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Title:
撮像装置及びその制御方法、プログラム、並びに記憶媒体
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5860304
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus that couples a plurality of images so as to generate a composite image, comprises an image capturing unit which captures images of an object; a determination unit which determines, for each of a plurality of areas into which light receiving portions of the image capturing unit are separated, an exposure condition under which the image capturing unit is exposed; a first composition unit which couples to one another, area by area, the plurality of images that were shot under the exposure condition determined for each area by the determination unit, so as to generate a first plurality of composite images; and a second composition unit which composes the first plurality of composite images generated by the first composition unit so as to generate a single second composite image that has an extended dynamic range.

Inventors:
Masamine Maeda
Application Number:
JP2012037799A
Publication Date:
February 16, 2016
Filing Date:
February 23, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
H04N5/225; G03B7/091; G03B15/00; G03B37/00; H04N5/235; H04N5/265
Domestic Patent References:
JP11065004A
JP2012213105A
JP2012080432A
JP2007184814A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka
Shiro Takayanagi
Yasuhiro Otsuka
Shuji Kimura
Osamu Shimoyama
Nagakawa Yukimitsu