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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Daisuke Hohjoh, Narashino, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Hohjoh, Narashino, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2176 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes an image sensor to convert an optical image of a subject into an electric signal, an image processor to generate an image according to the electric signal, an image synthesizer to synthesize, pixel-by-pixel, images generated by the image processor in a same composition under a same condition, a digital clamp processor to perform a digital clamp to remove an offset component from a synthesized image obtained by the image synthesizer, and a digital clamp controller to control a digital clamp amount of the digital clamp processor on the basis of a number of images synthesized by the image synthesizer.