Patent · US Active

Imaging device

US8018485B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
6References
1Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 2010
Grant dateSep 13, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/555
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging device includes first light sources that have first frequency characteristics; second light sources that have second frequency characteristics different from the first frequency characteristics and that are arranged in positions different from those of the first light sources; an imaging unit that generates an image of a subject by receiving light that is emitted from the first light sources and the second light sources and then reflected from an object; and an image corrector that performs color unevenness correction on the image, which is captured by the imaging unit, using correction data with which a ratio of luminance of a first image, which is captured by the imaging unit using the first light sources, with respect to luminance of a second image, which is captured by the imaging unit using the second light sources, in each area is uniform based on the first image and the second image.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.