Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras (Optical Science and Engineering) [Hardcover]

Junichi Nakamura (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 5, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0849335450 | ISBN-13: 978-0849335457

Shrinking pixel sizes along with improvements in image sensors, optics, and electronics have elevated DSCs to levels of performance that match, and have the potential to surpass, that of silver-halide film cameras. Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras captures the current state of DSC image acquisition and signal processing technology and takes an all-inclusive look at the field, from the history of DSCs to future possibilities.

The first chapter outlines the evolution of DSCs, their basic structure, and their major application classes. The next few chapters discuss high-quality optics that meet the requirements of better image sensors, the basic functions and performance parameters of image sensors, and detailed discussions of both CCD and CMOS image sensors. The book then discusses how color theory affects the uses of DSCs, presents basic image processing and camera control algorithms and examples of advanced image processing algorithms, explores the architecture and required performance of signal processing engines, and explains how to evaluate image quality for each component described. The book closes with a look at future technologies and the challenges that must be overcome to realize them.

With contributions from many active DSC experts, Image Sensors and Image Processing for Digital Still Cameras offers unparalleled real-world coverage and opens wide the door for future innovation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 350 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press (August 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849335450
• ISBN-13: 978-0849335457
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,071,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Happens When You Press the Button, August 26, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras (Optical Science and Engineering) (Hardcover)

Digital signal processing has been around for a long time. Only since 1995 however has the price/performance ratio of sensors and processors been good enough to allow extremely sophisticated devices using DSP to become consumer items.

In 1995 the first really popular digital camera, the Casio QV-10 entered the market and became a great success. Since then, the technology has grown at a phenomenal rate driven by the huge volumes of cameras being sold. This advance shows no sign of slowing down.

This book is on the basic foundations of digital still cameras, the image sensor and the techniques used in processing the image coming from the sensor. It includes both the theory and the concepts of both the hardware being used and the software that ties everything together to make a useful system.

This field is one that is rapidly changing. As a result Dr. Nakamura has gotten a group of people from various companies to write chapters on their own area of expertise. The companies by whom these contributors are employed is a who's who of the digital camera field including: Konica Minolta, Canon, Olympus, Fuji and various specialized companies that work in this area. Dr. Nakamura is employed by Micron, a major semi-conductor company.

This is not a book on how to take pictures, this is a book on what happens underneath when you press the button. It is highly technical, designed for engineers.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Higly recommended for professionals, January 3, 2007

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Michal Goc - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras (Optical Science and Engineering) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book. It covers a wide range of topics in a very detailed manner, suitable for university level students and professionals.

So far I have found only one error in the book. There is something terribly wrong in paragraph 2.2.2, page 32. It is stated that "Depth of the field - ... - is proportional to the square of the focal length of the imaging optics." In fact, the depth of field is inversely proportional to the focal length. Then Eq. 2.11 on page 33 is described once as giving a hyperfocal distance (above the equation) and below the equation is described as giving the depth of the field. I think this part seems to be missing some lines.

Overall, I highly recommend this book if you are looking for something at a technically advanced level.

5.0 out of 5 stars well done, up to date, December 5, 2009

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Tobias Delbruck "tobi" (Pasadena, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras (Optical Science and Engineering) (Hardcover)

Junichi Nakamura did a great job in assembling these chapters by a number of knowledgeable authors on most aspects of state-of-the-art CMOS and CCD imager design. I've only read more carefully the chapters on optics and CMOS pixel design, but I found them both very well written and inclusive of recent advances and challenges. The book also includes appendices on background material, e.g. photometry. From someone who worked on imagers in Silicon Valley, I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to see inside contemporary imager design.