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Imaging apparatus and imaging method

  • US 8,704,900 B2
  • Filed: 10/11/2006
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging apparatus having a function of combining a plurality of images captured under different exposure conditions, comprising:

  • a detecting means for detecting positional deviation among the plurality of images and blurring amounts anda combining means for setting a ratio of images, captured under different exposure conditions, in combination according to a distance from an edge extracted based on detection results of the detecting means and combining images with the set ratio,wherein the combining means makes the ratio of an image of a long time exposure and having little noise larger as the distance from the edge becomes larger and sets an edge portion so that the ratio of an image of a short time exposure and having high resolution becomes larger.

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