Patent ID: 6806903
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus comprising:an image pickup device which photoelectrically picks up a light image of an object to generate image data including a number of pixel data; a block setter which sets a plurality of blocks over the number of pixel data; a first &ggr;-characteristic setter which sets a first &ggr;-characteristic for pixel data at a center position of each block based on pixel data included in its block; a second &ggr;-characteristic setter which sets second &ggr;-characteristics for pixel data at other positions than the center position of each block based on set first &ggr;-characteristics; and a &ggr;-characteristic corrector which corrects pixel data of each block in accordance with the set first and second &ggr;-characteristics.