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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1998
Yoshiro Udagawa, Miyashiro-machi, JP;
Masao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takao Sasakura, Yokohama, JP;
Ryoji Kubo, Funabashi, JP;
Hideaki Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Tatsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is provided which can obtain a high image quality by using a camera with a conventional field read type DSP. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup element having a plurality of color filters disposed in a predetermined layout at respective pixel positions, a calculating and processing unit for performing calculation and processing by using two sets of adjacent pixel data in the vertical direction, at each line of image data generated by the image pickup element, and a luminance signal generating unit for generating a luminance signal by using an output of the calculating and processing unit.