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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Yasuhiro Iijima, Osaka, JP;
Haruo Hatanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shimpei Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus outputs an output image by synthesizing a first image obtained by shooting, a second image obtained by shooting with an exposure time longer than the exposure time of the first image, and a third image obtained by reducing noise in the first image. The image processing apparatus has a noise reduction processing control portion which controls the contents of image processing for obtaining the third image from the first image according to the noise level in the first image.