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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 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 image capturing apparatus including: an image sensor generating an image signal; a photographing control section performing a photographing operation in which an exposure of the image sensor is divided into a plurality of exposures in accordance with a predetermined exposure time; an addition section adding sequentially the image signals obtained at each exposure; an amplification ratio calculation section calculating an amplification ratio of the added image signal on the basis of the predetermined exposure time; an amplification section amplifying the added image signal by using the amplification ratio to compensate for insufficient exposure for the predetermined exposure time; and a display control section displaying information related to the amplified image signal; wherein the photographing control section ends the photographing operation when instructed by a user, and determines that the amplified image signal is a captured image obtained by performing the photographing operation with the predetermined exposure time.