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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;
Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a light emission unit, an image acquisition unit configured to drive the image pickup unit and the light emission unit to acquire an image while the light emission unit is emitting light and acquire images while the light emission unit is emitting no light at substantially the same view angle, a difference acquisition unit configured to acquire a luminance difference between the image acquired while the light emission unit is emitting light and one of the images acquired while the light emission unit is emitting no light, and an image composing unit configured to compose a composite image from the images acquired while the light emission unit is emitting no light and the image acquired while the light emission unit is emitting light, using the luminance difference acquired by the difference acquisition unit as transmission intensity data.