Image pickup apparatus and method using visible light and...

Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...

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C348S252000, C348S336000

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07961229

ABSTRACT:
A digital still camera includes a lens system. A cold mirror separates object light incident on the lens system into a visible light component and an infrared component. A visible light image sensor outputs a first image signal of a visible light image by receiving the visible light component. An infrared light image sensor outputs a second image signal of an infrared image by receiving the infrared component. A contour signal generator extracts a high frequency component from a luminance signal determined according to the second image signal, to produce an edge enhancement signal. An adder adds the edge enhancement signal to a luminance signal determined according to the first image signal. Addition of the edge enhancement signal is adapted to the object light from an object at a far distance. Specifically, the cold mirror reflects the visible light component and transmits the infrared component.

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Notification of Reasons for Refusal, dated Jan. 27, 2011, issued in corresponding JP Application No. 2007-092648, 4 pages in English and Japanese.

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