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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Norikazu Yokonuma, Adachi-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Norikazu Yokonuma, Adachi-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic camera includes an imaging unit for continuously capturing images of a subject to create a plurality of frames of RAW data, an evaluation unit for evaluating quality of the RAW data, and a recording unit for selecting a highly evaluated frame from the RAW data according to a result of the quality evaluation by the evaluation unit, and storing the selected frame of RAW data.