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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179452 | Method and apparatus for generating compressed file, and terminal comprising the apparatus An aspect of a method and apparatus for generating a compressed image file, and a terminal including the apparatus is receiving frame data comprising encoded image data of at least one frame of a raw image, generating first encoded thumbnail image data of the encode... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8144218 | Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing program, and image signal processing method An image signal processing apparatus including a first corrected tone processing section for performing such a corrected tone process which extends a tone width of a high luminance region or a low luminance region in an image signal, a tone processing section for pe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130286 | Luminance signal generation apparatus, luminance signal generation method, and image capturing apparatus A luminance signal in which the occurrence of spatial aliasing in a diagonal direction component has been suppressed for a red or blue imaging subject is generated from an image signal read from an image sensor. A V-LPF and a H-LPF generate a first luminance signal ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115830 | Image processing apparatus There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of properly setting a photographing condition in consideration of time allowable for each processing; the image processing apparatus capable of properly setting the photographing condition while referring to an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106966 | Digital image capture device and brightness correction method thereof A digital image capture device and a brightness correction method thereof are described. The digital image capture device is adapted to correct the brightness value of a shot object in a digital image through the compensation of a strobe during shooting. The method ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106965 | Image capturing device which corrects a target luminance, based on which an exposure condition is determined An image having the image quality desired by a photographer is provided by minimizing overexposure or underexposure, making the dynamic range wide, and specifying an optimum brightness level for a main subject. An image capturing device includes a subject detecting ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098300 | Multi-band image photographing method and apparatus, and program for executing the method The multi-band image photographing method and apparatus photograph a subject by dividing a photographing wavelength region into plural bands and obtain spectral images of the subject corresponding to the respective divided plural bands. The method and apparatus dete... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8081238 | Image capturing apparatus to record a scene of an object included in a captured image, control method therefor, and program therefor An image capturing apparatus includes a shutter-operation accepting unit that accepts a shutter operation; an image capturing unit that captures an image of an object and generates a captured image; a brightness-information extracting unit that extracts, from the ca... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8063955 | Camera module testing In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes illuminating an opaque mask having a plurality of holes formed therein, each hole of the plurality of holes having a predetermined size. The method includes forming a two-dimensional impulse response im... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059168 | System and method for scene change triggering A triggering system and process for a form reader is shown using a histogram of the optical scene. The form reader is open on three sides with a camera facing a platen on to which a form is placed. The camera converts the light rays reflected from the platen into a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059169 | Apparatus and method for compensating color, and image processor, digital processing apparatus, recording medium using it An aspect of the present invention features an apparatus for compensating color deviation of an image that has uneven color deviation. The apparatus can comprises: a color deviation analyzing module that analyzes luminance of each color component of each pixel compo... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054342 | Imaging apparatus and method for driving the imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device, a derive section and a signal processing section. The imaging device includes plural pixels arranged on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The pixels include plural chromatic color pixels for plural co... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045022 | Imaging apparatus for correcting a luminance signal An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a first luminance signal generating unit and a correcting unit. The imaging device includes at least three types of color detecting photoelectric converting elements and a luminance detecting photoelectric converting ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040396 | Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method There is described an image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to conduct a high-accurate range finding operation irrespective of the position of the subject. The apparatus, comprises: a plurality of imaging elements; a plurality of luminance signal genera... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7999861 | Image processing apparatus for generating composite image with luminance range optimized for a designated area When an area desired to be displayed with high accuracy and an area desired to be inspected and measured with high accuracy in a measuring object are smaller than a photographing range, the entire area of a composite image is displayed and designation of an area is ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995120 | Image brightness compensating apparatus and method, recorded medium recorded the program performing it An apparatus and a method of smoothing the brightness of an image photographed in an image sensor without amplifying a noise component of a surrounding part of the image are disclosed. The image brightness correction apparatus correcting the brightness of an image b... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986352 | Image generation system including a plurality of light receiving elements and for correcting image data using a spatial high frequency component, image generation method for correcting image data using a spatial high frequency component, and computer-readable recording medium having a program for performing the same An image processing apparatus (30) generating an image with high resolution over a diffraction limit includes an image input unit (101) receiving red image data and green image data, which represent images of an object by red light and green light, res... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986351 | Luma adaptation for digital image processing Luma adaptation for digital image processing. Luminance signals are separated from sensor RGB signals representing an image. A transfer function is obtained from the luminance signals. Using the transfer function, the sensor RGB signals are adjusted to adapt the lum... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978233 | Image processing apparatus with correcting section for gradation correction An image processing apparatus includes an input section, an adjusting section, and a correcting section. The input section acquires image data and information about subject condition at the time of photographing the image data. The adjusting section determine... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7965324 | Video-signal-processing device, imaging apparatus using the same, and method for processing video signal A video-signal-processing device has luminance conversion section that performs level compression on three input primary-color signals of a color video signal at a same luminance adjustment compression ratio with a hue and a saturation of the color video signal bein... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7911512 | Image sensor with readout circuit An image sensor has an array of pixels. Each column has a first and a second column line connected to a read-reset amplifier/comparator which acts in a first mode as a unity gain buffer amplifier to reset the pixels via the first lines, and in a second mode acts as ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7893971 | Light source estimation device that captures light source images when it is determined that the imaging device is not being used by the cameraman An imaging device condition determination section determines whether a condition of an imaging device is suitable for obtaining light source information. When it is determined to be suitable, a light source image obtaining section obtains a light source image by the... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7791651 | Brightness adjustment method and image processing apparatus An adjustment amount of a brightness level is determined for each pixel of an image based on the value of each pixel of a luminance distribution image which represents the distribution of luminance of the image. A portion contributing to adjustment of brightness and... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7755676 | Multi-band image photographing method and apparatus, and program for executing the method The multi-band image photographing method and apparatus photograph a subject by dividing a photographing wavelength region into plural bands and obtain spectral images of the subject corresponding to the respective divided plural bands. The method and apparatus dete... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7755677 | Method and apparatus for automatic gain and exposure control for maintaining target image brightness in video imager systems In an image processing system, the imager gain and the exposure time are adjusted based on a predefined stepping sequence using a stepping table designed to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio in the image. This is achieved by providing a stepping sequence with each ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7683944 | Filter process for obtaining a soft focus picture image Original image data has original luminance data and color difference data. The original luminance data is separated into first luminance data and second luminance data. The second luminance data undergoes low-pass filter process so as to produce the third luminance ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7639287 | Video imaging apparatus having non-linear input-output characteristic for improved image contrast control An imaging apparatus of a wide dynamic range can be achieved at low cost while making improvement in contrast and the maintenance or reduction of a circuit size compatible with each other. The apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion part that converts a signal... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7570285 | Image processing device suppressing color moire when restoring an image The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus which suppresses appearance of a color moire of a color image signal of a wide dynamic range which is produced using an image signal acquired using, for example, a CCD image sensor of the single plate ty... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7545417 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture temporally sequential images; a calculating unit configured to calculate weights of a plurality of luminance distributions; a classifying unit configured to classify a temporal chan... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542080 | Measuring device using image and measurement method using image The present invention is intended to measure a three-dimensional position of a tracking object snapped by a camera. The invention is based upon a measuring device using an image provided with an image data input part for inputting an image of a tracking object snapp... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7525579 | Image sensing apparatus and image processing method for use therein An illumination-component extractor (illumination component extraction section) extracts an illumination component Log from a picked-up image (original image picked up an image sensor having a photoelectric conversion characteristic which comprises a linear characte... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7499086 | Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing circuit, image signal processing method, program, and recording medium An image signal processing apparatus comprises an image capturing element which performs image capturing while utilizing a plurality types of color filters which are arranged based on repetition of a pattern determined in advance, a color change detecting part which... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7492396 | Digital image processing apparatus and method thereof A digital image processing apparatus and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a CCD to photoelectrically transform an optical image which is imaged through a lens part, using a mosaic color filter array pattern, a buffer to store a color data output from the CCD... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489349 | Image processing apparatus having a digital image processing section including enhancement of edges in an image An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pic... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7474342 | Image processing apparatus having a digital image processing section including enhancement of edges in an image An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pic... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474343 | Image processing apparatus having a digital image processing section including enhancement of edges in an image An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting an object light into image signals of Bayer RGB array; a color information detecting section for obtaining color information of the object from the image signals obtained by the image pic... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7466351 | Information processing method, apparatus, program and storage medium storing said program for digital image data generated from an image sensing device An information processing method for processing a file containing reversibly compressed or non-compressed digital image data obtained by digitally converting a signal that has been output from an image sensing device makes it possible to execute selectively signal p... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7414662 | Multifunction lens An image capture apparatus having a multifunction lens and a method for capturing an image are disclosed. The multifunction lens has an imaging lens portion adapted to focus a scene onto an image sensor array and a luminance channel portion adapted to channel lumina... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400332 | Hexagonal color pixel structure with white pixels A digital color imager provides an extended luminance range, enabling a method for an easy transformation into all other color spaces having luminance as a component. White pixels are added to hexagonal red, green and blue pixels. These white pixels can alternativel... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7379111 | Imaging apparatus displaying images in recording and standby modes with different luminances An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a recording unit for recording image data obtained by the image pickup unit on recording unit, a display unit for displaying images relating to the image data obtained by the image pickup unit, and a control unit ... | 05/27/2008 |
