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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Hikosaka, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a first interpolation unit that generates luminance interpolation values at a plurality of second pixels based on luminance values at a plurality of first pixels; a select unit that selects the plurality of second pixels at each of which an absolute value of a difference between each of the luminance interpolation values at the plurality of second pixels generated by the first interpolation unit and the luminance value at the plurality of first pixels of the first pixels is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a second interpolation unit that generates a color interpolation value corresponding to one color component at the predetermined first pixel based on color values at the plurality of second pixels selected by the select unit.