Image processor and method thereof
US7283679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image-processor for shooting images at a high frame rate in time series maintaining a high sensitivity and a high speed is provided. The image-processor comprises a high-speed image-obtaining unit 1 for arranging the imaging elements in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional manner to obtain images at a high frame rate, a pixel selection unit 2 for selecting pixels constituting the image maintaining a predetermined sampling interval, and a peripheral pixel value addition unit 3 for a adding up pixel values of pixels selected by the pixel selection unit 2 and pixel values of peripheral pixeling. It comprises further a pixel value adjusting unit 4 for adjusting the pixel values of the sample pixels calculated by the peripheral pixel value addition unit 3 so as to be suited as pixel values of the output image, and an image output unit 5 for producing pixel values of sample pixels calculated by the pixel value adjusting unit 4 as an image of one frame.
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