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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Shigemasa Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Setsu Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo IN, Yokohama, JP;
Shigemasa Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Setsu Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo In, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing device includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit into which a plurality of frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate designation unit that designates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after an output of the photographing instruction signal among a plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit as save candidate images that may be saved into a recording medium; and a control unit that controls the save candidate designation unit so as to designate as the save candidates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after a second photographing instruction signal issued within a predetermined length of time following the output of the photographing instruction signal.