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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Shinya Kawamata, Gotenba, JP;
Yasuo Hagisato, Susono, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Kawamata, Gotenba, JP;
Yasuo Hagisato, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/76 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A form of the image pickup apparatus of the invention is characterized by including an image pickup portion that receives a incident light from an image-pickup object and performs a photoelectric conversion of the light, and an image processing portion that performs a spatial filter process of removing a predetermined low-frequency component from a picked-up image output by the image pickup portion.