Imaging apparatus and method of processing image
US7889248B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20192
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging apparatus for capturing an image using a solid-state imaging device. The imaging apparatus includes: a noise-elimination processing section capable of performing noise elimination processing on the captured image data by applying an individual noise-elimination intensity for each pixel; an image coding processing section compression coding the image data having been subjected to the noise-elimination processing; an image analyzing section analyzing the image data having been subjected to the noise-elimination processing and generating area specification information identifying a noticed area in the captured image; and a noise-elimination processing control section controlling the noise-elimination processing section so as to make the noise-elimination intensity for the noticed area in the captured image lower than the noise-elimination intensity for the other area on the basis of the area specification information from the image analyzing section.
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