Patent ID: 7319482

Claim:
A camera signal processing apparatus comprising: an interpolated pixel data generating means for interpolating pixel data in at least two directions based on a position of said pixel data and/or pixel data around said position, said pixel data being generated based on an imaging signal coming from a solid state image sensor in which an imaging light enters through a color filter having a different spectral characteristic for each pixel, thereby separately generating interpolated pixel data in said at least two directions; a correlation detecting means for detecting a correlation value indicative of a degree of correlation in each of said at least two directions of said interpolated pixel data generated by said interpolated pixel data generating means; an emphasis/deemphasis means for performing control whether said interpolated pixel data is to be generated by emphasizing the correlation depending on said correlation value detected by said correlation detecting means in each of said at least two directions; a weighting means for weighting said interpolated pixel data in each of said at least two directions generated by said interpolated pixel data generating means with the correlation value controlled by said emphasis/deemphasis means in each of said at least two directions and adding together the weighted interpolated pixel data in all of said at least two directions to generate interpolated pixel data; and an image generating means for generating an image based on said interpolated pixel data weighted by said weighting means; and a control means for controlling said emphasis/deemphasis means, wherein said control means outputs to said emphasis/deemphasis means a control signal for varying a slope of an input/output characteristic of said correlation value in each of said at least two directions, thereby controlling said emphasis/deemphasis means.