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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Iwasaki, Hino, JP;
Kazuya Hosono, Chofu, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprising: a dark image data imaging section that obtains dark image data in a state in which light beams entering an imaging surface of an image sensor are shielded before first image data is obtained or after second image data obtained lastly; and a correcting section that corrects a fixed pattern noise in cumulative relatively bright composite image data by using the dark image data, wherein the correcting section corrects the fixed pattern noise in the cumulative relatively bright composite image data by using the dark image data obtained at a time closest to the time in a temperature of the image sensor when the first image data or the second image data is obtained is assumed to be the highest, of the dark image data obtained before the first image data is obtained or the dark image data obtained after the second image data obtained lastly.
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