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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Ichikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroki Maruyama, Hino, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a correction factor calculating unit configured to calculate a correction factor for correcting a difference in pixel values corresponding to a difference between a spectral sensitivity and a preset reference spectral sensitivity in a predetermined wavelength range at a pixel of interest, based on image data generated by an image sensor, the image sensor having a plurality of pixels on which color filters of a plurality of colors with different spectral transmittances are respectively disposed, the color filters forming a predetermined array pattern, the correction factor calculating unit being configured to calculate the correction factor for each of the plurality of pixels on which at least a predetermined color filter of the color filters is disposed.