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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Yoshinobu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yanada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yanada, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup device may include an image capturing unit that includes a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix form, the image capturing unit sequentially outputting a plurality of image capturing signals each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of pixel signals output from the solid-state image pickup device, and an evaluation value generating unit to which the plurality of image capturing signals output from the image capturing unit are sequentially input, the evaluation value generating unit generating an evaluation value based on the input image capturing signals. The evaluation value generating unit may include a horizontal decimation unit, a vertical decimation unit, a vertical evaluation value generating unit, and a horizontal evaluation value generating unit.