Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photography apparatus that selects optimal photography methods and obtains dynamic range expanded images based on images obtained by photography
- Patent Title (中): 摄影装置根据摄影获得的图像,选择最佳摄影方法,获得动态范围扩展图像
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Application No.: US12560882Application Date: 2009-09-16
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Publication No.: US08279304B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Seiji Tanaka
- Applicant: Seiji Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-240880 20080919
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/228 ; G06K9/40

Abstract:
A plurality of photography operations are performed with respect to a single subject with different photography conditions, to obtain a plurality of image data sets. The obtained image data are processed to obtain a single dynamic range expanded image data set. A photography method is selected from among: a first method, in which photography is performed at least twice at different exposures; a second method, in which photography is performed with an underexposure at a step number based on a set dynamic range; and a third method, in which photography is performed at least twice with different underexposures at step numbers based on a set dynamic range, based on whether photography operations are possible at exposure ratios corresponding to the expansion ratio of the dynamic range and whether flash is emitted. Photography is performed according to the selected method, thereby preventing limitations of dynamic range due to hardware specifications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100073513A1 PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHY METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-03-25
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