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Imaging apparatus

US7847816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2005
Grant dateDec 7, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/41
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an imaging apparatus having two imaging devices, a converter module which synthesizes the two signals of each horizontal line produced from the two imaging devices to thereby convert the two signals into a single composite signal, a line memory which cooperates with the converter module to convert the signals, a line delay module which accumulates the output signals from the converter module, a line memory which cooperates with the line delay module to accumulate the signals, an exposure controller, an auto focus controller, a white balance controller, a color signal processor module, a luminance signal processor module, and an arithmetic processor module for stereo imaging process, the output signals from the plurality of imaging devices are converted to the single composite signal and processed on a one-channel processing basis.

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