# US 8,786,727 B2 ยท Photographing apparatus and photographing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server โ€” see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,727 B2 - Document ID: US8786727B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/323,324 - Filed: 2008-11-25 - Published: 2009-05-07 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2002-01-30 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Noriaki Ojima; Kenji Shiraishi - Inventors: Noriaki Ojima; Kenji Shiraishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786727B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/843: {Demosaicing, e.g. interpolating colour pixel values} - H04N 23/531: {being rotatable or detachable} - H04N 25/134: {based on three different wavelength filter elements} - H04N 25/136: {using complementary colours} - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Disclosed is a photographing apparatus of interlace transferring type comprising a photographing device which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels stored in the photographing device by dividing into a plurality of fields when transferring the electrification, which has a plurality of color filters and which includes a color signal of at least RGB or YeCyMgG in the transfer data of each field for transferring the electrification, an extraction unit for extracting characteristic data of an image from transferred data before processing for the image is started, a generating unit for generating control value carrying out correction of image based on the extracted characteristic data, and a photographing processing unit for processing the image by use of a control value formed by said characteristic data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A photographing apparatus, comprising: a photographing device which has a plurality of color filters of different colors, which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels recorded in the photographing device from an exposure of one time point by dividing a data transfer into a plurality of fields N when transferring the electrification, each field being further divided into a plurality of groups, each group having N sets of color filters and having all the different colors used for the color filters, and which is configured to perform an N line interlace transfer, where each of the plurality of fields, transferring the electrification, includes electrification corresponding to all the different color signals used for the color filters; an extraction device configured to extract, from the electrification included in one or more transferred fields, characteristic data corresponding to all of the color signals of an image, when processing for the image is started; a generating device configured to generate a control value carrying out a correction of the image based on the extracted characteristic data; an image processing device configured to process the transfer data including the image and from which the characteristic data are extracted, by use of the control value; and a memory device configured to record image data resulting from the processing of the image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photographing device is configured to perform an image processing to transfer data transferred later than the transferred data in which the characteristic data are extracted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the color filters provided in the photographing device comprise color filters of original colors of RGB. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the color filters provided in said photographing device comprise color filters of complementary colors of YeCyMgG. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes an interlace transfer in which a number of transfers transferring the electrification by dividing into the plurality of fields is three times and each field is thinned perpendicularly into โ…“. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic data of image are color distribution data for control of white balance and a control value for white balance of the image data recorded based on the characteristic data is configured to be generated. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic data of image is data in which an edge component within a screen is extracted and a control value for enhancing the edge recorded based on the characteristic data is configured to be generated. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic data of image is data in which a color information within a screen is extracted and a control value of color converting coefficient recorded based on said characteristic data is configured to be generated. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic data of image is data in which distribution of brightness within a screen is extracted and a control value of contrast correction recorded based on said characteristic data is configured to be generated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic data of image is data in which distribution of brightness within a screen is extracted and a threshold to generate a digitalized image based on the extracted data is configured to be generated as a control value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the N line interlace transfer is sequential such that the electrification is transferred on a field by field basis, where electrification of a line of each group of a field is transferred before beginning a transfer from a next field. ### Claim 12 A photographing method, comprising the steps of: preparing a photographing device which has a plurality of colors filters of different colors, which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels recorded in the photographing device from an exposure of one time point by dividing a data transfer into a plurality of fields N when transferring the electrification, each field being further divided into a plurality of groups, each group having N sets of color filters and having all the different colors used for the color filters and which is configured to perform an N line interlace transfer, where each of the plurality of fields, transferring the electrification, includes electrification corresponding to all the different color signals used for the color filters; receiving the transfer data from the photographing device and extracting characteristic data of an image photographed by use of the electrification included in one or more transferred fields, the characteristic data corresponding to all of the color signals of the image, when processing for the image is started; generating a control value carrying out a corrections of the image based on the extracted characteristic data; performing an image processing of the transfer data including the image and from which the characteristic data are extracted, by use of the control value; and storing image data resulting from the image processing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The photographing method according to claim 12, comprising performing and recording an image processing to transfer data transferred later the transferred data which have been transferred, by use of the control value prepared by the characteristic data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The photographing method according to claim 12, wherein, in the interlace transfer, a number of transfers transferring the electrification by dividing into the plurality of fields is set to be three times and each field is thinned perpendicularly into โ…“.