IP Library Granted Patent US 11,399,161
Granted Patent B2
US 11,399,161 · App. 16/981,572 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Signal processing device, signal processing method, image capture device, and medical image capture device

Inventors: Masatoshi Takashima (Tokyo, JP); Tetsu Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Takayoshi Oomori (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Mori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04N9/04563A61B90/361H04N5/2353A61B1/04A61B90/20A61B2090/373H04N9/04515H04N2209/047
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Patent No.
US 11,399,161
App. No.
16/981,572
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing device has tunable wavelength extraction and detection of a narrow band, while maintaining resolution. The signal processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a signal of a first wavelength band in which wavelength extraction is possible in a tunable manner by means of postprocessing and a signal of a second wavelength band to be used for a special purpose; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing using the signal of the first wavelength band and the signal of the second wavelength band.

Claims (12)

1. A signal processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit that acquires a signal of a first wavelength band in which wavelength extraction is possible in a tunable manner by means of postprocessing and a signal of a second wavelength band to be used for a special purpose; and

a signal processing unit that performs signal processing using the signal of the first wavelength band or a combination of the signal of the first wavelength band and the signal of the second wavelength band,

wherein the signal processing unit extracts a signal of a desired wavelength band using the signal of the first wavelength band,

wherein the signal processing unit calculates a vegetation index using at least one of the signal of the desired wavelength band or the signal of the second wavelength band, and

wherein the signal processing unit calculates at least any three of a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), a green normalized difference vegetation index (GNDVI), a photochemical reflectance index (PRI), or a sun-induced fluorescence (SIF), as the vegetation index.

2. A signal processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring a signal of a first wavelength band in which wavelength extraction is possible in a tunable manner by means of postprocessing and a signal of a second wavelength band to be used for a special purpose; and

performing signal processing using the signal of the first wavelength band or a combination of the signal of the first wavelength band and the signal of the second wavelength band by

extracting a signal of a desired wavelength band using the signal of the first wavelength band, and

calculating a vegetation index using at least one of the signal of the desired wavelength band or the signal of the second wavelength band, and

wherein the vegetation index is at least any three of a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), a green normalized difference vegetation index (GNDVI), a photochemical reflectance index (PRI), or a sun-induced fluorescence (SIF).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059497/0054 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: TAKASHIMA, MASATOSHI; OGAWA, TETSU; OOMORI, TAKAYOSHI; MORI, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056040/0612 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-055815 · Mar 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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