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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Keiji Higuchi, Kunitachi, JP;
Keiji Higuchi, Kunitachi, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image signal processing apparatus that performs a noise reduction process on an image signal of an image captured by an imaging device is provided. By performing a first smoothing process on an input signal of an image signal that is received from an imaging unit and that is subjected to a first image processing, a first smoothed signal creating unit creates a first smoothed signal in which noise is reduced. By performing a second smoothing process that is different from the first smoothing process on the input signal, the second smoothed signal creating unit creates a second smoothed signal in which noise is reduced. A mixing processing unit mixes the first smoothed signal and the second smoothed signal in accordance with a mixing ratio according to a value of the input signal.