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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Tatsuya Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Katoh, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuya Deguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Katoh, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To be capable of correcting a captured image to an image desirable to a user only by using a digital still camera. An RAMstoring the image data of an image for which tone correction is to be performed in a standard color space format and a tone correction circuitare provided. The image data is read out from the RAM, and the tone correction is performed for the readout image data in the tone correction circuit. In automatic tone correction, luminance signals of the image are statistically analyzed to categorize the image, and an appropriate correction curve is used to correct the image.