IMAGE INPUT DEVICE USING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image input device that reduces a noise included in digital image data picked up by a solid-state image pickup element such as a CCD. SOLUTION: This invention provides the image input device employing a solid-state image pickup element that captures an image as digital image data with a solid-state image pickup element, applies color correction to the data and records the processed data on an image recording medium, is characteristically provided with a lightness detection means that detects the lightness of each part in the captured image and with a matrix coefficient setting means that sets a coefficient of a color correction matrix of the color correction depending on the detected lightness of each part in the image so as to accomplish the above purpose.