Abstract: An image capture device of the present invention is provided with: a first brightness adjusting unit which adjusts brightness when capturing an image of a subject; a second brightness adjusting unit which adjusts the brightness of an analog image signal of the subject captured with the brightness adjusted by the first brightness adjusting unit; an A/D conversion unit which subjects the analog image signal with the brightness adjusted by the second brightness adjusting unit to A/D conversion; a third brightness adjusting unit which adjusts the brightness of a digital image signal obtained by the A/D conversion; and a gain-up adjusting unit which raises the gain of a low-illuminance portion of the digital image signal with the brightness adjusted by the third brightness adjusting unit, by means of realtime modification adjustment using a gamma characteristic.

Abstract: In a camera, a circuit board converts light having passed through a lens into an electric signal. A connector connects the circuit board to an outside cable. A shielding conductor surrounds the circuit board. An insulating housing houses the circuit board and the shielding conductor. A connector includes inner, intermediate, and outer connectors. The inner connector includes a first outer skin conductor, and is mounted to the circuit board. The intermediate connector includes a second outer skin conductor supporting a shielding conductor, and is connected to the inner connector and the shielding conductor. The outer connector includes a third outer skin conductor, and connects an outside cable to the intermediate connector. The shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, between the second outer skin conductor and the shielding conductor. The insulating housing is connected to and supported by the intermediate connector.

Abstract: An image capture device of the present invention is provided with: a first brightness adjusting unit which adjusts brightness when capturing an image of a subject; a second brightness adjusting unit which adjusts the brightness of an analog image signal of the subject captured with the brightness adjusted by the first brightness adjusting unit; an A/D conversion unit which subjects the analog image signal with the brightness adjusted by the second brightness adjusting unit to A/D conversion; a third brightness adjusting unit which adjusts the brightness of a digital image signal obtained by the A/D conversion; and a gain-up adjusting unit which raises the gain of a low-illuminance portion of the digital image signal with the brightness adjusted by the third brightness adjusting unit, by means of realtime modification adjustment using a gamma characteristic.

Abstract: A crystal oscillation circuit includes: two resistors; two capacitors; and an inverter. A crystal oscillation circuit for the crystal oscillation circuit includes: arranging the two resistors in parallel with the two capacitors such that an area of a wiring feedback path from an output terminal to an input terminal of the inverter is minimized, and arranging terminals of the two capacitors to be connected to ground close to each other.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a viewpoint transformation and image generation unit that performs viewpoint transformation processing on an image. The viewpoint transformation and image generation unit is configured to: generate a first viewpoint image by the viewpoint transformation processing on an input image; generate, before generating a second viewpoint image in which a viewpoint and a visual line are different from those of the first viewpoint image, one or more intermediate viewpoint images in which a viewpoint and a visual line are intermediate between those of the first viewpoint image and those of the second viewpoint image; and generate the second viewpoint image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a viewpoint transformation and image generation unit that performs viewpoint transformation processing on an image. The viewpoint transformation and image generation unit is configured to: generate a first viewpoint image by the viewpoint transformation processing on an input image; generate, before generating a second viewpoint image in which a viewpoint and a visual line are different from those of the first viewpoint image, one or more intermediate viewpoint images in which a viewpoint and a visual line are intermediate between those of the first viewpoint image and those of the second viewpoint image; and generate the second viewpoint image.

Abstract: A heat dissipation structure of an electronic device, includes: a metal case; and a rigid flexible board housed in the metal case and comprising a rigid portion and a flex portion connected to the rigid portion. At least part of the flex portion contacts the metal case to allow heat generated by an electronic component mounted on the rigid portion to be released to the metal case.

Abstract: In a camera, a circuit board converts light having passed through a lens into an electric signal. A connector connects the circuit board to an outside cable. A shielding conductor surrounds the circuit board. An insulating housing houses the circuit board and the shielding conductor. A connector includes inner, intermediate, and outer connectors. The inner connector includes a first outer skin conductor, and is mounted to the circuit board. The intermediate connector includes a second outer skin conductor supporting a shielding conductor, and is connected to the inner connector and the shielding conductor. The outer connector includes a third outer skin conductor, and connects an outside cable to the intermediate connector. The shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, between the second outer skin conductor and the shielding conductor. The insulating housing is connected to and supported by the intermediate connector.

Abstract: An image processor includes: a reduction (resizing) processor 102 that reduces an original image obtained from a single-sensor color imaging device to an image conforming to a display size of a display monitor; and a rearranged color array display data generation processor 103 that generates one or more types of color array images conforming to a color pixel array of the display monitor, based on the reduced image. With this configuration, one or more types of display reduced-size image having color information of the original image are generated. Thus, a small-size image for display generated from a large-size original image output from an imaging device can be displayed at high speed with a minimum frame delay.

Abstract: A camera processor image-processes an image for left eye captured by a left-eye image capturing unit and an image for right eye captured by a right-eye image capturing unit to generate a parallax image of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. A vertical timing adjuster adjusts timings of driving a left-eye image sensor and a right-eye image sensor using a frame synchronizing drive controller to reduce as close to zero as possible an amount of vertical displacement between a framing position of a target object image in the left-eye image and a framing position of a target object image in the right-eye image.

Abstract: A digital camera includes: a horizontal reduction (resizing) processor 301 for reducing a RAW image from single-sensor color imaging device to an image corresponding to a video recording size in an input line direction; a memory section 303 storing horizontally resized image data; a plurality of vertical reduction (resizing) processors 304, 306, and 308 reducing (resizing), in a vertical direction orthogonal to the input line direction, a plurality of pieces of reduced line data read out from the memory section 303; and horizontal reduction (resizing) processors 310 and 312 reducing a plurality of images reduced (resized) in the horizontal and vertical directions back into images of a display size and a face detection size in the input line direction.

Abstract: In a first filtering processing step, RAW data of a source image is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a first array direction to divide the RAW data into a first luminance data and a first color carrier data. In a first luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the first luminance data in the first array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a second luminance data. In a first color array reproduction processing step, the first color carrier data is re-synthesized with the second luminance data to produce a first multiple-color array data. In a second filtering processing step, the first multiple-color array data is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a second array direction to divide the first multiple-color array data into a third luminance data and a second color carrier data.

Abstract: A digital camera includes: a horizontal reduction (resizing) processor 301 for reducing a RAW image from single-sensor color imaging device to an image corresponding to a video recording size in an input line direction; a memory section 303 storing horizontally resized image data; a plurality of vertical reduction (resizing) processors 304, 306, and 308 reducing (resizing), in a vertical direction orthogonal to the input line direction, a plurality of pieces of reduced line data read out from the memory section 303; and horizontal reduction (resizing) processors 310 and 312 reducing a plurality of images reduced (resized) in the horizontal and vertical directions back into images of a display size and a face detection size in the input line direction.

Abstract: An image processor includes: a reduction (resizing) processor 102 that reduces an original image obtained from a single-sensor color imaging device to an image conforming to a display size of a display monitor; and a rearranged color array display data generation processor 103 that generates one or more types of color array images conforming to a color pixel array of the display monitor, based on the reduced image. With this configuration, one or more types of display reduced-size image having color information of the original image are generated. Thus, a small-size image for display generated from a large-size original image output from an imaging device can be displayed at high speed with a minimum frame delay.

Abstract: An adjacent color difference data generator calculates a differential between adjacent data in a data row having different color information per pixel of the digital signal to thereby generate a first color difference data having a first code format. A code converter converts the first color difference data into a second color difference data having a second code format. The second code format is a code format where only a small number of bits change before and after the code conversion from the first code format. The number of changing bits in the switching between codes when, for example, an image monochromatic but having gradation change is imaged to reduce any noise generated when digital image data is outputted.

Abstract: In a first filtering processing step, RAW data of a source image is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a first array direction to divide the RAW data into a first luminance data and a first color carrier data. In a first luminance distribution equalization processing step, the luminance distribution of the first luminance data in the first array direction is corrected to be uniform to produce a second luminance data. In a first color array reproduction processing step, the first color carrier data is re-synthesized with the second luminance data to produce a first multiple-color array data. In a second filtering processing step, the first multiple-color array data is subjected to a pixel-based filtering process along a second array direction to divide the first multiple-color array data into a third luminance data and a second color carrier data.

Abstract: A camera processor image-processes an image for left eye captured by a left-eye image capturing unit and an image for right eye captured by a right-eye image capturing unit to generate a parallax image of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. A vertical timing adjuster adjusts timings of driving a left-eye image sensor and a right-eye image sensor using a frame synchronizing drive controller to reduce as close to zero as possible an amount of vertical displacement between a framing position of a target object image in the left-eye image and a framing position of a target object image in the right-eye image.

Abstract: A line-by-line filter process is performed to extract luminance data and color carrier data from an original image (i.e., a CCDRAW image) obtained from a single-sensor color imaging element, without separating the original image into R, G, and B data corresponding to a Bayer array. A color difference data demodulation process and a median noise removal process are performed with respect to the color carrier data to obtain color difference data. Band limitation filter processes having different characteristics are performed with respect to the luminance data and the color difference data, respectively. Moreover, separate resizing processes are performed with respect to the luminance data and the color difference data, respectively. A modulation process is performed to convert the resized color difference data to color carrier data. A color array reproduction process is performed to recombine the color carrier data and the resized luminance signal.

Abstract: An adjacent color difference data generator calculates a differential between adjacent data in a data row having different color information per pixel of the digital signal to thereby generate a first color difference data having a first code format. A code converter converts the first color difference data into a second color difference data having a second code format. The second code format is a code format where only a small number of bits change before and after the code conversion from the first code format. The number of changing bits in the switching between codes when, for example, an image monochromatic but having gradation change is imaged to reduce any noise generated when digital image data is outputted.

Abstract: An face image detection device capable of detecting the location of the face image with high accuracy without increasing time for detecting the location of the face image or electric consumption required for detecting the location of face image includes: a rotated reduced image data generation unit operable to generate n pieces of rotated reduced image data by reducing the input image data and rotating the reduced input image data by 360 ×i/n, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2 and i ranges from 0 to n?1, each of the rotated reduced image data is rotated at intervals of 360/n degrees; and a face detection unit operable to detect the location of the face image from among the n pieces of rotated reduced image data.