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Image input processing apparatus and method

US8018509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2008
Grant dateSep 13, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/136
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image input processing apparatus includes: an optical band separating filter; a color filter of a four-color arrangement having an equivalence in which the sum of two colors is equivalent to one other color in the visible light region or the sum of three colors is equivalent to once or twice one other color in the visible light region; an optical sensor section that generates an imaging signal; a data separating section that separates the pixel data of the imaging signal into pieces of pixel data of four colors; an infrared separating section that performs infrared separation by a subtraction using the equivalence among the pieces of pixel data of the four colors after the separation; a first and second integration sections; a camera control processing section that determines which of the integration values from the first and second integrating sections is used.

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