Image capturing device and image capturing method including setting shutter speed based on blur and noise
US8896728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2207/005
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image capturing device which continuously captures images having high sensitivity and high resolution and synthesizes the continuously-captures images when lighting is very dark or when a luminance value of an object is small, the image capturing device including: an image capturing unit which receives light from the object and generates an image in which the object is captured; a continuously-captured-image synthesizing unit which generates a synthesized continuously-captured image in which the object is captured, by synthesizing two or more images temporally continuously captured by the image capturing unit; and a parameter setting unit which sets a shutter speed at which each of the two or more images is captured, according to the luminance value of the object and a speed of the object.
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