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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Haruo Hatanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Haruo Hatanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device is provided that predicts before still image photographing, whether alignment of a plurality of images obtained by the still image photographing mode should be performed based on the divided exposures and automatically switches photographing modes depending on the predicted result. The imaging device has a first movement computation unit that calculates image movement from input images when still image photograph is not performed, and a photographing mode switching unit that switches between a first still image photographing mode and a second still image photographing mode when starting photographing, based on image movement calculated by the first movement computation unit right before the photographing begins.