IP Library Granted Patent US 9,154,707
Granted Patent B2
US 9,154,707 · App. 14/165,968 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Image correction circuit, image capture device, image correction method, and image correction program

Inventor: Ryuichi Shiohara (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H04N5/235H04N5/217H04N5/2353H04N5/353
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Patent No.
US 9,154,707
App. No.
14/165,968
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a correction section configured to correct an image of an object captured by using a first shutter operation for starting exposure of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second shutter operation for ending exposure of the photoelectric conversion elements. The correction section is configured to correct the image according to a distance from an optical axis center to the photoelectric conversion elements to minimize variance in exposure duration among the photoelectric conversion elements between the first shutter operation and the second shutter operation.

Claims (17)

1. A device comprising:

a correction section configured to correct an image of an object captured by using a first shutter operation for starting exposure of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second shutter operation for ending exposure of the photoelectric conversion elements,

the correction section being configured to correct the image according to a distance from an optical axis center to the photoelectric conversion elements to minimize variance in exposure duration among the photoelectric conversion elements between the first shutter operation and the second shutter operation.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first shutter operation and the second shutter operation is a constriction shutter operation.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein

the correction section is configured to correct the image in a block unit composed of a predetermined number of pixels.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein

the correction section is configured to correct the image acquired by the photoelectric conversion elements in which charges in all lines of the photoelectric conversion elements are rest simultaneously.

5. The device according to claim 2 , wherein

the correction section is configured to correct the image so that a correction amount for an output from each of the photoelectric conversion elements is 1 or greater.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon for a computer to execute:

correcting an image of an object captured by using a first shutter operation for starting exposure of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second shutter operation for ending exposure of the photoelectric conversion elements,

the correcting of the image including correcting the image according to a distance from an optical axis center to the photoelectric conversion elements to minimize variance in exposure duration among the photoelectric conversion elements between the first shutter operation and the second shutter operation.

7. A device comprising:

a correction section configured to correct an image of an object captured by using a first shutter operation for starting exposure of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second shutter operation for ending exposure of the photoelectric conversion elements,

the correction section being configured to carry out discrepancy correction processing with correction amounts corresponding to distances between a mechanical shutter that carries out one of the first and second shutter operations and light-receiving surfaces of the photoelectric conversion elements in a direction of an optical axis of a captured light.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2019
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050710/0121 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2014
From: SHIOHARA, RYUICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032061/0797 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-211696 · Sep 22, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13239772 · Sep 22, 2011
Related Publication 20140139701A1 · May 22, 2014