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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Mutsuhiro Yamanaka, Suita, JP;
Kazuchika Sato, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Okisu, Osakasayama, JP;
Yasuhiro Morimoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroaki Kubo, Muko, JP;
Keiji Tamai, Suita, JP;
Kazuki Akaho, Amagasaki, JP;
Shinichi Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Mutsuhiro Yamanaka, Suita, JP;
Kazuchika Sato, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Okisu, Osakasayama, JP;
Yasuhiro Morimoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroaki Kubo, Muko, JP;
Keiji Tamai, Suita, JP;
Kazuki Akaho, Amagasaki, JP;
Shinichi Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image taking apparatus includes an image sensor which picks up an image of a photographic object and a selector which selects a first photographing mode or a second photographing mode and a controller. The second photographing mode is a mode for composing a plurality of picked-up images to create a composite image. The controller makes the image sensor pickup a photographic object image on the first photographing condition when the first photographing mode is selected by the selector, and makes the image sensor pick up a plurality of images of photographic objects on the second photographing condition different from said first photographing condition when the second photographing mode is selected by the selector.