vectors derived from aberrations of a lens selected through a user interface and targeted for emulation. A. light focusing process is performed to generate a virtual captured image taken of an object through the selected lens, by use of the aberration table and a multi-view image. The present disclosure may be applied, for example, to image processing apparatuses, information processing apparatuses, imaging apparatuses, electronic devices, information processing methods, or programs.

An electronic device may include a first camera, a second camera, a display, and at least one processor electrically connected to the first camera, the second camera, and the display. The at least one processor may acquire a first image frame through the first camera, display the first image frame on the display as a preview, determine a first point corresponding to a user input within the first image frame in response to a reception of the user input through the display, determine a second point that is distinguished from the first point and satisfies a predetermined condition within the first image frame, acquire a first video focused on a first subject corresponding to the first point through the first camera, and acquire a second video focused on a second subject corresponding to the second point through the second camera. Various other embodiments drawn by the specification are possible.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image processing that support enhanced image effects, such as bokeh effect, applied in image processing. In a first aspect, a method of image processing includes determining a depth map corresponding to the first scene based on first image data and second image data captured at different aperture sizes; determining a focus map based on the depth map and a simulated aperture size different from the first aperture size and the second aperture size; and determining an output image frame based on the focus map, the first image data, and the second image data. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

An image capturing device includes: an image capturing lens having a central axis; and an image sensor having a sensor surface and a perpendicular line perpendicular to the sensor surface, the image sensor to capture an image of an object surface of an object. A Scheimpflug angle between the central axis and the perpendicular line is set to an angle other than 0° based on an angle α obtained by subtracting an inclination angle of the object surface from 90°.

An image capturing device includes: an image capturing lens having a central axis; and an image sensor having a sensor surface and a perpendicular line perpendicular to the sensor surface, the image sensor to capture an image of an object surface of an object. A Scheimpflug angle between the central axis and the perpendicular line is set to an angle other than 0° based on an angle α obtained by subtracting an inclination angle of the object surface from 90°.