Image processing device, image processing method, and image pickup device

US8948503B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948503-B2
Application numberUS-96519410-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 10, 2010
Priority dateDec 18, 2009
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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Disclosed herein is an image processing device including a subband dividing section configured to perform subband division of image data of a color whose pixel positions are alternately shifted from each other, the image data being included in image data output from an image pickup element of a pixel arrangement in which the pixel positions of at least one color of three primary colors are alternately shifted from each other in one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, with pixels of two upper and lower lines adjacent to each other or pixels of two left and right columns adjacent to each other as a unit.

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What is claimed is: 1. An image processing device comprising: a subband dividing section configured to (a) perform subband division of color image data having alternately shifted pixel positions, the color image data being included in pickup image data output from an image pickup element having pixel positions of respective ones of three primary colors alternately shifted from each other in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, with pixels of two upper and lower horizont…

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What does patent US8948503B2 cover?
Disclosed herein is an image processing device including a subband dividing section configured to perform subband division of image data of a color whose pixel positions are alternately shifted from each other, the image data being included in image data output from an image pickup element of a pixel arrangement in which the pixel positions of at least one color of three primary colors are alte…
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Sugiyama Akira, Sony Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N9/01. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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