WO2005117453A1 - 撮像装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an imaging device such as a digital camera and a digital video camera, and more particularly to an imaging device that captures an image of a subject using a single-panel imaging device.
- the photodiodes are arranged in a square lattice or a square lattice inclined at 45 °.
- Color filters corresponding to color components such as R (red), G (green), and B (blue) are regularly arranged on the light receiving surface of each photodiode, such as RGGB.
- an output image signal of one pixel is output from the image sensor of one pixel, and in the case of a 45 ° tilted square array, the output of two pixels is output from the image sensor of one pixel. It outputs image signals and generates output images.
- the sampling frequency of the image sensor needs to be at least twice the spatial frequency of the subject.
- the spatial frequency of the subject exceeds the Nyquist frequency (12 sampling frequencies) of the image sensor, false colors (color moiré) may be generated at the boundary between light and dark of the subject. is there.
- an optical low-pass filter in which the Nyquist frequency of the image sensor is set to a cutoff frequency is provided in the optical path to filter image light incident on the image sensor.
- Patent Document 1 As a conventional image pickup device constituted by a single-plate image pickup device, the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-141330 has been proposed (Patent Document 1).
- the invention described in this publication mainly includes a single-chip or two-chip type image sensor, and an R component and a G component effective from a video amplifier circuit output when the cutoff frequency is 1Z2 or less of the sampling frequency. And a low-pass filter circuit for detecting the B component.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 6-141430
- the image sensor and the pixel of the output image have a ratio of 1: 1 or 1: Since the output image is composed under the relationship of 2, each of the images that compose the output image is R color, G color,
- the cut-off frequency fc of the optical aperture pathfill is 1 12 frequency of the sampling frequency of all colors. (Nyquist frequency) is not necessarily set below.
- the optical aperture and the path filter The toe-off frequency fc is It is preferable to set the S below the Nyquist frequency relative to the sampling frequency.However, in reality, the resolution is not sacrificed.
- the power Voff frequency fc can remove unnecessary high frequencies in the vertical and horizontal directions of the G color, but the Nyquist frequency in the vertical and horizontal directions of the R and B colors, and the R color, Since a frequency higher than the Nyquist frequency in the oblique direction of G and B colors is transmitted through 45, the pixel signals for these colors are correct ⁇ not estimated and false colors are likely to occur ⁇
- the cut-off frequency fc of the optical low-pass filter is set to R color, G color,
- the false sampling frequency of each color can be prevented by setting the sampling frequency below the Nyquist frequency for the sampling frequency in the vertical and horizontal directions of the R color and B color, which is the smallest sampling frequency of the B color, but the G color component There is a disadvantage that the resolution of the generated output image is reduced due to the addition of signals, and the image is blurred.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 on the imaging pixels arranged with the square lattice inclined by 45 °. Image sensor with filters arranged in bays
- the cutoff frequency fc of the optical low-pass filter it is preferable to be less than the Nyquist frequency for the sampling frequency of all colors, but in reality, we do not want to sacrifice the resolution Therefore, it is set around fs / 2 (fs: the sampling frequency of the image sensor) in accordance with the sampling frequency in the diagonal direction of the G color, which greatly affects the visual sense.
- the cutoff frequency f c can eliminate unnecessary high frequencies in the diagonal direction of the G color
- the image sensor is configured as a three-panel type, the problem of false color unlike the single-panel type does not occur, but it is contrary to the need for compactness because the mechanism is complicated and leads to an increase in size and weight. Even in the case of the three-panel type, if the combination of the signals output from the image sensors of each of the three colors goes wrong, the image will be easily disturbed. There is a problem that the position is required.
- the present invention has been made to solve such a problem.
- the imaging apparatus is characterized in that an imaging optical system having an optical single-pass filter having a predetermined frequency characteristic, and a color filter for decomposing imaging light passing through the imaging optical system into predetermined color components.
- an imaging device that photoelectrically converts the imaging light that has passed through the color filter to generate a pixel signal
- an output image signal generation unit that generates an output image signal based on the pixel signal obtained from the imaging device
- the frequency characteristics of the optical low-pass filter are the Nyquist for the smallest sampling U-ing frequency among the vertical, horizontal, and oblique sampling frequencies for each color component in the image sensor.
- the first false color passing ratio which indicates the ratio of frequency components to be Value and the N (
- N is a real number of 2 or more
- the first false color passage ratio is set to 0.4 or less.
- an imaging optical system including an optical low-pass filter having a predetermined frequency characteristic ′; and an imaging light passing through the imaging optical system is decomposed into predetermined color components.
- a color filter an image sensor that photoelectrically converts imaging light that has passed through the color filter to generate a pixel signal, and an output image signal that generates an output image signal based on the pixel signal acquired from the image sensor
- a frequency characteristic of the optical low-pass filter wherein the frequency characteristic of the optical low-pass filter is the smallest sampling frequency among vertical, horizontal, and oblique sampling frequencies for each color component in the imaging device.
- a second false color passing ratio which indicates a ratio of a frequency component that passes through a frequency component region lower than a Nyquist frequency of the sampling frequency of the imaging device, is set to a predetermined value or less, and the second false color passing ratio is determined by the former imaging device.
- the output image signal m from the pixel signal generated by the image sensor is set so that the N (N is a real number of 2 or more) pixel signals generated by the imager correspond to one output image signal.
- the point is to generate a signal.
- the ⁇ B second false color passage ratio is set to 0.2 or less.
- the sampling frequency of the image sensor is set to f s
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between an image sensor and an output image in a conventional square lattice array.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the cut-off frequency of an optical one-pass filter and the Nyquist frequency of each color in a conventional square lattice array.
- fs / 4 is the Nyquist frequency of the R and B colors in the vertical and horizontal directions
- fs / (2f2) is the Nyquist frequency of the R, G, and B colors in the oblique direction
- fsZ is the Nyquist frequency of the R, G, and B colors in the oblique direction
- fs Z 2 is the sampling frequency of the R, G, and B colors in the oblique direction
- fs is the vertical and horizontal frequencies of the G color.
- the direction sampling frequency is the Nyquist frequency of the G color in the vertical and horizontal directions and the sampling frequency of the R and B colors in the vertical and horizontal directions
- fs Z 2 is the sampling frequency of the R, G, and B colors in the oblique direction
- fs is the vertical and horizontal frequencies of the G color.
- the direction sampling frequency is also,
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between an image sensor and an output image in a conventional 45 ° inclined square lattice array.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the power cutoff frequency of the optical aperture filter and the Nyquist frequency of each color in a conventional 45 ° tilted square lattice array.
- fs4 is the Nyquist frequency of the R and B colors in the oblique direction
- fsZ (2 ⁇ 2) is the Nyquist frequency of the R and GB colors in the vertical and horizontal directions (Rule 26). 6/1
- f S2 is the Nyquid frequency in the diagonal direction of G color and the sampling frequency in the oblique direction of R and B colors
- fs 2 is the sampling frequency in the vertical and horizontal directions of R, G, and B colors
- fs is G Sampling frequency in the diagonal direction of the color
- 0 indicates the transmission characteristics of a conventional optical low-pass filter.
- B is the optimal transmission characteristic from the viewpoint of preventing false colors, but the resolution is reduced.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an imaging device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a force filter arranged in a Payer array in the image sensor of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing pixels arranged in (a) a square lattice array, and (b) a 45 ° inclined square lattice array in the image sensor of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between a false color generated in an image pickup device and a spatial frequency.
- A is the area where false colors occur due to sampling by the image sensor
- B is the area where false colors are easily suppressed by image processing
- C is the optical aperture one-pass filter in a conventional digital camera. Area where the false color was to be suppressed, and area D where the generated false color was difficult to suppress by image processing.
- E is the area where the false color occurs in the conventional technology, and the false color in this area E is removed by the technology of this patent.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the frequency characteristics of the optical low-pass filter when the false color is reduced mainly by the optical one-pass filter in the present embodiment.
- Fig. 11 shows the light in the field ⁇ where the optical D
- Figure 12 shows a color filter on a pixel.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a sampling interval in a diagonal direction of a U-ring interval and (e) R color and B color.
- Fig. 13 shows the (a) imaging pixel pitch of an imaging device having a 45 ° tilted square lattice array and an imaging device in which force filters are arranged in a Bayer array on image pixels.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a relationship between an image sensor and an output image according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship between an image sensor and an output image according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the image sensor and the output image of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating a relationship between an image sensor and an output image according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relationship between the image sensor and the output image of the fifth embodiment. 8
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the relationship between the frequency of the pixel signal generated by the image sensor in Examples 1 to 5 of the present embodiment and the maximum frequency Fs / 2 that can be expressed in the output image. .
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing main components of an embodiment of the imaging device 1 according to the present invention.
- An imaging device 1 of the present embodiment includes an imaging optical system 3 having an optical low-pass filter 2, a color filter 4 for decomposing imaging light output from the imaging optical system 3 into a predetermined color component, An image sensor 5 that photoelectrically converts image light that has passed through the filter 4 to generate a pixel signal, and an output image signal generator 6 that generates an output image signal based on the pixel signal acquired from the image sensor 5 ing.
- the optical low-pass filter 2 serves to suppress high spatial frequency components of the imaging light.
- the optical one-pass filter 2 has a predetermined frequency characteristic, and is arranged on the optical path of the imaging light in front of the imaging device 5.
- the optical low-pass filter 2 means having any structure can be applied as long as it can block imaging light of a predetermined high frequency, such as a quartz filter or a diffraction grating.
- the present invention is not limited to such a structure that blocks high-frequency imaging light, but may be a unit that blurs the focus of the imaging light incident on the imaging element 5.
- the frequency characteristic of the optical low-pass filter 2 is described later so as to suppress a frequency component causing the false color.
- the imaging optical system 3 plays a role of guiding the imaging light to the imaging device 5.
- the imaging optical system 3 includes an imaging lens, an infrared removal filter, and the like, including the optical low-pass filter 2.
- the filter is for blocking infrared light incident on the heat diode, and is disposed in front of the optical low-pass filter 2 and is configured as a single glass block.
- the color filters 4 are regularly arranged on the light receiving surface of each pixel constituting the image sensor 5 with a predetermined ⁇ turn, and play a role of filtering the imaging light into a predetermined color component.
- R, G, and B primary color filters are used as three colors of the first color, the second color, and the third color that constitute the color filter 4.
- the present invention is not limited to these, and may be a complementary color filter composed of C (sian), ⁇ (magenta), ⁇ (yellow), or a combination of other colors.
- the X-Merald color filter may be added to the 3-color filter.
- the G color filters are arranged in a checkered pattern, and the R color filters and the blue filters are alternately arranged in each row.
- a Bayer arrangement is used, it is not limited to this.
- the imaging element 5 plays a role of photoelectrically converting the received imaging light into electrical image information and outputting the stored charge amount as an electric signal to the output image signal generation unit 6. It has a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined pattern (colors), and color filters 4 are regularly arranged in a predetermined pattern on the light surface of each pixel.
- the pixel arrangement pattern may be a square lattice arrangement as shown in FIG. 7 (a) or a 45 ° inclination square as shown in FIG. 7 (b) in which this square lattice arrangement is inclined by 45.
- the output image signal generation unit 6 performs A / D conversion of a pixel signal obtained from each pixel of the image sensor 5 and performs various image processes to generate an output image signal.
- the output image signal generation unit 6 includes an A / D converter 7 and a CPU 8 (Cntr a1 PRo c e s s s in g U n it), and is electrically connected to the image sensor 5.
- the CPU 8 converts the A / D-converted pixel signals into opt-in black processing, white balance processing, color correction processing, and color interpolation processing.
- An output image signal is generated by performing various image processing such as noise suppression processing, contour enhancement processing, .r correction processing, and resolution conversion processing.
- the conversion ratio of the resolution conversion process is set so that N (N is a real number of 2 or more) AZD-converted pixel signals correspond to one output image signal.
- the output image signal generation unit 6 is configured by the CPU 8; however, the configuration is not limited to this.
- it may be constituted by a DSP (Digita1Signa1Processor) or a hard-dock logic, or an A / D-converted pixel signal may be converted to a PCC.
- the sampling frequency fs of the image sensor 5 that has been passed in the conventional image pickup apparatus is used.
- Do not pass frequency components lower than the Nyquist frequency hereinafter referred to as the image sensor Nyquist frequency fs / 2).
- the Nyquist frequency (hereinafter referred to as the minimum Nyquist) for the smallest sampling frequency among the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal sampling frequencies of each color component in the image sensor 5 is shown.
- Frequency component fa) or higher can cause false color.
- the frequency component higher than the minimum Nyquist frequency fa is suppressed by the frequency characteristic of the optical aperture filter 2 and the image processing of the CPU 8. I have.
- the conversion ratio of the resolution conversion processing by the CPU 8 is determined by setting N (N is a real number of 2 or more) pixel signals generated by the image sensor 5 to 1 Are set to correspond to the number of output image signals.
- N is a real number of 2 or more
- the number of samplings in the image sensor 5 corresponding to one pixel of the output image becomes 2 or more, and the maximum frequency (the Nyquist with respect to the sampling frequency F s of the output image) that can be represented by the output image signal is obtained. Up to the frequency F s / 2), the resolution of the output image can be increased.
- the frequency characteristic of the optical low-pass filter 2 will be described.
- the feature of the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment is that a frequency component equal to or higher than the minimum Nyquist frequency fa that causes false color generation is cut off. Therefore, ideally, it is desirable to completely cut off the frequency components above the minimum Nyquist frequency fa, but it is difficult to cut off completely with the actual optical low-pass filter. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the frequency characteristic of the optical low-pass filter 2 is changed from the viewpoint of how much a frequency component lower than the Nyquist frequency fs / 2 of the imaging device, which has been passed in the conventional imaging device, is cut off. You have set. At this time, 1 2
- the frequency components above a are suppressed mainly by the optical low-frequency filter 2 and the frequency components that cannot be completely suppressed by the image processing by using the CPU 8 only to suppress the image processing.
- suitable values of the frequency characteristics are set for each of the apertures.
- the optical low-pass filter 2 has a frequency characteristic as shown in FIG. 9 Specifically, the minimum Nyquist frequency: fa When the frequency component lower than the Nyquist frequency fs Z2 of the image sensor is set as the first false color generation region, the frequency component passed through the first false color generation region is divided.
- ⁇ is defined as the first false color passage rate. If the frequency components passing through the first false color generation region shown in FIG. 9 are defined as the first false color passage region, the first false color passage ratio becomes
- the first false color passage rate is set to be equal to or less than 0.4. Since the optical low-pass filter 2 is usually implemented by using the birefringence of quartz, the first false color transmission rate was calculated on the assumption of this. In other words, a single-pass filter, which is separated into two by passing light through a crystal, is used.
- the null point frequency has a frequency characteristic of 1 / (2d).
- the output image signal generation unit 6 outputs the output image signal. 13
- the resolution of the signal can be relatively increased, the false color can be suppressed without reducing the resolution, even if the effect of the one-pass filter is enhanced, contrary to the conventional single-chip digital camera.
- the position at which the optical aperture-pass filter 2 separates the light beam by the image pitch d is the boundary between the conventional imaging device and the imaging device of the present embodiment.
- the first false color passage ratio of the present embodiment is set to a value of 04 or less.
- the optical mouth-pass filter 2 is set to be relatively strong, but there is an advantage that the load on the CPU 8 for performing image processing is reduced.
- the optical The pass filter 2 has a frequency characteristic as shown in Fig. 11 m.
- the second false color passage ratio is determined by the second false color generation region with respect to the surface of the second false color generation region. 2 Calculated based on the ratio of the area of the false color passage area.
- the setting is made such that the two false color passage rates are equal to or less than 0.2.
- FIG. 12 shows a case where the imaging elements 5 are arranged in a square lattice.
- the horizontal sampling interval of G color is d (FIG. 12 (b)).
- the horizontal sampling interval for R (and B) is 2d (Fig. 12 (c))
- the diagonal sampling interval for G is 2d (Fig. 12 (d ))
- the sampling interval in the oblique direction of the R color (and the B color) is 2d (FIG. 12 (e) Therefore, among these, the longest sampling interval is the R color and the
- the minimum Nyquist frequency f a is the Nyquist frequency in the vertical and horizontal directions of the R and B colors.
- FIG. 13 shows a case where the imaging elements 5 are arranged in a 45 ° -tilt square lattice.
- the use of pixel pitch in the 4 5 0 inclined direction of the imaging element 5 as the pixel pitch d, sampling interval in the lateral direction of the color G is 2 d ( Fig. 13 (b)), R color (and B color) 1 5
- the longest sampling interval is 2d, which is the oblique sampling interval of the R and B colors. Therefore, the minimum Nyquist frequency fa is the R color and the B color. This is 1 / (4d), which is the Nyquist frequency in the diagonal direction of the color, and is the same as that of the imaging elements 5 arranged in a square lattice.
- the first false color generation area is 1 / (4 d) or more and less than 1 Z (2 d), and an optical low-pass that satisfies the first false color transmission rate or the second false color transmission rate described above.
- imaging light from the subject is incident on the optical P-pass filter 2 via the imaging optical system 3.
- Optical ⁇ The imaging light incident on the pass filter 2 is mainly cut off at a spatial frequency higher than the minimum Nyquist frequency fa of the imaging device 5 in accordance with a predetermined frequency characteristic.
- the optical single-pass filter 2 Compared to the conventional single-panel type imaging device, the optical single-pass filter 2 largely removes false color components, so the color reproducibility of the output image is improved. Dramatically improved.
- the imaging element 5 accumulates, as electric charges, the imaging light that has entered the photodiodes constituting each pixel, and supplies the electric charges to the output image signal generation unit 6 as pixel signals. At this time, since the imaging light is separated into the three primary colors of R, G, and B by the color filter 4, the pixel signal of each pixel is converted into one of the colors. 1 6
- the read pixel signal is converted into digital data by the A / D converter 7 and then passed to the CPU 8.
- the CPU 8 generates an output image signal constituting each pixel of the output image based on the received pixel signal.
- the resolution of the output image is significantly improved. .
- the output image signal obtained as described above is provided as the output signal of the digital camera with the imaging device 1 of the present embodiment: r
- Image sensor 5 was used.
- N is 4 since four pixel signals are sampled for one pixel of the output image signal.
- Image sensor 5 was used.
- N is 16 since 16 pixel signals are sampled for one pixel output image signal.
- N is 2 because two pixel signals are sampled for the output image signal of one pixel.
- N 8 because eight pixel signals are sampled for one pixel of the output image signal. From the above Examples 1 to 5, the number N of pixel signals generated by the image sensor 5 so as to correspond to one output image signal depends on the arrangement method of the image sensor 5. 1 8
- Embodiment 15 the frequency of the pixel signal generated by the image sensor 5 and the maximum frequency that can be expressed in the output image
- the number of pixels of the image sensor 5 for each pixel of the output image is set to be larger than that of a conventional product, and false Because the color components are largely removed, the color reproduction and resolution capabilities can be increased to the same level as a three-chip image sensor, even though it is a simple single-chip image sensor 5. Play a fruit.
- imaging device 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed.
- an output image based on square pixels has been described.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- ⁇ An output image based on rectangular pixels is set and output. Good.
- the sampling frequency is different between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.
- the imaging pixels are arranged in a square lattice array or a 45 ° inclined square lattice array. 1 9
- the present invention is useful for an imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject using a single-panel imaging device.
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