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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicants:
Ryo Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kouhei Iketani, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryo Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kouhei Iketani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N007/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic endoscope system which captures an image of an object and displays the same on a display device is provided with a noise reduction system. The noise reduction system reduces noise included in a frame of an image signal for each color component. The noise-reduced color components are stored in a buffer, and then output as a video signal to be transmitted to a display where a color image of the object is displayed.