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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hisashi Takado, Kawasaki, JP;

Noriyuki Kaifu, Atsugi, JP;

Fujio Kawano, Kawasaki, JP;

Tomoya Onishi, Ayase, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3597 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

To increase image quality of a moving image by suppressing a color afterimage while reducing color noise, provided is an imaging apparatus, including: an imaging device; and a signal processing unit, in which: the imaging device includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group each including a plurality of pixels each configured to output a pixel signal; and the signal processing unit is configured to perform weighted addition for a second pixel signal output from the second pixel group by inter-frame processing, and to change a weight on each frame in the weighted addition based on an inter-frame differential of a first pixel signal.


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