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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shinichi Imade, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/349 (2011.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/349 (2013.01); G06T 3/4069 (2013.01); H04N 1/212 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing device includes a storage section, an estimation calculation section, and an image output section. A pixel is sequentially shifted so that overlap occurs to acquire a light-receiving value of the pixel as a low-resolution frame image. The storage section stores the low-resolution frame image. The estimation calculation section estimates estimated pixel values at a pixel pitch smaller than the pixel pitch of the low-resolution frame image. The image output section outputs a high-resolution frame image that has a resolution higher than that of the low-resolution frame image based on the estimated pixel values. The estimation calculation section calculates the difference between the light-receiving value of the pixel set at a first position and the light-receiving value of the pixel set at a second position, and estimates the estimated pixel values based on the difference.


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