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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Zhe-Hong Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interpolation processing apparatus includes: an interpolation processing unit that performs interpolation processing on a color image expressed through a colorimetric system constituted of a predetermined plurality of color components to determine an interpolation quantity corresponding to a value representing a missing color component in each pixel; and a color composition identification unit that identifies a color component composition of the color image. And the interpolation processing unit is capable of performing a plurality of types of interpolation processing in correspondence to color component compositions of the color image, selects a type of interpolation processing corresponding to the color component composition identified by the color composition identification unit and performs the type of interpolation processing that has been selected on the color image.