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US4723174A
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Picture image processor
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1986-04-09
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Granted: 1988-02-02
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Expires: 2006-04-09
Abstract
Abstract A picture image processor wherein a white reference value with respect to an analog output of video data is established in response to a change in luminous energy, and the white reference output is compared with the video data output to obtain a binary signal, and this signal is stored in a memory system; then, the stored signal is subjected to a digital-to-analog conversion to form a reference signal, which is inputted to an A/D converter in synchronism with the respective picture elements of an original reading signal, and/or a dark or bright voltage value of the image sensor which has been previously stored is corrected on the basis of such gain from an amplifying means which changes automatically, and the output of the above image sensor is corrected based on the voltage value thus corrected.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiji Nishikawa
- 👤 Takashi Ozawa
- 👤 Fumio Asano
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 23:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/40; H04N1/401
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A picture image processor wherein video data obtained by reading an original by means of an image sensor converted into a binary signal, and information recording processing and information reproduction processing are effected on the basis of said signal, which comprises establishing a white reference value with respect to an analog output of said video data in response to a change in luminous energy, said white reference value being compared with the video data output to obtain said binary signal and a resultant signal is then stored, said stored signal being subjected to digital-to-analog conversion to form a reference signal, said reference signal being subjected to analog to digital conversion in synchronism with the respective picture elements of said binary signal, and/or a dark or bright voltage value of said image sensor which has been previously stored being corrected on the basis of a gain from an amplifying means which is changed for controlling an output of said image sensor so as to always be at a prescribed level, and the output of said image sensor being corrected based on said corrected voltage value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A picture image processor wherein video data obtained by reading an original by means of an image sensor converted into a binary signal, and information recording processing and information reproduction processing are effected on the basis of said signal, which comprises establishing a white reference value with respect to an analog output of said video data in response to a change in luminous energy, said white reference value being compared with the video data output to obtain said binary signal and a resultant signal is then stored, said stored signal being subjected to digital-to-analog conversion to form a reference signal, said reference signal being subjected to analog to digital conversion in synchronism with the respective picture elements of said binary signal, and/or a dark or bright voltage value of said image sensor which has been previously stored being corrected on the basis of a gain from an amplifying means which is changed for controlling an output of said image sensor so as to always be at a prescribed level, and the output of said image sensor being corrected based on said corrected voltage value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
117 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor comprises: a memory in which data for reading reference plane are stored; a luminous energy detecting means for detecting changes in luminous energy of a sensor light source and for outputting a first refernece voltage on the basis of the resulting detection amount; a reference signal generating means for outputting a second reference voltage obtained by correcting data read from said memory on the basis of said first reference voltage in synchronism with video data of said original, and a comparing means for comparing said second reference voltage with said video data of said original to output video data whose shading distortion has been corrected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 2, wherein said comparing means comprises a resistor group for dividing said second reference voltage into a plurality of divided output voltages, and a plurality of voltage comparators for respectively comparing said divided output voltages derived from said resistor group with said video data of said original.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
135 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor comprises: an A/D converter for inputting said reference signal in sychronism with the respective picture elements of said video data signal and for subjecting said video data signal to an analog-to-digital conversion on the basis of said reference signal to effect correction of shading distortion, a memory for storing said reference signal which is obtained by reading an entire surface of a reference which is all of a same color by means of said image sensor and converting same by said A/D converter so as to generate said reference signal, and a D/A converter for converting said reference signal read from said memory to an analog signal and for outputting the converted signal to said A/D converter for use as a reference voltage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
141 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor is provided with an amplifying means for amplifying an output signal of said image sensor, an automatic gain controlling means for changing a gain of said amplifying means and for controlling the amplified output signal of said image sensor so as to be within a prescribed level range, a memory means for storing a dark voltage value at the time of interrupting incident light to said image sensor, a correcting means for correcting the dark voltage value stored in said memory means in response to the gain of said amplifying means to output the corrected result, and an operating means for subtracting the dark voltage value corrected by means of said correcting means from the output signal of said controlled image sensor so as to output the resulting value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 5, wherein said amplifying means is composed of an A/D converter for converting an output signal of an image sensor into a digital signal of a prescribed number of bits, and said automatic gain controlling means is composed of a circuit for controlling a reference potential of said A/D converter such that the converted output value of said A/D converter is within a certain range.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
203 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor is provided with an amplifying means for amplifying output signal of said image sensor, an automatic gain controlling means for changing a gain of said amplifying means and for controlling the amplified output signal of said image sensor so as to be within a prescribed level range, a first memory means for storing a dark voltage value at the time of interrupting incident light to said image sensor, a first correcting means for correcting the dark voltage value stored in said first memory means in response to the gain of said amplifying means so as to output the corrected result, an operating means for subtracting the dark voltage value corrected by means of said first correcting means from the output signal of said controlled image sensor so as to output the resulting value, a second memory means for storing bright voltage value at a time of incidence of a reference light with respect to said image sensor, and a second correcting means for correcting the output from said operating means on the basis of the bright voltage value stored in said second memory means so as to output the corrected result.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
104 words
A picture image processor as claimed in claim 6, wherein said amplifying means is composed of an A/D converter for converting an output signal of an image sensor into a digital signal of a prescribed number of bits, and said automatic gain controlling means is composed of a circuit for controlling a reference potential of said A/D converter such that the converted output value of said A/D converter is within a certain range, and said second correcting means is composed of a division circuit for dividing the output from said operating means by said bright voltage value so as to output the resulting value.
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