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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method for obtaining digital data comprising the steps of obtaining a plurality of image signals under a condition of different accumulation periods as an initial value for a counting operation, comparing, by using digital data for a first image signal of the plurality of image signals, an electric signal corresponding to a second image signal of the plurality of image signals with a reference signal, obtaining digital data for the second image signal, performing a counting operation in a mode having the same sign as the sign of digital data for the first image signal between a down-counting mode and an up-counting mode while the comparing step is being performed, and storing a count value.