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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8441559 | Imaging apparatus and correction method of image data An imaging apparatus is provided for reducing noise which is derived from random noise contained in a correction signal used for correcting an image data and is newly generated on correction of the image data. The imaging apparatus drives vertical transfer registers... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8441558 | Solid state image pickup device and camera having arrayed pixels including amplifying units An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being com... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8436921 | Picture signal processing system, playback apparatus and display apparatus, and picture signal processing method A picture signal processing system includes a playback apparatus and a display apparatus connected via first and second communication units. The playback apparatus receives a video signal made up of source data generated by moving giant image data in a constant dire... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8436922 | Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling the same An image pickup apparatus which prevents distortion of an image captured using an image pickup element employing an XY reading method and which suppresses degradation of the captured image caused by light leakage to pixel circuits is provided. Transfer transistors a... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8427558 | Image pickup apparatus There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, a plurality of read-out channels each including a read-out circuit and an amplifier circuit, a parallel-serial conversion circuit which sequentially selects pixel signals output... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427559 | Image data processing method by reducing image noise, and camera integrating means for implementing said method The invention concerns image data processing, through noise reduction comprising the following steps: associating a learning zone (ZA) with a reference point (Pref) of the image (IM); for each variable point (PC, PC′) of the learning zone, evaluating a distance (d... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427557 | System which alternates between displaying and capturing images A combined video display and image capture system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment the system alternates between the capture period of the camera (306) and the image display (302) period to isolate the camera (306) from the display ( | 04/23/2013 |
| 8416324 | Imaging device having pixels and A/D conversion elements An A/D conversion section (11) counts clocks whose frequency corresponds to the size of output signals from pixels (10a), and digitalizes the result so as to create count values, and also calculates a difference between a first count value that ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416323 | Noise reduction method and noise reduction apparatus The present invention provides a noise reduction method and apparatus for use in reducing noise of a digital image. The noise reduction apparatus comprises a threshold value generating unit, a determining unit, and an adjusting unit. The threshold value generating u... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416325 | Imaging apparatus and color contamination correction method An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device which is provided with plural pixels arranged in two-dimensional array form on a photodetecting surface of a semiconductor substrate, pixels on even-numbered rows are shifted from pixels on odd-numbered rows... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416322 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and imaging apparatus A chromatic aberration of magnification is corrected by performing a coordinate transformation with respect to image data including chromatic aberration of magnification, which is obtained from a fisheye optical system, based on â... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8411172 | Imaging device and image processing apparatus An imaging device includes an imager, with which an optical image of an object scene is repetitively captured. A first movement detector detects, as to each of a plurality of object scene images according to a time series output from the imager, a movement of a firs... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8405746 | Radiometric calibration from noise distributions Technologies that enable correcting for the non-linear relationship between scene irradiance and digital pixel intensity values of an image of the scene produced by a camera. Imaging noise is used as a signal from which a corrective function is derived. Noise distri... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8405745 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus comprising: a foreign substance information acquisition unit which acquires, from input moving image data, foreign substance information containing a position and size of a foreign substance adhering to an optical element arranged in fr... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8405744 | Image-capturing apparatus, image-capturing method, and program An image capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing device having an effective pixel area formed of a plurality of areas, the areas having different dark current characteristics. The image-capturing device also includes a light-shielded pixel area, a storage un... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8400533 | Methods of reducing aberrations in a digital image A method of reducing aberrations in a digital image comprises capturing input samples associated with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein each pixel is associated with a color defining the digital image; establishing vertical chrominance groups assoc... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8395684 | Noise reduction apparatus, method and program for controlling same, image sensor and digital camera Image data pixels indicative of the pixels in a noise-reduction target area having a size of 5×5 pixels is extracted from a plurality of types of CCD-RAW data having red, green and blue color components. A filter for reducing uncorrelated noise is calculated. Uncor... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8395683 | Imaging apparatus having a cyclic noise reduction unit and control method thereof An imaging apparatus includes, an imaging unit configured to output an image signal of a captured object, a processing unit configured to perform a signal processing on the image signal, wherein the processing unit includes a cyclic noise reduction unit configured t... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8384805 | Image processing device, method, and computer-readable medium for executing pixel value correction in a synthesized image An image processing device includes an image correction unit which receives a synthesized image and pseudo color pixel information indicating a pseudo color pixel position included in the synthesized image and executes pixel value correction. The image correction un... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8384804 | Imaging apparatus for processing noise signal and photoelectric conversion signal An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit having a photoelectric conversion section and an amplifying device for amplifying a signal from the photoelectric conversion section and outputting the signal, a reading unit having a first mode in which a signal obtained b... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8379117 | Detecting red eye filter and apparatus using meta-data A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the dig... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8379118 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus in which a matrix of pixels converts light into electric charge. The pixels are disposed in an optically black area that receives no light so as to output optically black signals and in an effective pixel area that receives incident light. An an... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8379119 | Device and system for restoring a motion-blurred image Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, device and system for restoring a motion-blurred image. The method comprises determining parameters for a one-dimensional Optical Transfer Function (OTF) for the motion-blurred image in Fourier space; determini... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8379116 | Image pick-up apparatus and image processing method An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device, a noise reduction processing portion, and a level difference correction portion. The image pick-up device includes at least three kinds of color filters and photoelectric conversion elements formed under t... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8373778 | High speed noise detection and reduction in active pixel sensor arrays A system for detecting high speed noise in active pixel sensors includes a photodiode for receiving low levels of light, a reset transistor, an amplifier transistor, a row select transistor, and a high-speed analog-to-digital converter. The reset transistor gate rec... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8373776 | Image processing apparatus and image sensing apparatus An image processing apparatus outputs an output image by synthesizing a first image obtained by shooting, a second image obtained by shooting with an exposure time longer than the exposure time of the first image, and a third image obtained by reducing noise in the ... | 02/12/2013 |
| RE43991 | Method of color filter design and color reproduction under the effect of pixel crosstalk in CMOS image sensors The present invention is directed at method of designing a Color Filter Arrays (CFA) for CMOS image sensors under the effects of crosstalk for optimal color reproduction. Instead of a focus on lowering crosstalk, a novel method of designing color filter spectral res... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8373777 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a region extracting section that extracts a first predetermined region including a target pixel in a current frame and a second predetermined region including a pixel located at the same position as the target pixel in a previo... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8373775 | Apparatus, method and software stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for reducing noise in an image An apparatus, method, and software stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for correctly reduce noise included in image data regardless of the characteristics of the image data. The noise reduction apparatus and method employ a determinator for determining whe... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8368780 | Determination of the fixed pattern noise during the operation of a camera A fixed pattern noise of an image converter is automatically determined. A first optical image is converted using the image converter into digital image data, the light level of the first optical image is determined, the light level of the first optical image is com... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8368781 | Imaging object The present invention provides an imaging technology having high reproducibility of a document and making image correction possible, without being influenced by a way of placing the document or a position of a camera, and irrespective of paper color and despite of d... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8363130 | Image processing device, image processing method, and capturing device An image processing device, an image processing method, and a capturing device are disclosed to correct image distortion, such as distortion aberration or chromatic aberration, produced on a captured image by an optical pickup system, with respect to an image captur... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8358359 | Reducing motion-related artifacts in rolling shutter video information A system is described for reducing artifacts produced by a rolling shutter capture technique in the presence of high-frequency motion, e.g., produced by large accelerations or jitter. The system operates by computing low-frequency information based on the motion of ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8358360 | Solid-state image sensor device having signal noise reduction circuitry A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of an array, column signal lines adapted to transmit pixel signals output from pixels in respective columns, a noise adding unit adapted to add temporally con... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8355063 | Camera noise reduction for machine vision systems A method for reducing noise in an image from an image capture device includes filter the image using both an offset fixed pattern noise filter and a gain fixed pattern noise filter. Thereafter, the image is filtered using a remnant fixed pattern noise filter to redu... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8355064 | Noise reduction for machine vision systems A method for reducing noise in an image from an image capture device includes filter the image using both an offset fixed pattern noise filter and a gain fixed pattern noise filter. Thereafter, the image is filtered using a remnant fixed pattern noise filter to redu... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8350933 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for single image de-hazing A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for recovering a haze-free image given a single input image. The method may include receiving a single input image I, wherein the input image is made up of a plurality of pixels. A surface radiance vector... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8345127 | Image processing apparatus and method of processing image for reducing noise of the image An image processing apparatus calculates a smoothed value obtained by smoothing signal levels of a plurality of pixels including a processing target pixel in a local area of an input image and a feature amount representing an edge degree of the processing target pix... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8345126 | Solid-state image pickup element and camera system having mechanism for canceling potential drop on signal line A pixel driving portion 102 can carry out first read drive with which a transfer element is turned OFF in accordance with a drive signal TG to output a signal at an output node, and second read drive with which the transfer element is turned ON in accordance ... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8339481 | Image restoration devices adapted to remove artifacts from a restored image and associated image restoration methods An image restoration method includes receiving an externally input image signal, generating a filtered image signal by filtering the input image signal, and generating a restored image signal by calculating a weighted average of the input image signal and the filter... | 12/25/2012 |
