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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Katsuhisa Shinmei, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Chiba, JP;
Shingo Nagataki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Wajima, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Shinmei, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Chiba, JP;
Shingo Nagataki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Wajima, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including a synthesizing processing section configured to synthesize a plurality of images taken at different exposure times wherein, in processing to synthesize the taken images, the synthesizing processing section acquires a taken-image blending ratio varying in accordance with components selected from the taken images and carries out a blending process on a blend area in which pixels of the taken images are to be blended by applying the blending ratio to the blend area.