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Image generating apparatus

  • US 10,136,080 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2017
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image generating apparatus comprising:

  • a controller configured to cause, based on control parameters for a camera, the camera to capture a first image based on a first shutter time and a second image based on a second shutter time for each of first and second processes in sequence, the first and second images each including at least one target to be imaged, the first shutter time being longer than the second shutter time, the control parameters including the first shutter time and the second shutter time;

    an image combining unit configured to combine, for each of the first and second processes, the first image and the second image to thereby generate a composite image having a digital pixel value of each pixel thereof, the digital pixel value of each pixel representing a luminance level of the corresponding pixel by a first bit width;

    a range setter configured to set, for each of the first and second processes, a target luminance-level distribution range of the at least one target with respect to the composite image, the target luminance-level distribution range representing a range within which luminance levels of the at least one target are distributed;

    a compression characteristic generator configured to generate, for each of the first and second processes, a compression characteristic for compressing the digital pixel value of each pixel of the composite image by a second bit width, the second bit width being smaller than the first bit width;

    a compression unit configured to compress, in accordance with the compression characteristic, the composite image for each of the first and second processes to thereby generate a compressed composite image; and

    a dynamic range adjuster configured to adjust a dynamic range of the composite image generated for one of the first and second processes such that the dynamic range of the composite image generated for the corresponding one of the first and second processes matches with the target luminance-level distribution range set by the range setter for the first process.

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