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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Kazuki Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Nakamura, Kumamoto, JP;
Takashi Kubodera, Kumamoto, JP;
Kaneyoshi Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Kiyota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Nakamura, Kumamoto, JP;
Takashi Kubodera, Kumamoto, JP;
Kaneyoshi Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Kiyota, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image an image using an imaging device; an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images equivalent to the time of dark, imaged by the imaging unit; a registering unit configured to register, with an image obtained by the image obtaining unit, the address and change amount of a pixel where the output value of the pixel changes so as to exceed a predetermined threshold; and a correcting unit configured to correct, when taking a pixel corresponding to an address registered by the registering unit as a processing object pixel, the pixel value of the processing object pixel based on comparison between difference of the output values of the processing object pixel and a peripheral pixel of the processing object pixel, and the change amount of the processing object pixel.