Class 348/238 - Using distinct luminance image sensor

Subclass of Class 348 - Television
Definition: Subject matter wherein part of the image signal is supplied
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 10/18/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8040397	Automatic image quality adjustment according to brightness of subject The image processing device performs image processing using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data where the image generation record information includes at least operating informati...	10/18/2011
7839437	Image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and computer program capable of obtaining high-quality image data by controlling imbalance among sensitivities of light-receiving devices An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device that has high-sensitivity pixel devices receiving a relatively large amount of light and low-sensitivity pixel devices receiving a relatively small amount of light, an exposure control unit independently cont...	11/23/2010
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
7319216	Light receiving unit and image taking apparatus A first prism 11a and a second prism 12a are joined together on a face-to-face basis. A dichroic mirror 13a is interposed into the junction plane to reflect only G-light. A first imaging device 111a receives th...	01/15/2008
7304683	Method of automatically adjusting exposure in a shutterless digital camera In accordance with the present invention a shutterless single lens digital still camera includes an internal processor and auto exposure algorithm that automatically adjusts the exposure of the camera in high and low ambient lighting conditions. The auto exposure al...	12/04/2007
7292277	Solid-state image pick-up device and digital still camera In a solid-state image pick-up device comprising photoelectric converting devices 3r, 3g and 3b formed at a predetermined array interval in row and column directions on a semiconductor substrate, vertical transfer paths 4...	11/06/2007
7251359	Image processing apparatus and method that use sample spectral distribution data selected based on color data from an object to estimate spectral distribution of a wavelength region Estimating the spectral distribution of an object requires not only the time of image sensing by a multi-spectrum camera but also, in order to process all band information acquired, large amounts of memories for storing all the band information of all pixels, and th...	07/31/2007
7138663	Color separation device of solid-state image sensor A microlens condenses incident light to an opening. Light passed through the opening reaches a first dichroic mirror. The first dichroic mirror passes blue light and reflects green and red light. Only the blue light is incident on a first light receiving surface. Th...	11/21/2006
7095443	Focusing state determining apparatus In a color separation optical system in a camera, subject light entering focus-imaging elements, to which optical path lengths from the taking lens are different, is obtained with a light dividing face. The focusing state is determined with focus evaluation values a...	08/22/2006
7088388	Method and apparatus for calibrating a sensor for highlights and for processing highlights A method and apparatus for calibrating a sensor for highlights and for processing highlights is described. In an embodiment, a method includes identifying highlight regions in an image of a scene. The method further includes calculating flare intensity values for th...	08/08/2006
7088391	Color video camera for film origination with color sensor and luminance sensor A technique for producing electronic video signals representative of color images of a scene includes use of a regular CCD for the color channel and a back-thinned CCD for a luminance channel; a technique for deriving blue and reconstructing full resolution R, G, B ...	08/08/2006
7042524	Video data correction device and video data correction method An average luminance calculation section 7 calculating an average luminance of video data to output an average luminance level, latches 8 to 10 delaying said average luminance levels by one-frame portion respectively to output them, a LUT 2	05/09/2006
6996731	Method and apparatus for controlling a supply of power in an electronic apparatus using a combination of plurality of detachable units In an electronic apparatus for realizing a desired function by combining a plurality of units, a judging part judges whether a combination of the plurality of units is to realize the desired function and a power supply control part controls a supply of power from a ...	02/07/2006
6891568	Color video camera system and method A technique for producing electronic video signals representative of color images of a scene, includes the following steps: providing a luminance sensor and a color sensor having a color filter thereover; providing a pellicle beamsplitter, and providing a motion pic...	05/10/2005
6614471	Luminance correction for color scanning using a measured and derived luminance value A color scanning technique that maintains a high image quality while permitting improved scanning speed and improved perceived resolution. A color pixel array and a luminance pixel array are generated representative of a target object. The pixel arrays ar...	09/02/2003
6538694	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH COMPATIBLE-WITH-ZOOMING TYPE CONTOUR COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, COMPATIBLE-WITH-IMAGE-PICKUP-CONDITIONS TYPE IMAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT, AND COMPATIBLE-WITH-ALL-PIXEL-READOUT-SYSTEM-SOLID-IMAGE-PICKUP-ELEMENT TYPE ELECTRONIC ZOOM CIRCUIT A frame/field converter circuit addition-processes image data constituting respective fields in a ratio corresponding to an image pickup mode or the like and outputs the resulting image data. As a result of this, it is possible to perform addition process...	03/25/2003
5764285	Imaging apparatus having area sensor and line sensor An imaging device, such as an electric camera, in which an optical image of an object is converted into a set of image data. The device includes a line sensor and an area sensor. A lens system impinges the optical image onto the line and area sensors, whe...	06/09/1998
5563657	Solid state image pickup apparatus having improved luminance control An image signal processor for correcting a difference in level between luminance signals in horizontal scanning lines using a control signal generated in accordance with a color signal, wherein the color signals are two color difference signals (R-Y) and ...	10/08/1996
5485204	Solid state image sensor and imaging method using spatial pixel offset A solid state image sensor and an imaging method using a spatial pixel offset, in which in each field, charges of pixels of solid state imaging devices for green color and red/blue colors are separately summed and mass center of the summed charges for the...	01/16/1996
5471323	Solid state video camera having improved chromatic aberration suppression and moire suppression By applying the offset sampling using four-plane prism provided with four solid state imaging devices at four light output planes, chromatic aberration of lenses is eliminated even to the peripheral part of the imaging plane, and moire suppression effect ...	11/28/1995
5374955	High-definition imaging device, and apparatuses for recording and playing back high-definition picture information Solid-state imaging elements each having a smaller number of pixels are employed to realize an imaging device for taking a high-definition picture which is four or more times larger in the number of pixels than each of the solid-state imaging elements, an...	12/20/1994
5337152	Solid-state color imaging apparatus A first solid-state imaging element and second and third solid-state imaging elements are arranged spatially so as to be horizontally shifted half a pixel pitch from one another so that a light-sensitive portion of each pixel of the second and third solid...	08/09/1994
5206717	Image sensing apparatus having horizontal shielding masks An image sensing apparatus comprising a photographic optical system, a splitter optical system for splitting an optical image formed by the photographic optical system into a plurality of channels to form a plurality of optical images, at least first and ...	04/27/1993
5023723	Image sensing apparatus having plural image sensors and plural shutters An image sensing apparatus is arranged to have the image of one and the same object received by a plurality of image sensing devices through shutters discretely arranged in pairs with these image sensing devices respectively. The apparatus is provided wit...	06/11/1991
4746972	Imaging apparatus with bidirectionally transferrable identical charge transfer devices for converting mirror images An incident optical image is split by a single semi-transparent mirror into first and second optical images and directed onto first and second intersecting planes so that the images are in mirror-image relationship to each other with respect to a line of ...	05/24/1988
4654698	Color sensor using dichroic mirrors to displace components Apparatus for producing a color image signal having first and second color components, comprises an image sensor having a regular array of image sensing elements with a regular array of first and second colored filter elements registered thereon for produ...	03/31/1987
4507679	Color TV camera with four-port prism A color television camera includes a color splitting prism and solid-state imagers responsive to different colors. In order to enhance resolution, two offset green-responsive imagers are coupled to prism ports to which green light is propagated and their ...	03/26/1985
4345269	Image pick-up apparatus An image pick-up apparatus which derives red, blue and green signals respectively corresponding to red, blue and green light components of an incident light, and produces an NTSC signal based on these color signals, is disclosed. The green light component...	08/17/1982
4246598	Color television camera system having solid-state opto-electric transducers for luminance and chrominance signals To simplify television cameras, particularly of the type previously disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,163,247, Bock et al, the green (or white) content of an image and the red/blue content of an image are transduced by two-dimensional semiconductor sensors whi...	01/20/1981
4227206	Solid state television camera A solid state color television camera having a color filter consisting of first and second color filter elements through which red and green primary color lights pass and a third color filter element through which a blue color light and the red color ligh...	10/07/1980
4213145	Solid state color television camera A CCD (charge-coupled device) color camera is disclosed, wherein an installed CCD imager is capable of reading out signals of two adjacent rows of sensing elements simultaneously, besides employing an interlacing scanning technique. A color coding filter ...	07/15/1980
4205336	Signal processing system A signal processing system is disclosed for a color television camera having a line-sequential type color coding filter provided in a light path of an object image. An image pick-up device has the object image focused thereon and connects to circuitry for...	05/27/1980
4163247	Color television camera with time multiplexing of luminance and chrominance information The invention concerns a color television camera for providing a color television signal suitable for recording. The camera comprises separate transducer means for deriving the luminance and chrominance information bearing signals, the transducer means be...	07/31/1979
4149182	Color signal modulating system A color signal modulating system for a color television camera having two CCD's as image pick-up devices for converting optical images into two color signals at alternate scan lines and into a third color signal at consecutive scan lines. Means are provid...	04/10/1979
4107732	Two sensor time encoded color imaging system Light from an object to be imaged is optically divided into two portions. The first portion, preferably corresponding to one primary color, is encoded into a series of electrical pulses by a charge coupled device image sensor. The second portion correspon...	08/15/1978
3988776	System for controlling excessive incident light in color television cameras A color television camera has a camera tube for receiving incident light from an image pickup object. It produces output signals representing an image of the object. The signal level varies in accordance with the incident light quantity assuming a constan...	10/26/1976

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Class 348/238 - Using distinct luminance image sensor