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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Hachioji, JP;
Keiji Kunishige, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device, a VCM that performs a pixel shift, and a microcomputer that causes the VCM to perform pixel shifts to a plurality of different positions and causes the image pickup device to pick up an image and acquire a plurality of images. The microcomputer causes the VCM to perform the pixel shift in pixel shift order in which an image higher in image quality than one image acquired from the image pickup device can be composed even when image processing is performed on the basis of two or more images less than a predetermined number necessary for composition of a high-quality image.
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