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Method of measuring spectral responsivity characteristic of image pick-up device and method of configuring imaging data

US6538242B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1999
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N17/002
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spectroscope (2) spectrally separates a light from a light source (3) and outputs the separated light from an emitting terminal (6) thereof. An image pick-up device (1) having a solid-state image sensor picks-up an image of the emitting terminal (6). First operation means (7) performs a correction to each of plural image signals corresponding to plural pixels that are outputted by the image pick-up device (1) so that a gradation characteristic of the image pick-up device (1) is corrected from non-linearity to one closer to linearity. Second operation means (8) calculates, as a spectral responsivity characteristic for the separated light, a mean value of the plural image signals after the correction by averaging the same over a certain range within the plural pixels. As a result, the spectral responsivity characteristic of the image pick-up device (1) is measured precisely.

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