IMAGING PROCESSOR
First Claim
1. An imaging and processing device comprising:
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a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point;
a first adder section for adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points;
a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and
an image restoring section for restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section.
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Abstract
An imaging and processing device includes: an optical element; a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section.
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12 Claims
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1. An imaging and processing device comprising:
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an optical element; a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An imaging and processing device comprising:
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a single imager with a color filter array of red, green, blue and white attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain an image for each color of the color filter array for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values associated with each of the images of red, green and blue obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a motion detection section for detecting a motion from the image of white so as to output motion information regarding the detected motion; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including red, green and blue at each frame time point based on the images of red, green and blue which have been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, the image of white, and the motion information. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An imaging and processing device comprising:
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a single imager with a color filter array of red, green, blue and white attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain an image for each color of the color filter array for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values associated with each of the images of red, green and blue obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values associated with an image of white captured at a single frame time point; a motion detection section for detecting a motion from the image of white which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section so as to output motion information regarding the detected motion; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including red, green and blue at each frame time point based on the images of red, green and blue which have been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, the image of white which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section, and the motion information. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer program, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, to be executed by a computer provided in an imaging and processing device, the imaging and processing device comprising:
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an optical element; and a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point, the computer program causing the computer to execute the steps of; adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points; adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first addition step, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second addition step.
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