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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mika Muto, Tachikawa, JP;
Takuya Matsunaga, Akiruno, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); G06T 7/0024 (2013.01); H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01); H04N 5/2624 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device, comprising an imaging section for forming a subject image and obtaining image data, a lens control section for changing focus lens position, and a position correction section for carrying out alignment of a plurality of image data that have been acquired by the imaging section, wherein the position correction section selectively executes local alignment processing for carrying out alignment locally, and global alignment processing for carrying out alignment globally, based on relative focus position between two images that will be combined.