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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Atsushi Nakajima, Sayama, JP;
Takeshi Morishita, Sayama, JP;
Hideo Seki, Sayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/202 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing device and method which is provided with means for converting image data from an image sensor into image data emphasizing a change in brightness in each of plural divisions of a whole luminous area by using a conversion table and which is therefore capable of easily and immediately enhancing the contrast of an image taken by an image sensor possessing a wide dynamic range of its logarithmic output characteristic.