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Patent No.:

US 8593546 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Shiroshi Kanemitsu, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takaaki Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Shiroshi Kanemitsu, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazuhiro Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takaaki Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a defect correction unit, a noise reduction processing unit, and an output selection unit. The defect correction unit includes a contrast determination unit and an illuminance determination unit. The output selection unit selects the output from the defect correction unit when a target pixel is determined to be a defect. The defect correction unit enables a correction value to be output as a signal value which is applied to the target pixel in accordance with the contrast determination and the illuminance determination.


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