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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:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Koichi Shintani, Hachioji, JP;

Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Atsugi, JP;

Masaomi Tomizawa, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); G02B 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 7/38 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/217 (2013.01); H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/262 (2013.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.11);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, an imaging lens, an AF controller, an image synthesis unit, and a display. The imaging element captures multiple images of an object to obtain a plurality of image data. The imaging lens includes a focus lens and is used for generating an image of the object in the imaging element. The AF controller controls a focus state of the imaging lens. The image synthesis unit synthesizes a region with a large amount of blurriness in image data of a current frame and a region with a small amount of blurriness in image data of a preceding frame obtained before the image data of the current frame, among the plurality of image data obtained by the imaging element by the plurality of times of image capturing during the drive of the focus lens. The display displays an image synthesized by the image synthesis unit.


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