Patent ID: 8330835
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus for picking up an image of an object and outputting image data of the object, the image capturing apparatus comprising: an image pickup section including: a noise reduction section for sequentially receiving the image data outputted from the image pickup section, performing different types of noise reduction processing having different characteristics, and outputting the resultant image data, one type of which noise reduction processing is performed on a part of the image data corresponding to pixel signals that have been read out for the first time after image pickup by the image sensor, and another type of which is performed on a part of the image data corresponding to pixel signals that have been read out for the second and subsequent times after image pickup by the image sensor; and an image processing section including one or more memories and one or more image processing means each of which performs predetermined image processing, the one or more memories and the one or more image processing means being alternately connected to each other, the image processing section being for sequentially receiving the image data having been subjected to the noise reduction processing and outputted from the noise reduction section, sequentially performing one or more types of the predetermined image processing on the image data that is contained in the range of the rectangular block, and outputting the resultant image data.