Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus and flicker detection method
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备和闪烁检测方法
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Application No.: US12448251Application Date: 2007-09-27
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Publication No.: US08279303B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Kentarou Niikura
- Applicant: Kentarou Niikura
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-54056 20070305
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/069425 WO 20070927
- International Announcement: WO2008/108025 WO 20080912
- Main IPC: H04N9/73
- IPC: H04N9/73

Abstract:
An exposure control unit 15 controls a charge accumulation time for a CMOS sensor 10. The CMOS sensor 10 captures an image P1 with a charge accumulation time T1 and an image P2 with a charge accumulation time T2. The charge accumulation time T1 does not cause a flicker in an image under a light source blinking at a first blink cycle. The charge accumulation time T2 is different from the charge accumulation time T1. A difference image generation unit 17 generates a difference image DP that emphasizes to show a difference in luminance of the images P1 and P2. A flicker detection unit 18 detects a flicker occurrence in the image P2 based on a difference in luminance between P1 and P2 appearing in the difference image DP.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100013953A1 IMAGING APPARATUS AND FLICKER DETECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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