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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Takeshi Fukutomi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Fukutomi, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gradation conversion processor performs gradation conversion processing on image data on the basis of a predetermined gradation conversion characteristic, and a noise reduction processor performs noise reduction processing on the image data. Subsequently, a combining-ratio calculator calculates a combining ratio between the image data before the noise reduction processing performed by the noise reduction processor and the image data after the noise reduction processing on the basis of the gradation conversion characteristic, and a combiner combines the image data before the noise reduction processing performed by the noise reduction processor and the image data after the noise reduction processing on the basis of the combining ratio.