Photographing apparatus
First Claim
1. A photographing apparatus, comprising:
- a plural number of photographing devices, each photographing device having a photographing region, a part of the photographing region of at least one of the photographing devices overlaps a portion of photographing region(s) of other photographing device(s);
a brightness distribution detecting portion, which is configured to detect brightness levels of image signals, which are photographed by means of the plural number of photographing devices;
an area determining portion configured to determine an area where the brightness level is appropriate from among photographing regions overlapping each other, in relation with the image signals photographed by said plural number of photographing devices; and
a synthesizing portion configured to synthesize the image signals photographed by said plural number of photographing devices using the image signal of the area and the brightness level of the area which is determined to be appropriate by said area determining portion,wherein when the photographic devices are capturing images and there is a difference in brightness levels among the image signals in captured images, then the photographic devices are controlled such that an exposure setting of at least one photographic device is set to be greater than an exposure setting of at least another photographic device.
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Abstract
A photographing apparatuses, enabling to keep dynamic resolution, as well as, to obtain an image being wide in dynamic range, with using a plural number of cameras therein, and further enabling to photograph a further wider range, comprises: a plural number of photographing devices overlapping photographing regions thereof with each other; a brightness distribution detecting portion for detecting brightness levels of image signals, which are photographed by means of the plural number of photographing devices; an area determining portion for determining an area where the brightness level detected by the brightness distribution detecting portion is appropriate, among photographing regions overlapping with each other, in relation with the image signals photographed by the plural number of photographing devices; and a synthesizing portion for synthesizing the image signals photographed by the plural number of photographing devices, with using the image signal of the area, the brightness level of which is determined to be appropriate in the area determining portion, among the image signals photographed by the plural number of photographing devices, in relation with the photographing regions overlapping with each other.
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5 Claims
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1. A photographing apparatus, comprising:
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a plural number of photographing devices, each photographing device having a photographing region, a part of the photographing region of at least one of the photographing devices overlaps a portion of photographing region(s) of other photographing device(s); a brightness distribution detecting portion, which is configured to detect brightness levels of image signals, which are photographed by means of the plural number of photographing devices; an area determining portion configured to determine an area where the brightness level is appropriate from among photographing regions overlapping each other, in relation with the image signals photographed by said plural number of photographing devices; and a synthesizing portion configured to synthesize the image signals photographed by said plural number of photographing devices using the image signal of the area and the brightness level of the area which is determined to be appropriate by said area determining portion, wherein when the photographic devices are capturing images and there is a difference in brightness levels among the image signals in captured images, then the photographic devices are controlled such that an exposure setting of at least one photographic device is set to be greater than an exposure setting of at least another photographic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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