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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshiki Hosono, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuya Hosono, Chofu, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a comparing circuit configured to compare, based on image data generated by an imaging element including a light receiver in which a plurality of photoelectric converting elements forms a set of a unit pixel and in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a micro lens that is provided per unit pixel and is layered on a light receiving surface of the unit pixel, output values of the respective photoelectric converting elements per unit pixel to detect an abnormal output; and an estimating circuit configured to estimate an abnormality by using output values of the respective photoelectric converting elements in the unit pixel. The comparing circuit is configured to detect the abnormal output by comparing ratios of output values that are output by the photoelectric converting elements at identical positions in adjacent unit pixels.