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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Sumito Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Sumito Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Provide an electronic still camera using a color filter array (CFA) and a single CCD making it possible to simultaneously execute the processing for color signal interpolation and the processing for resizing. In the electronic still camera according to the present invention, an R signal, a G signal, and a B signal are output from each pixel of an image sensorhaving a CFA. A processorsimultaneously executes processing for interpolation and processing for resizing by computing (R, G, B) values at a given pixel position according to the color signals. Low frequency components R, G, Bof the color signal at the given pixel position are computed from signals from adjoining pixels, and the high frequency component Sis computed from a brightness value Y. The image data interpolated and changed to a desired size is stored in a memory, or is output via an interface I/Fto an external device such as a computer or a printer.