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Apparatus and method to generate image

  • US 8,515,206 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2012
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus to generate an image, the apparatus comprising:

  • one of an iris and a shutter or an optical sensor;

    an exposure adjustment unit to adjust one of the iris, the iris and the shutter, the shutter or the optical sensor to adjust an exposure amount of a plurality of images;

    an image generation unit to generate one of the plurality of images by adjusting an exposure amount based at least in part on a resolution of another of the plurality of images; and

    an image synthesis unit to synthesize the generated plurality of images,wherein the image generation unit comprises;

    a first image generation unit to generate the first image with a resolution corresponding to a total number of pixels, anda second image generation unit to generate a second image with a lower resolution than that of the first image, by generating the second image corresponding to a combination of a plurality of pixels using identical color filters among the total number of pixels of the first image.

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