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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Imaging device, method for controlling the imaging device, and recording medium recording the method
Applicants:
Young-soo Bok, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-seok Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-hyo Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging device includes a photographing device configured to photograph an object and generate an image signal, a gain storage register configured to store a gain determined for the photographing device, a gain adjustment unit configured to adjust the image signal using the gain, and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce noise of the image signal using a noise filter selected based on the gain.