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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masahiko Morita, Akiruno, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image recording device capable of obtaining a moving image with less noise even in a low illuminance environment when obtaining a moving image having a wide dynamic range. An image pickup device picks up an image of an object over different exposure time periods to output a plurality of image signals. The plurality of image signals output from the image pickup device are synthesized to thereby obtain a synthesized image. The synthesized image is recorded in a memory at a predetermined frame rate. Respective vertical transfer periods for reading out the plurality of image signals are differentiated according to the different exposure time periods, and the sum of the vertical transfer periods is controlled to a time period defined by the predetermined frame rate.


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