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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Hiroshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Motoyuki Kashiwagi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Motoyuki Kashiwagi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/367 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/367 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digital camera () includes: an imaging unit () having an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixels, and generates a pixel value for each of the plurality of pixels as image data; a position specification unit () that specifies a position of a defective pixel among the plurality of pixels, in the image data generated by the imaging unit (); a region specification unit () that specifies a region in the image data in which image noise occurs due to the defective pixel, based on the position specified by the position specification unit (); and a correction unit () that corrects a pixel value of each of a plurality of pixels included in the region in the image data specified by the region specification unit (), based on a weighted average of pixels values of a plurality of pixels located at a periphery of the region.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Suzuki, Hiroshi. (2014). Image processing device that performs image processing to correct target pixels in a region surrounding a defective pixel (U.S. Patent No. 8922681). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8922681

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