Abstract:
The image processing method of producing, based on information on positions and angles of light rays obtained from a first image, a second image, the first image being produced by using an image pickup apparatus that introduces the light rays from an image capturing optical system (101) to an image sensor (102) through an optical element array (101c). The method includes a step of acquiring the first image and information on an image capturing condition at a time of producing the first image, a step of acquiring an image restoration filter corresponding to the information on the image capturing condition and corresponding to respective optical transfer functions of the image capturing optical system and the optical element array, a step of performing an image restoration process on the first image by using the image restoration filter, and a step of producing the second image by using the restored first image.
Abstract:
The image processing method includes a filter preparation step of preparing an image restoration filter to be commonly used for plural optical apparatuses having mutually different optical characteristics, and a correction information preparation step of preparing correction information varying by the optical characteristic of each of the plural optical apparatuses. The method further includes a processing step of performing an image restoration process, on an input image produced by image capturing through a specific optical apparatus of the plural optical apparatuses, using the image restoration filter and the correction information for the specific optical apparatus.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus that performs an image restoration processing of an image includes an optical transfer function obtaining portion configured to obtain an optical transfer function depending on an image pickup condition of the image, a threshold frequency obtaining portion configured to obtain a threshold frequency at which an absolute value of the optical transfer function is under a predetermined threshold value, a generating portion configured to generate an image restoration filter that has gain characteristics depending on the threshold frequency using the optical transfer function, and a processing portion configured to perform the image restoration processing of the image using the image restoration filter.
Abstract:
The image processing method includes a step of acquiring an image generated by image pickup through an optical system, and a step of performing image restoration processing on the image using an image restoration filter created such that its filter values have a two-dimensional distribution based on aberration information of the optical system. The image restoration filter is a filter in which a position of a cell having a maximum absolute value among the filter values is shifted with respect to a position of a center cell of the image restoration filter by a shift amount according to one of an amount of distortion of the optical system and an amount of chromatic aberration of magnification of the optical system, and which reduces a blur component of the image and at least one of a component of distortion and a component of chromatic aberration of magnification of the image.
Abstract:
A catoptric projection optical system for projecting a reduced size of a pattern on an object surface onto an image surface includes six mirrors that include a first convex mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror, a fifth mirror, and a sixth mirror in order of reflections of light, wherein the light incident upon the third mirror from the second mirror intersects with the light incident upon the fifth mirror from the fourth mirror.
Abstract:
A zoom optical system includes followings: a plurality of lens units for magnification, the plurality of lens unit for zooming including in order from a reduction conjugate side to a magnification conjugate side, a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power and a third lens unit having a positive optical power, wherein during zooming, respective intervals between the above described first, second and third lens unit vary, and across the entire zooming range, a magnification-side conjugate position with respect to a reduction-side conjugate position and a position of a pupil of the above described zoom optical system with respect to a reduction-side conjugate position are substantially immobile respectively.
Abstract:
A compact image-forming optical system is disclosed which has a high optical performance due to arranging a reflective optical unit and a refractive optical unit at suitable positions. The image-forming optical system is an optical system performing image formation from a magnifying side to a demagnifying side or from the demagnifying side to the magnifying side, and includes, in order from the magnifying side to the demagnifying side, a refractive optical unit having a positive optical power as a whole, and a reflective optical unit including at least three reflective surfaces. The image-forming optical system has a pupil on the magnifying side further from the reflective surface furthest on the magnifying side the reflective optical unit, and the focal length of the refractive optical unit is set to be within a range of 0.2 to 5 times the focal length of the reflective optical unit.
Abstract:
A catoptric projection optical system for projecting a pattern on an object surface onto an image surface includes plural mirrors, wherein a second mirror from the image surface through the optical path receives convergent pencil of rays, and has a paraxial magnification of −0.14 or smaller.
Abstract:
A catoptric projection optical system for projecting a pattern on an object surface onto an image surface includes plural mirrors, wherein a second mirror from the image surface through the optical path receives convergent pencil of rays, and has a paraxial magnification of −0.14 or smaller.
Abstract:
The image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining part configured to obtain a first image and a second image. The first image is an image generated by image capturing or generated by expanding part of the captured image and includes a first object image. The second image corresponds to an image captured at a higher image capturing magnification than that for the first image and includes a second object image corresponding to part of the first object image. The apparatus includes a processing part configured to produce a third image whose resolution is higher than that of the first image by performing image processing on the first image using the second image as a constraint condition.