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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Koji Takahashi, Chigasaki, JP;
Hisataka Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kyuma, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Sugimori, Yamato, JP;
Koji Takahashi, Chigasaki, JP;
Hisataka Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kyuma, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Sugimori, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaihsa, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus including a photoelectric conversion element, first, a shutter speed for still-image pickup is set. Next, an image-pickup frame rate is set on the basis of the shutter speed for still-image pickup. Then, an operation of the photoelectric conversion element is controlled such that picked-up images are output at the set image-pickup frame rate. When the image-pickup frame rate that is set is higher than a moving-image-reproducing frame rate, a frame for use in a moving-image reproduction is generated from a plurality of frames of the picked-up images and reproduction is performed at the moving-image-reproduction frame rate.