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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Po-chieh Hung, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Takayama, Tama, JP;
Koichi Kamon, Kyoto, JP;
Sei Koh, Hachioji, JP;
Po-Chieh Hung, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Takayama, Tama, JP;
Koichi Kamon, Kyoto, JP;
Sei Koh, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image inputting apparatus wherein luminance signals having a high S/N ratio can be generated even during nighttime with a small quantity of photons. An imaging element images image components. A color signal generating section generates color signals from the image components. A color space conversion section converts the color signals into a color space that includes luminance signals and color difference signals. The color space conversion section calculates a luminance signal obtained by adding the image components, as the luminance signal of the color space to be converted.