IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT

• Main Authors: TAKAYAMA, JUN, KAMON, KOICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 05.11.2009
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

An image pickup apparatus generates a luminance signal and a color information signal both of which have high S/N ratios by combining a visible luminance image component and an infrared image component in an appropriate proportion in accordance with the brightness of a subject, such as a clear sky o...