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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuo Kanda, Higashiyamato, JP;
Nobuyuki Shima, Machida, JP;
Tomohiro Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a selection operation of selecting one or more pickup images among a time-sequential series of pickup images; perform a correction operation to correct a brightness of the one or more pickup images selected by the selection operation; and generate a composite image based on: one or more pickup images among the series of pickup images not selected; and a result of the correction operation.