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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gakuji Kamishima, Hino, JP;
Osamu Inagaki, Hachioji, JP;
Minoru Kakinuma, Hachioji, JP;
Hidetoshi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 ;
Abstract
In an image pickup apparatus, a level of an output signal from an image pickup device is detected. A first quantity of exposure of the image pickup device is determined such that a maximum value of the output signal from the image pickup device does not exceed a saturation level. And a first image signal picked up by the image pickup device with the first quantity of exposure is synthesized with at least one second image signal picked up with a second quantity of exposure which is larger than the first quantity of exposure.