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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Jun Minakuti, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Ishibashi, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Tsujita, Osaka, JP;
Masaomi Moritsu, Osaka, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Ishibashi, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Tsujita, Osaka, JP;
Masaomi Moritsu, Osaka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device generating an image signal on a subject image; a shooting control mechanism dividing an exposure to be made to the imaging device in an exposure period into a plurality of times of exposures; an adding mechanism adding individual image signals obtained by the plurality of divided exposures in sequence to generate a sum image signal; an amplification control mechanism amplifying the sum image signal using a predetermined amplification factor in a first period in the exposure period to generate an amplified image signal; and a display control mechanism displaying, on a display section, the amplified image based on the amplified image signal in the first period, and displaying, on a display section, an image based on the sum image signal in a period other than the first period in the exposure period.