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7623162 |
Signal processing device and method for reducing influence on column noise detection from defective pixels
The present invention provides a signal processing device which, even when a defective pixel exists in the VOPB area B, can detect column noise accurately, and can carry out column noise...
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7619666 |
Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program correcting image data based on foreign substance information and inhibiting such correction
An image processing apparatus which corrects input image data based on the image data and foreign substance information including information associated with a position and a size of a foreign...
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7619665 |
Red eye filter for in-camera digital image processing within a face of an acquired subject
A digital camera has an integral flash and stores and displays a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a...
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7619664 |
Digital image capture apparatus and method for obtaining a digital image of an object
A digital image capture apparatus is provided which is arranged to capture at least two images of a document and combine the images to produce a final image in which the effects of specular...
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7619663 |
Image processing apparatus for correcting distortion of image and image shooting apparatus for correcting distortion of shot image
A digital camera acquires the image of an original including an original from a shot image acquired by shooting. The digital camera reduces the image of the original and corrects distortion of the...
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7619197 |
Digital radiographic imaging apparatus
A light sensing array has a plurality of electrically isolated photosensors, each photosensor having a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the terminals of each photosensor being isolated...
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7616237 |
Method and apparatus for identifying an imaging device
A new technique for identifying whether images are derived from a common imager, e.g., a camera, or other imaging device such as a scanner, based on the device's measured or inferred reference...
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7612819 |
CMOS image sensor and method of operating the same
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method for operating the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array unit having a matrix of pixels, wherein...
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7612815 |
Optical sensor
The present invention aims at providing a photodetector which can secure both a good S/N ratio and a high speed. With a photodetector 1 , (K×M×N) photodiodes PD k,m,n are arranged in M rows and...
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7612814 |
Optical sensor
The present invention aims at providing a photodetector capable of fast operation with inclusion of A/D converting circuits. With a photodetector 1 , (K×M×N) photodiodes PD k,m,n are arranged...
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7612810 |
Reduction of effect of image processing on image sensor
A solid-state imaging device includes an image sensor configured to output image data generated by image sensing elements together with a timing signal, and an image processing unit configured to...
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7612332 |
Optical module with integrated source of light
An optical module includes a lens arrangement which is used to project electromagnetic radiation to a semiconductor element and a light source disposed in the surrounding area of the radiation...
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7609320 |
Imaging device, imaging device image output method, and computer for assigning a dynamic range
An image pickup apparatus for performing dynamic assignment of an output image in a dynamic range according to a subject. An image pickup device picks up an image of a subject, a signal processing...
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7609304 |
CCD camera with a plurality of sensor areas and corresponding output channels correcting image using a clamping process
An electronic camera includes a CCD imager. The CCD imager has an imaging surface in which two sensor areas are formed. A raw image produced in one sensor area is output from a channel CH 1 , and a...
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7609303 |
Low noise active pixel image sensor using a modified reset value
A method and apparatus to perform low noise reset of a pixel circuit within an active pixel image sensor.
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7609302 |
Correction of non-uniform sensitivity in an image array
An improved non-uniform sensitivity correction algorithm for use in an imager device (e.g., a CMOS APS). The algorithm provides zones having flexible boundaries which can be reconfigured depending...
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7602440 |
Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program that can very sharply display video images which are subjected to frame rate conversion...
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7602430 |
High-gain multicolor pixel sensor with reset noise cancellation
An active CMOS pixel sensor includes a red photodiode and a green photodiode coupled to sense nodes. Blue photodiodes are coupled to a blue sense node through select transistors. A blue reset...
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7598994 |
Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method
In an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device configured by a plurality of pixels having different photoelectric conversion characteristics on each side of the inflection point of...
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7598992 |
Imaging apparatus having pixel sensor
Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having unit pixels disposed two-dimensionally in rows and columns, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion...
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7598991 |
Image-capturing system diagnostic device, image-capturing system diagnostic program product and image-capturing device for monitoring foreign matter
An image-capturing system diagnostic device includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains an image; and a monitoring unit that monitors a quantity of foreign matter present in an optical path by...
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7598990 |
Image signal processing system and electronic imaging device
An image signal processing system and an electronic imaging device are provided in which a shading correcting circuit carries out shading correction by multiplying image data by a gain which is...
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7598989 |
Image pickup system for reducing noise attributable to an image pickup device
An image pickup system according to the present invention includes an extracting unit for extracting a block area with a predetermined size from a signal of an image pickup device, a transforming...
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7595828 |
Solid-state image pickup device and driving method therefor
In a MOS solid-state image pickup device including two capacitors storing electric charges of pixels in two rows for each column and two charge-voltage conversion amplifiers for outputting pixel...
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7595825 |
Image pickup system and image processing program
An image pickup system includes a color noise estimation section, which has a local region extraction section that extracts luminance and color difference signals in units of 4×4 pixels from...
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7595824 |
Signal processor, data processor, and solid state image sensor
Random pollution of output signals with logic noise caused by video signal processing is prevented and a high quality image video signal with reduced random noise is output. A signal processor...
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7593593 |
Method and system for reducing effects of undesired signals in an infrared imaging system
Effects of undesired infrared light are reduced in an imaging system using an infrared light source. The desired infrared light source is activated and a first set of imaging data is captured...
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7593465 |
Method for video coding artifacts concealment
A method and circuit for processing a reconstructed picture generated from compressed data is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) estimating a magnitude of coding artifacts...
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7589774 |
Image pickup apparatus having non-destructively readable image pickup means for picking up an object image
An image sensing apparatus including an X-ray image sensing unit having a non-destructive read function, adapted to sense an object image, and a subtractor adapted to sequentially output as a...
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7587099 |
Region-based image denoising
An “Image Denoiser” provides a probabilistic process for denoising color images by segmenting an input image into regions, estimating statistics within each region, and then estimating a clean...
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7586526 |
Image sensing apparatus with at least two transfer speeds and its control method
In an image sensing apparatus which has an image sensing element having a plurality of pixels which generate charges in correspondence with the amount of incoming light, and a transfer unit which...
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7586525 |
Noise reduction apparatus, method and program
CCD-RAW data obtained by sensing the image of a subject is applied to a first noise reduction circuit via a offset correction circuit, a gain correction circuit, a linear matrix circuit and a gamma...
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7586074 |
Multi-mode high capacity dual integration direct injection detector input circuit
A unit cell ( 20 ) is disclosed that has an input node for coupling to an output of a detector (D 1 ) of electromagnetic radiation, such as IR or visible radiation. The unit cell includes a first...
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7583306 |
Solid state imaging device with reduced cell pitch and driving method thereof
A solid state imaging device, including: a plurality of storage wells which stores an optically generated charge that is generated at a photoelectric conversion region corresponding to an incident...
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7583302 |
Image processing device having blur correction function
Disclosed is an imaging device 100 connected to an external display device 600 . The imaging device 100 includes a decoder 5 that, based on an instruction to reproduce coded moving image...
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7583301 |
Imaging device having chromatic aberration suppression
Accurately suppress chromatic aberration arising in a subject image is described. An image signal, which is obtained by a lens and a CCD and pertains to a subject image, is subjected to white...
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7583296 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixel portions, each including a photoelectric conversion section and a holding section. The holding section is configured to hold a mixed saturation...
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7580069 |
Image-capturing apparatus and image processing apparatus
An image-capturing apparatus, includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a subject through an optical system; and a control unit that outputs images captured at the image-capturing...
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7573519 |
Method for correcting eclipse or darkle
A CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged column and rows in an array; a column circuit for storing reset values and a value after integration; a correlated double sampler which...
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7570838 |
Image correction method for compensating for misalignment of pixels in holographic digital data storage system
For compensating for misalignment of pixels at the time of reproduction in a Holographic Digital Data Storage (HDDS) system, and thereby correcting an image, a stored page-based image is detected...
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7570288 |
Image processor
A pixel signal of Bayer pattern output from an imaging device is subjected to interpolation in a pixel interpolation circuit, and converted into a YCbCr signal in a color space conversion circuit....
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7570287 |
Image pickup system for noise estimating and noise reduction
In the image pickup system of the present invention, factors that have an effect on noise such as the signal level, temperature of the CCD during shooting, exposure time, gain and the like are...
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7564490 |
Noise reduction apparatus, method and program
Uncorrelated noise is reduced in image data. To achieve this, CCD-RAW data, in which color components are output in order in accordance with an array of color filters that have been formed on the...
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7564489 |
Method for reducing row noise with dark pixel data
A method for reducing the row noise from complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor by using average values from sub-regions of the shielded pixels. The method operates on sensor...
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7564079 |
Solid state imager device with leakage current inhibiting region
In a case when a structure of forming a p+ layer on a substrate rear surface side is employed in order to prevent dark current generation from the silicon boundary surface, various problems occur....
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7561198 |
CMOS image sensor
A CMOS image sensor is provided in which a first group of output circuits arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and a second group of output circuits arranged in a two-dimensional matrix are...
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7561194 |
Charge diffusion crosstalk reduction for image sensors
A charge diffusion crosstalk reduction process is provided for image signals from, for example, a CMOS image sensor. Charge diffusion crosstalk processing can be used in accordance with aspects of...
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7554589 |
Redundancy in column parallel or row architectures
A column circuitry architecture for an imager includes redundant column or row circuits. The column or row circuitry includes a number of redundant column or row circuits. Each column or row...
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7554585 |
Image sensing apparatus applied to interval photography and dark noise suppression processing method therefor
An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing element for photoelectric conversion, a shutter for selectively creating a light-shielded state and non-light-shielded state for the image sensing...
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7554584 |
Method and circuit for performing correlated double sub-sampling (CDSS) of pixels in an active pixel sensor (APS) array
A method and circuit for performing Correlated Double Sub-Sampling (CDSS) of pixels in an active pixel sensor (APS) array. The method and the apparatus subsamples a plurality (L 2 ) of pixels by:...
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