Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for imaging using sensitivity coefficients
- Patent Title (中): 使用灵敏度系数成像的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12640986Application Date: 2009-12-17
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Publication No.: US07898591B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Tomoaki Ueda
- Applicant: Tomoaki Ueda
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
- Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2009-82395 20090330
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225

Abstract:
An image pickup device includes an image pickup unit including an n number of photodetectors and an n number of lenses, and outputting signals corresponding to the respective photodetectors, the lenses being provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the photodetectors and being provided so that light is incident upon only the respective photodetectors; a sensitivity coefficient storage section that stores information for determining sensitivity coefficients of the photodetectors; and an image reproducing section that reproduces an image using the signals that are output by the image pickup unit and the sensitivity coefficients that are determined on the basis of the information stored in the sensitivity coefficient storage section. In a model in which light from imaginary light spots is received by the respective photodetectors, using the output signals and the sensitivity coefficients corresponding to the respective photodetectors, the image reproducing section estimates light beams of the respective imaginary light spots, and using brightness values corresponding thereto as brightness values of respective pixels of an image corresponding to an image pickup area, the image reproducing section reproduces an image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100245654A1 IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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