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Title:
IMAGING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012124622
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a high-quality composite image with appropriate exposure while expanding a dynamic range.

An imaging apparatus 1 comprises: plural imaging systems 2; a parallax calculation unit 3 which calculates a parallax between plural images captured by the imaging systems 2; a determination unit 4 which determines a relation of brightness degrees and a positional relation between subjects in the plural images; an exposure control unit 5 capable of controlling the imaging systems 2 to be different in exposure on the basis of the result of the determination by the determination unit 4; and an image composition unit 6 which composes the images on the basis of the parallax calculated by the parallax calculation unit 3 and the exposure set by the exposure control unit 5.


Inventors:
OMORI KEISUKE
Application Number:
JP2010272130A
Publication Date:
June 28, 2012
Filing Date:
December 07, 2010
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Assignee:
SHARP KK
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G03B19/07; H04N5/225; H04N13/239
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004096488A2004-03-25
JP2008092005A2008-04-17
JP2003018617A2003-01-17
JP2004096488A2004-03-25
JP2008092005A2008-04-17
JP2003018617A2003-01-17
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroyuki Okada
Akinaka Takano
Kenichiro Sano
Eiichi Shiragashi