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Digital camera
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 2005-11-28
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Granted: 2009-12-01
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Expires: 2025-11-28
Abstract
Abstract A solid-state image pickup element is mounted on a digital camera. The solid-state image pickup element has: first color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a first color of the three primary colors; second color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a second color; third color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a third color; and luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to the color pixels, respectively, and which detect luminance information. In the digital camera, when data of a reduced image in which the resolution is more reduced than the resolution of all the pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, data of each of the color pixels (R, G, B), and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels (Y) which are adjacent to the color pixel are added together. A signal processing is applied to the added data to reproduce a photographed image.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsu Wada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:10
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/80; H04N23/84; H04N23/843; H04N25/00; H04N25/10; H04N25/11; H04N25/13; H04N25/133; H04N25/135
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
A digital camera comprising a solid-state image pickup element, the solid-state image pickup element comprising: first color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a first color of three primary colors; second color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a second color of the three primary colors; third color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a third color of the three primary colors; and luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to each color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels, wherein the digital camera comprises: a controlling section that, when data of a reduced image in which a resolution is more reduced than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adds data of each color pixel in a set of color pixels to be selected among the first, second and third color pixel, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the set of color pixels to be selected; and a signal processing section that processes data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproduces a photographed image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
A digital camera comprising a solid-state image pickup element, the solid-state image pickup element comprising: first color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a first color of three primary colors; second color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a second color of the three primary colors; third color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a third color of the three primary colors; and luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to each color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels, wherein the digital camera comprises: a controlling section that, when data of a reduced image in which a resolution is more reduced than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adds data of each color pixel in a set of color pixels to be selected among the first, second and third color pixel, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the set of color pixels to be selected; and a signal processing section that processes data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproduces a photographed image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
97 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the solid-state image pickup element comprises a CCD type solid state image pickup element, and wherein the controlling section comprises an adding and reading section that, when data are to be read out from each of the pixels of the solid-state image pickup element, adds data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected, and reads out resulting data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
A digital camera according to claim 2 , wherein data of each of a set of color pixels to be selected among color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected are added together on a vertical transfer path.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
73 words
A digital camera according to claim 2 , wherein the adding and reading section comprises a data adding circuit, which, after image data of all color pixels and luminance detection pixels are read out, adds data of each of a set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of a set of color pixels to be selected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the solid-state image pickup element comprises a MOS type solid state image pickup element, and wherein the controlling section comprises a data adding section that, after data of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are read out, adds data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
A digital camera according to claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of readout transistors, wherein data of each of a set of color pixels to be selected among color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels and data of one or more of the luminance, detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected are read by a plurality of readout transistors and are added together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
76 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the first, second and third color pixels and the luminance detection pixels are arranged in a surface portion of the solid-state image pickup element so as to form a square lattice pattern, and wherein the square lattice pattern comprises: a first checkered pattern in which the first, second and third color pixels are arranged; and a second checkered pattern in which the luminance detection pixels are arranged.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
87 words
A digital camera according to claim 7 , wherein Y represents a luminance detection pixel, G represents a green color pixel, R represents a red color pixel, and B represents a blue color pixel, and wherein the square lattice pattern comprises color pixels and luminance detection pixels arranged in a repeating sequence of alternating Y and G pixels on even rows and a repeating sequence of R, Y, B, Y pixels and a repeating pattern of B, Y, R, Y pixels are alternately arranged on odd rows.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are vertically adjacent to said each of the set of color pixel to be selected are added together.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the luminance detection pixel comprises a filter having spectral characteristics correlating with luminance information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
218 words
A digital camera comprising a solid-state image pickup element, the solid-state image pickup element comprising: first color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a first color of three primary colors; second color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a second color of the three primary colors; third color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a third color of the three primary colors; and luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to each color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels, wherein the digital camera comprises: controlling means for, when data of a reduced image in which a resolution is more reduced than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adding data of each color pixel in a set of color pixels to be selected among the first, second and third color pixels, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the set of color pixels to be selected; and signal processing means for processing data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproducing a photographed image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
218 words
A digital camera comprising a solid-state image pickup element, the solid-state image pickup element comprising: first color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a first color of three primary colors; second color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a second color of the three primary colors; third color pixels which detect an amount of incident light of a third color of the three primary colors; and luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to each color pixel of the first, second and third color pixels, wherein the digital camera comprises: controlling means for, when data of a reduced image in which a resolution is more reduced than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adding data of each color pixel in a set of color pixels to be selected among the first, second and third color pixels, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the set of color pixels to be selected; and signal processing means for processing data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproducing a photographed image.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
A digital camera according to claim 11 , wherein the solid-state image pickup element comprises a CCD type solid state image pickup element, and wherein the controlling means comprises adding and reading means for, when data are to be read out from each of the pixels of the solid-state image pickup element, adding data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected, and reading out resulting data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
86 words
A digital camera according to claim 11 , wherein said solid-state image pickup element comprises a MOS type solid state image pickup element, and wherein the controlling means comprises data adding means for, after data of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are read out, adding data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each of the set of color pixels to be selected.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
76 words
A digital camera according to claim 11 , wherein the first, second and third color pixels and the luminance detection pixels are arranged in a surface portion of the solid-state image pickup element so as to form a square lattice pattern, and wherein the square lattice pattern comprises: a first checkered pattern in which the first, second and third color pixels are arranged; and a second checkered pattern in which the luminance detection pixels are arranged.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
A digital camera according to claim 11 , wherein data of each of the set of color pixels to be selected and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are vertically adjacent to said each of the set of color pixel to be selected are added together.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
183 words
An imaging device comprising: a solid-state image pickup element comprising: a plurality of color pixels, in which each pixel of a plurality of color pixels detects an amount of incident light of a single color, wherein a plurality of different colors are detected; and a plurality of luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to a pixel of said plurality of color pixels; a controlling section that, when data of an image in which a resolution less than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adds data of each of a set of color pixels to be selected among said plurality of color pixels, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the color pixels of the set of color pixels to be selected; and a signal processing section that processes data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproduces an image.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
183 words
An imaging device comprising: a solid-state image pickup element comprising: a plurality of color pixels, in which each pixel of a plurality of color pixels detects an amount of incident light of a single color, wherein a plurality of different colors are detected; and a plurality of luminance detection pixels which detect luminance information, each of the luminance detection pixels being adjacent to a pixel of said plurality of color pixels; a controlling section that, when data of an image in which a resolution less than a resolution of all pixels of the solid-state image pickup element are to be produced, adds data of each of a set of color pixels to be selected among said plurality of color pixels, and data of one or more of the luminance detection pixels which are adjacent to said each color pixel in the color pixels of the set of color pixels to be selected; and a signal processing section that processes data of the set of color pixels to be selected to which data of luminance detection pixels have been added, and reproduces an image.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
104 words
An imaging device according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of color pixels include red color pixels, blue color pixels, and green color pixel; and wherein the primary colors are interpolated such that: R′=R+Y, G′=G+Y, and B′=B+Y, wherein R′ corresponds to an interpolated red signal, R corresponds to a signal from a red color pixel and Y corresponds to a signal from a luminance detection pixels, G′ corresponds to an interpolated green signal, G corresponds to a signal from a from a green color pixel, B′ corresponds to an interpolated blue signal, and R corresponds to a signal from a red color pixel.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
38 words
An imaging device according to claim 17 , wherein the luminance calculated from ROB comprises the equation Yrgb=C1(R′−Y)+C2(G′−Y)+C3(B′−Y), where C1, C2 and C3 are constants, wherein a color difference signal Cr=R−Yrgb, and wherein a color difference signal Cb=B−Yrgb.
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