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Color image sensing device
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-10-25
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Granted: 1994-01-18
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Expires: 2011-10-25
Abstract
Abstract A color image sensing device comprises an image sensor having pixels of the offset sampling structure in which the horizontal pitch is P H , the vertical pitch is P V and the horizontal offset amount is P H /2, and a color filter array comprising three or four types of color filters provided in one-to-one relation to the pixels of the image sensor. The color filter array has the offset sampling structure in which those types of color filters are each arranged with the horizontal pitch of 2P H , the vertical pitch of 2P V and the horizontal offset amount of P H .
Inventors
- 👤 Akihiko Shiraishi
- 👤 Akira Suga
- 👤 Takashi Sasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 07:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/80; H04N23/84; H04N23/843; H04N25/00; H04N25/10; H04N25/11; H04N25/13; H04N25/135; H04N25/136; H04N2209/00; H04N2209/04; H04N2209/041; H04N2209/042; H04N2209/045; H04N2209/046
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
An image signal processor comprising: image pattern detecting means for detecting different image patterns of an image signal; color signal processing means for performing on the image signal different color signal processings which are respectively adapted for reduction of false colors caused by said different image patterns to be detected; and selection means for selecting one of said different color signal processings performed by said color processing means on the basis of a detection result of said image pattern detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image signal processor comprising: image pattern detecting means for detecting different image patterns of an image signal; color signal processing means for performing on the image signal different color signal processings which are respectively adapted for reduction of false colors caused by said different image patterns to be detected; and selection means for selecting one of said different color signal processings performed by said color processing means on the basis of a detection result of said image pattern detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An image signal processing according to claim 1, wherein said color signal processing means carries out the process for converting color signals into achromatic signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image signal processor according to claim 1, wherein said image pattern detecting means detects changes of an image in both the horizontal and vertical directions for detecting a pattern of the image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image signal processor according to claim 3, wherein said image pattern detecting means includes a horizontal band-pass filter and a vertical band-pass filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
79 words
An image signal processor comprising: processing means for performing low-pass filtering of a luminance signal in different predetermined directions; determination means for determining whether or not there are small luminance changes in an image in said predetermined different directions; and selection means for selecting the low-pass filtering performed by said processing means in the direction in which small luminance change is determined to exist by said determination means, when said determination means determines that a small luminance change exists.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
An image signal processor comprising: processing means for performing low-pass filtering of a luminance signal in different predetermined directions; determination means for determining whether or not there are small luminance changes in an image in said predetermined different directions; and selection means for selecting the low-pass filtering performed by said processing means in the direction in which small luminance change is determined to exist by said determination means, when said determination means determines that a small luminance change exists.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image signal processor according to claim 5, wherein said decision means makes a decision based on absolute values of outputs of horizontal and vertical band-pass filters for the luminance signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image pickup apparatus comprising: (a) image pickup means for converting an image pickup light from an object into electrical signal, said image pickup means having a plurality of color filters arranged in a predetermined order on a surface thereof; (b) detection means for detecting that there is a possibility that a false color is generated, on the basis of a relation between the arrangement of said plurality of color filters and a pattern of the object; (c) processing means for processing said electrical signal output from said image pickup means with one of a plurality of predetermined characteristics; and (d) control means for changing said predetermined characteristic of said processing means according to an output of said detection means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
120 words
An image pickup apparatus comprising: (a) image pickup means for converting an image pickup light from an object into electrical signal, said image pickup means having a plurality of color filters arranged in a predetermined order on a surface thereof; (b) detection means for detecting that there is a possibility that a false color is generated, on the basis of a relation between the arrangement of said plurality of color filters and a pattern of the object; (c) processing means for processing said electrical signal output from said image pickup means with one of a plurality of predetermined characteristics; and (d) control means for changing said predetermined characteristic of said processing means according to an output of said detection means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of color filters includes Ye, Cy, G and Ma filters.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said predetermined characteristics include a matrix coefficient for color separation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said processing means performs a processing for producing color signals of R, G and B from the output of said image pickup means.
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