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US 10,567,675 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus and imaging method for maintaining continuity between frames of moving image data
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsKoichi Shintani, Masaomi Tomizawa, Osamu Nonaka
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a second image processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image frames whose photography conditions have been changed. The first image processor generates moving image data by performing image processing to maintain continuity between the image frames obtained by changing the photography conditions. The second image processor composes the image frames whose photography conditions have been changed, to generate condition-changed still image data.
Claims8
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit which sequentially acquires image frames whose photography conditions have been changed;
- a first image processor which generates moving image data by performing image processing to maintain continuity between the image frames obtained by changing the photography conditions, during recording of a moving image;
- a second image processor which composes the image frames whose photography conditions have been changed, to generate condition-changed still image data;
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- a record processor configured to record the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data in a single file so that the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data are associated with each other.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit which sequentially acquires image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in photography conditions;
- a first image processor which generates moving image data comprising moving image frames formed by each of the pieces of the image data;
- a second image processor which composes pieces of image data belonging to each of the image data groups or pieces of image data that do not belong to the image data groups, to generate condition-changed still image data;
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- a record processor configured to record the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data in a single file so that the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data are associated with each other,
- wherein the first image processor generates moving image frames after subjecting each of the pieces of the image data to image processing which maintains continuity between the image frames during recording of a moving image.
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An imaging method comprising:
- sequentially acquiring, by an imaging unit, image frames whose photography conditions have been changed;
- generating moving image data by performing image processing to maintain continuity between the image frames obtained, during recording of a moving image, by changing the photography conditions;
- composing the image frames whose photography conditions have been changed, to generate condition-changed still image data;
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- recording the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data in a single file so that the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data are associated with each other.
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An imaging method comprising:
- sequentially acquiring, by an imaging unit, image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in photography conditions;
- generating moving image data comprising moving image frames formed by each of the pieces of the image data after subjecting each of the pieces of the image data to image processing which maintains continuity between the image frames obtained during recording of a moving image;
- composing image data belonging to each of the image data groups or image data that do not belong to the image data groups, to generate condition-changed still image data;
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- recording the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data in a single file so that the moving image data and the condition-changed still image data are associated with each other,
- wherein the first image processor generates moving image frames after subjecting each of the pieces of the image data to image processing which maintains continuity between the image frames during recording of a moving image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.