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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Masaya Tamaru, Miyagi, JP;
Makoto Oishi, Miyagi, JP;
Koichi Tanaka, Miyagi, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is equipped with: imaging means, for obtaining images of a subject; imaging control means, for controlling the imaging means to sequentially obtain a plurality of images; reference image selecting means, for selecting a single reference image from among the plurality of images; moving object region specifying means, for specifying moving object regions within corresponding images, which are the plurality of images other than the selected reference image; positioning means, for positioning the plurality of corresponding images with respect to the reference image in the case that the plurality of images have been imaged by flow shooting, the positioning being performed such that the amount of positioning is greater at the specified moving object regions than at non moving object regions; and combining means, for combining the plurality of corresponding images, which have been positioned by the positioning means, with the reference image.