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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Masashi Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Narihiro Matoba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Narihiro Matoba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An output value calculating unitperforms weighting arithmetic operations on a plurality of filter values calculated by a filter value calculating unitby using a feature quantity detected by a feature quantity detecting unit, a directional correlation value calculated by a directional correlation value calculating unitand an amplitude level calculated by an amplitude level calculating unit, and multiplies a result of the weighting arithmetic operations by a sensitization magnification to create pixel signals of a correctly exposed image.