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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsuro Okazawa, Hino, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G02B 7/34 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); G03B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus performs image processing on image data obtained by using an imaging element comprising a plurality of pixels which comprise a first pixel and a second pixel, wherein two different types of exposure times are applied between the first pixel and the second pixel. A blur amount estimation unit estimates an image blur amount. An exposure time difference calculation unit calculates an exposure time difference. A mixing ratio calculation unit determines a first ratio using a light amount detected by the first pixel to be a target and a second ratio using a light amount detected by the second pixel positioned around the first pixel based on the exposure time difference and the image blur amount. A correction unit corrects the image data based on the image blur amount, the exposure time difference, the first ratio, and the second ratio.


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