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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2003
Yasuo Hagisato, Susono, JP;
Shinya Kawamata, Gotenba, JP;
Ryuji Yamaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Hidetoshi Mimura, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Zama, JP;
Yasuo Hagisato, Susono, JP;
Shinya Kawamata, Gotenba, JP;
Ryuji Yamaguchi, Mishima, JP;
Hidetoshi Mimura, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Zama, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device stores and photoelectric-converts incoming light from an object of which an image is to be captured with a CCD, and controls an output level of a picture signal obtained by signal processing an image signal output from the CCD. An output adjustment value of the picture signal in the output control is set to become 50 to 70 IRE according to a peak value of the picture signal when a test pattern is captured under standard conditions. Accordingly, it is possible to have a typical imaging device display a captured image darker, and thus enable imaging suitable for nighttime imaging and the like.