Image acquiring apparatus and image acquiring method
US7411626B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2209/045
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image acquiring apparatus includes a pixel shifting section which changes the relative position between luminous flux incident on an imaging element and the imaging element to a plurality of specific positions, an imaging section which photographs in at least one of a plurality of specific positions including an initial position, an image creating section which creates a high-resolution new image based on at least one item of image data photographed by the imaging section, and a display control section which displays at least one image photographed by the imaging section before the high-resolution new image has been created.
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