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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Yuusuke Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device able to simplify an optical system, able to reduce costs, and in addition capable of giving a restored image having a suitable quality in accordance with stop control and having a small influence of noise, and an image processing method of same, including an optical systemand an imaging elementforming a first order image and an image processing deviceforming the first order image to a high definition last image, wherein a control devicedetects stop information and controls a switching unitso as to input a dispersed image signal of an object captured by the imaging elementvia an AFEto the image processing deviceand input a dispersion-free restored image signal to a camera signal processing unitwhen not closing the stop down to a predetermined value, while directly input the dispersed image signal of the object captured by the imaging elementvia the AFEto the camera signal processing unitwithout passing through the image processing devicewhen closing the stop down to the predetermined value or more.