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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tetsuya Toyoda, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 41/00 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 41/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23261 (2013.01); H04N 5/23267 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device comprises an image data acquisition circuit that determines a plurality of focus positions by repeatedly shifting focus position by a given amount, forms subject images at respective focus positions, and acquires, from the subject images that have been formed, a plurality of image data of a first resolution, or a plurality of image data of a second resolution that is different to the first resolution, and an image combination circuit that generates first image data by combining the plurality of image data of the first resolution, or generates second image data by combining the plurality of image data of the second resolution.


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