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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Fussa, JP;
Masaru Onozawa, Akishima, JP;
Kouichi Nakagomi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tetsuji Makino, Oume, JP;
Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Fussa, JP;
Masaru Onozawa, Akishima, JP;
Kouichi Nakagomi, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tetsuji Makino, Oume, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capture apparatus includes: an image capturing unit; a first image capture controller configured to control the image capturing unit to capture a set of a plurality of images while changing exposure time for each of the images; a second image capture controller configured to obtain a plurality of sets of the images; an addition combination section configured to perform image alignment on the images contained in each of the sets and to perform addition combination on the aligned images to generate a combined image; a combination controller configured to control the addition combination section to perform the image alignment and the addition combination for each of the sets to obtain a plurality of combined images; a selector configured to evaluate the combined images and to select one of the combined images most highly evaluated as a selected image; and a storage configured to store the selected image.