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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Kusuda, Miyagi, JP;
Masaya Tamaru, Miyagi, JP;
Michio Cho, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Oda, Miyagi, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Kusuda, Miyagi, JP;
Masaya Tamaru, Miyagi, JP;
Michio Cho, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Oda, Miyagi, JP;
FujiFilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, an imaging device deriving unit and a signal processing unit. Pixels of the imaging device include a first pixel group and a second pixel group. The imaging device driving unit exposes the first pixel group during a first exposure period, exposes the second pixel group during a second exposure period, and reads first image data captured by the first pixel group and second image data captured by the second pixel group separately. The signal processing unit performs image processing for the first and second image data. A first shooting mode and a second shooting mode are provided. In the first shooting mode, the signal processing unit performs the image processing for the first and second image data separately to generate two pieces of subject image data. In the second shooting mode, the signal processing unit combines the first and second image data.