Image data processing circuit and image data processing method
First Claim
1. An image data processing circuit of a solid state image pickup device from which a dark current component signal and a pixel signal are sequentially output on a line unit basis, comprising:
- a first holding circuit for holding the dark current component signal in a reference line as a reference dark current component signal;
a first subtraction circuit to which the dark current component signal and the pixel signal are sequentially entered on the line unit basis; and
a differential circuit for obtaining, as a dark current change amount, a change amount with respect to the reference dark current component signal, of the dark current component signal included in a preceding line output from the solid state image pickup device prior to the line entered to the first subtraction circuit, wherein the first subtraction circuit subtracts the dark current change amount from the dark current component signal and the pixel signal which are entered.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an image data processing circuit and an image data processing method capable of determining a reference signal level corresponding to black in an image with high precision by suppressing occurrence of line dependency and the like in a dark current component signal included in image data output from a solid state image pickup device. A reference dark current component data holding unit selects a reference line from a solid state image pickup device and holds a dark current component of the reference line as a head line average value. To a subtraction circuit, dark current component data and effective pixel data is sequentially input on the line unit basis. A differential circuit obtains, as a detection value, a change amount with respect to the head line average value, of the dark current component data included in a preceding line. The subtraction circuit subtracts the detection value from the dark current component data and the effective pixel data entered.
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11 Claims
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1. An image data processing circuit of a solid state image pickup device from which a dark current component signal and a pixel signal are sequentially output on a line unit basis, comprising:
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a first holding circuit for holding the dark current component signal in a reference line as a reference dark current component signal;
a first subtraction circuit to which the dark current component signal and the pixel signal are sequentially entered on the line unit basis; and
a differential circuit for obtaining, as a dark current change amount, a change amount with respect to the reference dark current component signal, of the dark current component signal included in a preceding line output from the solid state image pickup device prior to the line entered to the first subtraction circuit, wherein the first subtraction circuit subtracts the dark current change amount from the dark current component signal and the pixel signal which are entered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image data processing method of a solid state image pickup device from which a dark current component signal and a pixel signal are sequentially output on a line unit basis, comprising:
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a step of holding the dark current component signal in a reference line as a reference dark current component signal;
a step of sequentially inputting the dark current component signal and the pixel signal on the line unit basis;
a step of obtaining, as a dark current change amount, a change amount with respect to the reference dark current component signal, of the dark current component signal included in a preceding line output from the solid state image pickup device prior to the lines which are sequentially entered on the line unit basis; and
a step of subtracting the dark current change amount from the dark current component signal and the pixel signal which are sequentially entered on the line unit basis.
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