Digital Camera and Image Combination Device
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set;
a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon a number of shots of multiple exposure photography and determined so that a sum of the gains equals unity; and
a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images, after the gains have been imparted by the gain impartation unit.
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Abstract
The digital camera includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon the number of shots of multiple exposure photography and determined so that their sum equals unity; and a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images, after the gains have been imparted by the gain impartation unit.
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon a number of shots of multiple exposure photography and determined so that a sum of the gains equals unity; and a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images, after the gains have been imparted by the gain impartation unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A digital camera, comprising:
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a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images stored in the storage unit; and a recording control unit that, when performing processing to record a multiple exposure photographic image that has been combined by the combination unit upon a recording medium, also records original images before combination that are stored in the storage unit upon the recording medium along with the multiple exposure photographic image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image combination device, comprising:
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an image combination unit that obtains an image in which a first image and a second image are superimposed; an auxiliary image combination unit that, before the image combination unit starts superimposition of images, superimposes a first auxiliary image that is created based upon data of the first image and in which an amount of data is less than that of the first image, and a second auxiliary image that is created based upon data of the second image and in which an amount of data is less than that of the second image, to obtain an auxiliary image that corresponds to the image obtained by the image combination unit after superimposition; and a display unit that displays the auxiliary image after superimposition by the auxiliary image combination unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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