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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Shiroshi Kanemitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Kono, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3595 (2013.01); H04N 5/2175 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a streaking correction unit corrects a pixel signal read from an effective pixel portion to reduce streaking in the effective pixel portion on the basis of an evaluation result of a pixel signal read from a vertical light shielded pixel portion and a pixel signal read from a horizontal light shielded pixel portion.