Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and shooting method capable of generating a bulb exposure image
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Application No.: US14872709Application Date: 2015-10-01
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Publication No.: US09936144B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Ryo Hatakeyama
- Applicant: Olympus Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Pokotylo Patent Services
- Agent John C. Pokotylo
- Priority: JP2014-207084 20141008
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An imaging device, comprising a shooting control section for acquiring divided image data for each of a plurality of exposures, a determination section for determining, for every pixel data of the divided image data, whether or not a pixel value is within a specified determination threshold value, an image combination section for carrying out first image combination or second image combination for every pixel data of the divided image data, an image combination control section for selecting either the first image combination or the second image combination based on a determination result by the determination section, carrying out image combination for every pixel data in the image combination section in accordance with this selection, and generating combined image data, and a first storage section for storing the combined image data that has been generated as a result of controlled by the image combination control section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160105596A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND SHOOTING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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