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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Tsuyoshi Matsunaga, Sayama, JP;
Tetsuya Hayashi, Hanno, JP;
Masaru Onozawa, Akishima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a shutter key is pressed, the first image (in-focus image) is picked up and temporarily stored. The focus position is changed to a near- or far-focus position. The second image (out-of-focus image) is picked up and synthesized with the first image. The synthesized image is a soft-focus image in which a background around the contour of a main object is blurred.