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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Hisashi Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisashi Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is provided that allows image data to represent colors within the human visible region adequately. The apparatus includes an encoding part which encodes a color of each of pixels forming an image represented by image data that are input from an image pickup part, using an excitation purity and either a dominant wavelength or a complementary wavelength that are determined in a color space capable of representing an entire visible region based on a predetermined reference point within a visible region and a locus of a visible light spectrum in the color space, and which outputs obtained encoded data.