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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:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuyuki Okuike, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G03B 7/091 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); G03B 7/091 (2013.01); G03B 15/00 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20208 (2013.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05);
Abstract

Provided is an imaging apparatus that includes a first imaging section that sequentially shoots a plurality of images including a first image, a second imaging section that shoots at least one image including a second image, a signal processor that synthesizes the plurality of images shot by the first imaging section, a characteristic amount calculator that calculates a characteristic amount of a subject based on the first image and the second image, and an exposure amount controller that controls exposure amounts of the first imaging section and the second imaging section to reduce a difference between the exposure amount of the first image and the exposure amount of the second image.


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