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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Yutaka Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yutaka Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiro Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The digital camera includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of images captured by an image sensor when a multiple exposure photographic mode is set; a gain impartation unit that imparts, to the plurality of captured images, gains based upon the number of shots of multiple exposure photography and determined so that their sum equals unity; and a combination unit that creates a multiple exposure photographic image by combining the plurality of images, after the gains have been imparted by the gain impartation unit.