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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Masahiko Sugimoto, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Takemura, Saitama, JP;
Kenkichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Masaya Tamaru, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Sugimoto, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Takemura, Saitama, JP;
Kenkichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Masaya Tamaru, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a subject; has: an image pick-up unit for acquiring the image; and a noise reduction unit which removes a frequency component of a color difference signal of the image corresponding to a frequency component of a luminance signal based on the frequency component of the luminance signal of the image.