Patent ID: 8427560

Claim:
An image processing device that processes image signals from an image capturing element in which a plurality of types of photoelectric conversion elements each outputting an image signal of any one of a plurality of primary color components are arranged for each pixel in accordance with a predetermined arrangement rule, the image processing device comprising: an interpolation unit for implementing an interpolation process to image signals of respective pixels received from the image capturing element by using image signals of adjacent pixels to obtain an image signal of a plurality of primary colors for each of the pixels; a high-frequency component extracting unit for extracting a high frequency component contained in the image signals received from the image capturing element; a false-color reduced color signal generation unit for obtaining a false-color reduced color signal in which an effect of a false color is reduced, from the image signal of the plurality of primary colors for the respective pixels; a chroma signal generation unit for generating a chroma signal for each of the pixels on the basis of a signal value of the false-color reduced color signal; and a suppression unit for suppressing the false color contained in the image signal of the plurality of primary colors for the respective pixels on the basis of the chroma signal and the high frequency component; wherein the image capturing element is formed such that primary colors R, G and B are arranged in a Bayer matrix; and wherein the false-color reduced color signal generation unit generates a (R+B) component as the false-color reduced color signal.