Solid imaging device, electronic device, and method of controlling solid imaging device
A cost increase is controlled. A solid imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging section ( 101 ) that obtains first image data including four or more colors; and a converting section ( 104 ) that reduces the number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data.
1 . A solid imaging device including:
an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more visible colors;
a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data; and
a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data, wherein
the processing section estimates a color temperature based upon all of the four or more visible colors of the first image data.
2 . The solid imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the imaging section includes
a first pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a red wavelength component,
a second pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a green wavelength component,
a third pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a blue wavelength component, and
a fourth pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a wavelength component different from those of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel.
3 . The solid imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data.
4 . The solid imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the four or more visible colors of the first image data are red, green, blue and white.
5 . The solid imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the four or more visible colors of the first image data are red, green, blue and another color different from red, green and blue.
6 . An electronic device comprising:
a solid imaging device including:
an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more colors,
a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data, and
a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data; and
a processor that process image data output from the solid imaging device, wherein
the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data, and
the processor includes an obtaining section that obtains vital information of a user on a basis of the third image data generated by the extracting section.
7 . The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein
the vital information includes at least one of a heart rate, a respiratory rate, a body temperature, and a blood pressure of the user.
8 . An electronic device comprising:
a solid imaging device including:
an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more colors,
a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data, and
a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data; and
a processor that process image data output from the solid imaging device, wherein
the processor includes an image processing section that executes predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of a result of the processing by the processing section,
the processing section is an estimating section that estimates a color temperature from the first image data, and
the image processing section executes the predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of the color temperature estimated by the estimating section.
9 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein
the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data, and
the processor further includes an estimating section that estimates a color temperature from the third image data generated by the extracting section, and
the image processing section executes the predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of color temperature information estimated by the estimating section.
10 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined image processing is a white balance adjustment.