Patent ID: 6137532
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A color filter device of a digital camera, comprising:a luminance processor for providing luminance data;a color processor connected in parallel with said luminance processor for processing, in conjunction with said luminance processor, a video signal and outputting a color signal;a control unit connected in parallel with said color processor;a color memory, connected to an output terminal of said control unit, for storing color data and for outputting the stored color data in response to a signal output by said control unit in accordance with first user input, wherein the stored color data output from said color memory is independent of the video signal;a selector for selecting, in response to second user input, either the color signal output by said color processor or the stored color data output by said color memory and outputting a selected color signal; anda mixer for combining the selected color signal and the luminance data provided by said luminance processor.