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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Hideki Ohnishi, Osaka, JP;

Makoto Hayasaki, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Ohnishi, Osaka, JP;

Makoto Hayasaki, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/238 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention accomplishes an image capture apparatus capable of allowing a user to more easily attain, as compared to a conventional image capture apparatus, image data of a captured image which includes no blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail throughout an entire image. A portable terminal apparatusincludes (i) an image capture sectioncapable of consecutively carrying out image capture of a same image capture object a plurality of times; and (ii) a captured image determination sectionfor determining whether or not blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail is included in an image indicated by captured image data obtained by the image capture, and in a case where the captured image determination sectiondetermines that the blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail is included in the image, the image capture sectionconsecutively carries out image capture of the image capture object under a plurality of exposure conditions different from the exposure condition in the image capture carried out to obtain the captured image data, and the communication sectiontransmits obtained captured image data to the image output apparatus


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