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Image capturing apparatus and camera shake correction method, and computer-readable medium

US8581992B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 2011
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit capturing an image of an object; an image capture controller that causes the image capturing unit to capture first color component images having a first color component by multi-shot exposure, and causes the image capturing unit to capture second and third color component images, a displacement information acquiring unit that acquires displacement information; an image adding unit that aligns and adds the first color component images based on the displacement information to generate an added image; a calculator that calculates a first point spread function based on the displacement information; a first correcting unit that corrects the second and third color component images using the first point spread function; and a combining unit that combines the added image with the corrected second and third color component images.

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