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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Haruo Hatanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shimpei Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iijima, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus that includes an image sensing portion outputting the image data of an image by shooting and that generates an output image based on the output data of the image sensing portion obtained in response to a predetermined shooting command has: a first correction portion which, based on the image data of a first image shot by the image sensing portion and the image data of a second image shot by the image sensing portion with an exposure time longer than the exposure time of the first image, performs position adjustment between the first and second images and then synthesizes the first and second images to generate the output image; a second correction portion which generates the output image by reducing noise in the first image without using the second image; and a correction control portion which executes selection processing to alternatively select one of the first and second correction portions based on a shooting condition set for shooting of the second image or based on the output data of the image sensing portion, and which makes the so selected correction portion generate the output image.