Invention Grant
US07782368B2 Image signal processing unit for amplifying signal level of effective pixel region and method
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用于放大有效像素区域的信号电平的图像信号处理单元和方法
- Patent Title: Image signal processing unit for amplifying signal level of effective pixel region and method
- Patent Title (中): 用于放大有效像素区域的信号电平的图像信号处理单元和方法
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Application No.: US11212763Application Date: 2005-08-29
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Publication No.: US07782368B2Publication Date: 2010-08-24
- Inventor: Koji Okada
- Applicant: Koji Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Fujitsu Patent Center
- Priority: JP2005-157380 20050530
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235

Abstract:
The first amplifier sets a first amplification factor for the pixel signals for each color pixel to adjust the sensitivities of the color pixels. The second amplifier amplifies the pixel signals, whose sensitivities have been adjusted, with a second amplification factor. The second amplification factor allows the color level signal having the maximum signal intensity in the pixel signals which have been adjusted in sensitivity and output from the first amplifier to have a signal intensity equivalent to the dynamic range of image processing performed in a latter stage. The computing unit subtracts a black level signal component from each of the pixel signals amplified by the second amplifier. After adjusting the sensitivities which differ between colors, the color level signals can be amplified up to the dynamic range of the image processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060268358A1 Image signal processing unit and method Public/Granted day:2006-11-30
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