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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Minoru Kakinuma, Hachioji, JP;
Hidetoshi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Koseki, Kokubunji, JP;
Takumi Momose, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Inagaki, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Kakinuma, Hachioji, JP;
Hidetoshi Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Koseki, Kokubunji, JP;
Takumi Momose, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Inagaki, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus having a function for generating wide dynamic range, synthesized image by synthesizing image signals corresponding to a plurality of frames of different exposure amounts. A correcting section for correcting exposure amounts of at least one image signal of the image signals corresponding to the plurality of frames of different exposure amounts.