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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2009
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup device includes an optical system; an image sensor; an AGC circuit; an image processing unit configured to perform at least an MTF correction process; and a control unit configured to control the image processing unit so as not to perform the MTF correction process in the event that the control unit determines that illuminance is low based on information which directly or indirectly indicates the illuminance.