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Imaging apparatus for obtaining a high resolution image

US5754226A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1995
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/145
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging plate having a light receiving face; focusing device for focusing light from a subject on the light receiving face of the imaging plate as the image formed on the light receiving face; image position displacing device for displacing a position of the image formed by the focusing device with respect to a reference position; image position displacement control device for controlling the image position displacing device; motion vector detecting device for detecting a motion vector of each image with respect to a reference image; and image synthesis device for displacing pixels constituting each image and for interpolating the displaced pixels constituting each image between adjacent pixels of the reference image, thereby synthesizing the images into a single image.

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