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Imaging device and imaging method

US8098307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 2008
Grant dateJan 17, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/633
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to an aspect of an embodiment, an imaging device has a black level reference generator for generating a reference value of a black level by calculating an average value of the accumulated pixel values for which the maximum values and/or minimum values has been replaced by the compensational pixel values, and an output compensator for compensating an output from the light sensitive pixels with the reference value of the black level.

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