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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Teruaki Yamasaki, Hino, JP;
Manabu Ichikawa, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data generated by an imaging element including sharing blocks, each including multiple adjacent pixels configured to generate signals according to amounts of light received externally and one read circuit; an offset calculator configured to, based on the acquired image data and using pixel values of pixels in a sharing block of interest that is one of the multiple sharing blocks and pixel values of pixels outside the sharing block of interest, detect an offset component of a pixel value occurring in the sharing block of interest; and a corrector configured to calculate a correction amount to correct a pixel value of at least one pixel in the sharing block of interest based on the offset component and use the correction amount to correct a pixel value of at least one pixel in the sharing block of interest.