Abstract: A flicker correction apparatus for correcting a flicker component of an image signal obtained by imaging an object using an imaging device is provided. The apparatus comprises an image average calculation section for calculating an average of the image signal, a flicker frequency calculation section for calculating a flicker frequency, a flicker data extraction section for extracting flicker data using the average of the image signal and the flicker frequency, a flicker determination section for determining the presence or absence of a flicker phenomenon using the flicker data, a flicker correction amount calculation section for calculating a flicker correction amount using the flicker data, and a flicker correction section for removing the flicker component of the image data using the flicker correction amount.

Abstract: A flicker correction apparatus for correcting a flicker component of an image signal obtained by imaging an object using an imaging device is provided. The apparatus comprises an image average calculation section for calculating an average of the image signal, a flicker frequency calculation section for calculating a flicker frequency, a flicker data extraction section for extracting flicker data using the average of the image signal and the flicker frequency, a flicker determination section for determining the presence or absence of a flicker phenomenon using the flicker data, a flicker correction amount calculation section for calculating a flicker correction amount using the flicker data, and a flicker correction section for removing the flicker component of the image data using the flicker correction amount.

Abstract: This invention relates to benzothiazepine derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## where K is hydrogen or a --CH.sub.2 COOR.sub.2 group where R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, Z is hydrogen or phenyl except when both K and Z are hydrogen, and Y is hydrogen, a --CHR.sub.3 --COOR.sub.1 group, an alkanoyl group or a --COO(CH.sub.2).sub.n R.sub.4 group where R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkylphenyl group or an aryl-lower alkyl group, R.sub.4 is an aryl group and n is a whole number of 1 to 10, and to their methods of preparation.The benzothiazepine derivatives of this invention, including their salts, have a powerful inhibitory effect on the angiotensin converting enzyme and exert a marked depressor effect in such models of hypertension as spontaneously occurring hypertensive rats and the like, so that they are useful as drugs for the treatment of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.