公开(公告)号：US08897501B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-25

申请号：US11888305

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Miyuki Okada ,  Ken Nakajima

发明人： Miyuki Okada ,  Ken Nakajima

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/32 ,  H04N5/232

CPC分类号： G06K9/00234 ,  G06K9/3208 ,  H04N5/23219

摘要： A face detection device for detecting the face of a person in an input image may include the following elements: a face detection circuit including a hardware circuit configured to detect a face in an input image; a signal processing circuit configured to perform signal processing based on an input image signal in accordance with a rewritable program including a face detection program for detecting a face in an input image; and a controller configured to allow the face detection circuit and the signal processing circuit to perform face detection in a parallel manner on an image of a frame or on respective images of adjacent frames among consecutive frames, and to output a final face detection result on the basis of face detection results obtained by the face detection circuit and the signal processing circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于检测输入图像中的人脸的脸部检测装置可以包括以下元件：面部检测电路，包括被配置为检测输入图像中的脸部的硬件电路; 信号处理电路，被配置为根据包括用于检测输入图像中的面部的面部检测程序的可重写程序，基于输入图像信号执行信号处理; 以及控制器，其被配置为允许所述面部检测电路和所述信号处理电路以并行方式对连续帧中的帧的图像或相邻帧的各个图像执行面部检测，并且在所述帧 由面部检测电路和信号处理电路得到的面部检测结果的基础。

公开(公告)号：US08830355B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-09

申请号：US13546026

申请日：2012-07-11

申请人： Yoichi Mizutani ,  Masayuki Takezawa ,  Hideki Matsumoto ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Toshihisa Yamamoto

发明人： Yoichi Mizutani ,  Masayuki Takezawa ,  Hideki Matsumoto ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Toshihisa Yamamoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/232

CPC分类号： H04N5/23245 ,  H04N1/2137 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.

摘要翻译： 一种用于根据操作模式执行有效信号处理的成像装置。 在取景器模式中，CCD接口21a将从图像生成单元10提供的图像数据的水平分量抽取到三分之一，并且用数据转换和分辨率转换处理抽取的图像数据，以产生Y，Cb和Cr图像数据， 在存储器控制器22上被路由到和写入图像存储器32中。在记录模式中，CCD接口21a使来自图像生成单元10的图像数据经抽取后的存储器控​​制器22写入图像存储器32中，并且伽玛 校正等。相机DSP 21c经由存储器控制器22从图像存储器32读出图像数据，以进行用于经由存储器控制器22将得到的数据写入图像存储器32中的数据转换。

公开(公告)号：US08218022B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：US12391604

申请日：2009-02-24

申请人： Yuji Kawamura ,  Ken Nakajima

发明人： Yuji Kawamura ,  Ken Nakajima

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/77

CPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/23241 ,  H04N5/77 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/8042

摘要： An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert light into an electrical signal serving as an imaging signal and output the imaging signal at predetermined frame intervals, a memory configured to store the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a first signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a second signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal stored in the memory, and a control unit configured to control power supplied to each of the first and second signal processing units.

摘要翻译： 图像拾取装置包括被配置为将光光电转换成用作成像信号的电信号并以预定帧间隔输出成像信号的图像拾取单元，被配置为存储从图像拾取单元输出的成像信号的存储器，第一 信号处理单元，被配置为根据从图像拾取单元输出的成像信号生成Y / C信号;第二信号处理单元，被配置为从存储在存储器中的成像信号生成Y / C信号;以及控制单元，被配置为 提供给第一和第二信号处理单元中的每一个的控制电力。

公开(公告)号：US08116536B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-14

申请号：US11888322

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Miyuki Okada ,  Ken Nakajima

发明人： Miyuki Okada ,  Ken Nakajima

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00228 ,  H04N5/23219

摘要： A face detection device for detecting the face of a person in an input image may include the following elements: a face detection circuit including a hardware circuit configured to detect a face in an input image; a signal processing circuit configured to perform signal processing based on an input image signal in accordance with a rewritable program including a face detection program for detecting a face in an input image; and a controller configured to allow the face detection circuit and the signal processing circuit to perform face detection on an image of a frame or on respective images of adjacent frames among consecutive frames, and to control face detection by the signal processing circuit on the basis of a face detection result obtained by the face detection circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于检测输入图像中的人脸的脸部检测装置可以包括以下元件：面部检测电路，包括被配置为检测输入图像中的脸部的硬件电路; 信号处理电路，被配置为根据包括用于检测输入图像中的面部的面部检测程序的可重写程序，基于输入图像信号执行信号处理; 以及控制器，其被配置为允许所述面部检测电路和所述信号处理电路对连续帧中的帧的图像或相邻帧的各个图像执行面部检测，并且基于所述信号处理电路来控制所述信号处理电路的面部检测 由脸部检测电路获得的面部检测结果。

公开(公告)号：US08023748B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-20

申请号：US11710622

申请日：2007-02-23

申请人： Fumiaki Kato ,  Ken Nakajima

发明人： Fumiaki Kato ,  Ken Nakajima

IPC分类号： G06K9/36

CPC分类号： H04N19/98 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/772 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/7921 ,  H04N9/8047 ,  H04N2101/00 ,  H04N2201/0084

摘要： An image capturing apparatus for capturing an image with solid state imaging devices may include a compressing section, a memory, a decompressing section, and a signal processing section. The compressing section may compress digitalized data of an image captured with the solid state imaging devices. The memory may temporarily store the compressed image data that is compressed by the compressing section. The decompressing section may decompress the compressed image data that is read out from the memory. The signal processing section may perform an image quality correction operation on the image data decompressed by the decompressing section. The compressed image data may contain a maximum value and a minimum value of pixel data in a block, information regarding positions of the maximum value and the minimum value in the block, and quantized data.

摘要翻译： 用于使用固态成像装置捕获图像的图像捕获装置可以包括压缩部分，存储器，解压缩部分和信号处理部分。 压缩部分可以压缩用固态成像装置捕获的图像的数字化数据。 存储器可以临时存储由压缩部分压缩的压缩图像数据。 解压缩部分可以解压缩从存储器读出的压缩图像数据。 信号处理部分可以对由解压缩部分解压缩的图像数据执行图像质量校正操作。 压缩图像数据可以包含块中的像素数据的最大值和最小值，关于块中的最大值和最小值的位置的信息以及量化数据。

公开(公告)号：US07940990B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-10

申请号：US11881160

申请日：2007-07-25

申请人： Tokuichiro Yamada ,  Zhiwen Li ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Kenichi Sakai

发明人： Tokuichiro Yamada ,  Zhiwen Li ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Kenichi Sakai

IPC分类号： G06K9/36

CPC分类号： G06T1/20

摘要： An image signal processing apparatus may include a partial image data block obtaining unit configured to obtain partial image data blocks by dividing image data corresponding to a predetermined screen having a predetermined number of horizontal and vertical pixels into image data portions, each having a predetermined number of partial horizontal and vertical pixels, at predetermined positions; a packet generating unit configured to generate packets, each storing one of the partial image data blocks; and one or more signal processing units configured to receive the packets from a transmission path through which the image data is transmitted, perform signal processing in units of partial image data blocks stored in the packets, and output the image data in the form of packets to the transmission path.

摘要翻译： 图像信号处理装置可以包括：部分图像数据块获取单元，被配置为通过将与具有预定数量的水平和垂直像素的预定屏幕相对应的图像数据分割成图像数据部分来获得部分图像数据块，每个图像数据块具有预定数量的 部分水平和垂直像素，在预定位置; 分组生成单元，被配置为生成分组，每个分组存储所述部分图像数据块中的一个; 以及被配置为从发送图像数据的传输路径接收分组的一个或多个信号处理单元，以存储在分组中的部分图像数据块为单位执行信号处理，并以分组的形式将图像数据输出到 传输路径。

公开(公告)号：US20090237528A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-24

申请号：US12391604

申请日：2009-02-24

申请人： Yuji KAWAMURA ,  Ken NAKAJIMA

发明人： Yuji KAWAMURA ,  Ken NAKAJIMA

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/23241 ,  H04N5/77 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/8042

摘要： An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert light into an electrical signal serving as an imaging signal and output the imaging signal at predetermined frame intervals, a memory configured to store the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a first signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a second signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal stored in the memory, and a control unit configured to control power supplied to each of the first and second signal processing units.

摘要翻译： 图像拾取装置包括被配置为将光光电转换成用作成像信号的电信号并以预定帧间隔输出成像信号的图像拾取单元，被配置为存储从图像拾取单元输出的成像信号的存储器，第一 信号处理单元，被配置为根据从图像拾取单元输出的成像信号生成Y / C信号;第二信号处理单元，被配置为从存储在存储器中的成像信号生成Y / C信号;以及控制单元，被配置为 提供给第一和第二信号处理单元中的每一个的控制电力。

公开(公告)号：US07489346B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-10

申请号：US10540404

申请日：2003-12-02

申请人： Takami Mizukura ,  Naoya Katoh ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Hiroki Nagahama

发明人： Takami Mizukura ,  Naoya Katoh ,  Ken Nakajima ,  Hiroki Nagahama

IPC分类号： H04N9/73 ,  H04N5/217 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N9/045

摘要： In an image pick-up apparatus including an image pick-up unit comprised of color filters having different spectral characteristics, and serving to pick up image of object, there are provided an adjustment unit for adjusting color reproduction value and noise value representing noise feeling, a matrix coefficient determination unit for determining matrix coefficients on the basis of adjustment of the adjustment unit, and a matrix transform processing unit for performing matrix transform processing with respect to image which has been picked up at the image pick-up device unit on the basis of the matrix coefficients.

摘要翻译： 在包括由具有不同光谱特性的滤色器构成的并用于拾取物体图像的图像拾取单元的图像拾取装置中，提供了一种用于调节颜色再现值和表示噪声感觉的噪声值的调整单元， 矩阵系数确定单元，用于基于调整单元的调整来确定矩阵系数;以及矩阵变换处理单元，用于基于在图像拾取装置单元拾取的图像执行矩阵变换处理 的矩阵系数。

公开(公告)号：US07479993B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-20

申请号：US10432134

申请日：2002-09-03

申请人： Ken Nakajima ,  Nobuyuki Sato

发明人： Ken Nakajima ,  Nobuyuki Sato

IPC分类号： H04N5/217

CPC分类号： H04N5/361

摘要： An image capturing apparatus capable of removing a noise due to a dark signal from a solid-state imaging device is provided. After storing an image signal (A2) obtained through an ordinary capturing in an image memory, an image signal (B2) captured immediately thereafter with a shutter closed is stored in the image memory. Next, respective image signals (A2) and (B2) are supplied to a preprocessing circuit (6a) via a memory controller (6c). An arithmetic circuit (61), by subtracting the image signal (B2) from the image signal (A2), removes a fixed pattern noise and an offset component. A bright spot detection circuit (62) detects an occurrence position of a bright spot noise from the image signal (B2), and in response to this detection, outputs a timing pulse (T1). A black point compensation circuit (63), on the basis of the timing pulse (T1), detects a pixel having a possibility of occurrence of a black point noise, in an image signal (C1) outputted from the arithmetic circuit (61), and compensates for this pixel using a data of a pixel in the vicinity thereof.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种能够从固态成像装置中消除由暗信号引起的噪声的图像捕获装置。 在将通过普通拍摄获得的图像信号（A2）存储在图像存储器中之后，将快门关闭后立即拍摄的图像信号（B2）存储在图像存储器中。 接下来，各个图像信号（A2）和（B2）经由存储器控制器（6c）提供给预处理电路（6a）。 算术电路（61）通过从图像信号（A2）中减去图像信号（B2），去除固定图案噪声和偏移分量。 亮点检测电路（62）根据图像信号（B2）检测亮点噪声的发生位置，响应于该检测，输出定时脉冲（T1）。 基于定时脉冲（T1）的黑点补偿电路（63）在从运算电路（61）输出的图像信号（C1）中检测出具有黑点噪声的可能性的像素， 并使用其附近的像素的数据来补偿该像素。

公开(公告)号：US20090009659A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US12185386

申请日：2008-08-04

申请人： Isao Kawanishi ,  Tomohiko Naruse ,  Ken Nakajima

发明人： Isao Kawanishi ,  Tomohiko Naruse ,  Ken Nakajima

IPC分类号： H04N11/02 ,  G06K9/36

CPC分类号： H04N5/772 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/8047 ,  H04N9/8227 ,  H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/117 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/149 ,  H04N19/15 ,  H04N19/162 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/59 ,  H04N19/60 ,  H04N19/80 ,  H04N2101/00 ,  H04N2201/33357

摘要： The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus and method in which the image recording time is reduced and the memory capacity required for compression is also reduced. A number-of-bytes calculation unit 302 determines the number of bytes after compression based on an integrated value of high-frequency integrated data supplied from a high-frequency integration processor. Based on the determined number of bytes, a Q-scale calculation unit 303 determines a Q-scale based on which the image data can be compressed one time to a predetermined data size. A Q-table generation unit 304 generates a Q-table based on the Q-scale. A DCT unit 321 performs a discrete cosine transform on the input image data. A quantization processor 322 adjusts the compression ratio of the image data based on the up-to-date Q-table supplied from the Q-table generation unit 304. A variable-length coding processor 323 encodes the image data with variable length coding such as Huffman coding, and outputs the resulting compressed image data. The present invention is applicable to digital cameras.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及图像记录时间缩短并且压缩所需的存储容量也降低的图像捕获装置和方法。 字节数计算单元302基于从高频积分处理器提供的高频综合数据的积分值来确定压缩后的字节数。 基于所确定的字节数，Q尺度计算单元303根据其可以将图像数据压缩一次到预定数据大小来确定Q标度。 Q表生成单元304基于Q量表生成Q表。 DCT单元321对输入图像数据执行离散余弦变换。 量化处理器322基于从Q表生成单元304提供的最新Q表来调整图像数据的压缩比。可变长度编码处理器323对具有可变长度编码的图像数据进行编码，例如 霍夫曼编码，并输出所得到的压缩图像数据。 本发明适用于数码相机。