Image processing apparatus for applying predetermined signal processing

An image pickup apparatus provided with an optical vibration correcting function for optically correcting the vibration of photoelectric conversion means for converting an optical object image, focused on a light-receiving surface, into an electrical image signal, comprising:

• relative position shifting means for effecting said optical vibration correcting function and also optically shifting the relative position of the object image focused on said light-receiving surface and said light-receiving surface by a predetermined amount;
• plural memory means for storing the image signals obtained by said photoelectric conversion means at each shift executed by said relative position shifting means;
• synthesis means for synthesizing the image signals stored in said plural memory means;
• extraction means for forming an extracted image signal by extracting a partial image from the synthesized image signal obtained by said synthesis means;
• and
• enlargement means for generating an enlarged image signal by enlarging the extracted image signal, generated in said extraction means.

An image processing apparatus capable of selectively setting a moving image processing mode or a still image processing mode, comprising:

• photoelectric conversion means for converting an optical object image, focused on a light-receiving surface thereof, into an electrical image signal;
• relative position shifting means for shifting the relative position of the object image focused on said light-receiving surface and said light-receiving surface by a predetermined amount;
• plural memory means for storing the image signals obtained by said photoelectric conversion means at each shift executed by said relative position shifting means;
• synthesis means for synthesizing the image signals stored in said plural memory means;
• extraction means for forming an extracted image signal by extracting a partial image from the synthesized image signal obtained by said synthesis means;
• and
• enlargement means for generating an enlarged image signal by enlarging the extracted image signal, generated in said extraction means,
• wherein the moving period in said relative position shifting means is set according to the set image processing mode.

An image pickup apparatus capable of selectively setting a moving image processing mode or a still image processing mode and provided with an optical vibration correcting function for optically correcting the vibration of photoelectric conversion means for converting an optical object image, focused on a light-receiving surface thereof, into an electrical image signal, comprising:

• relative position shifting means for achieving said optical vibration correcting function and for optically shifting the relative position of the object image focused on said light-receiving surface and said light-receiving surface by a predetermined amount;
• plural memory means for storing the image signals obtained by said photoelectric conversion means at each shift executed by said relative position shifting means;
• synthesis means for synthesizing the image signals stored in said plural memory means;
• extraction means for extracting a partial image from the synthesized image signal obtained by said synthesis means;
• and
• enlargement means for generating an enlarged image signal by enlarging the extracted image signal, generated in said extraction means,
• wherein the moving period in said relative position shifting means is set according to the set image processing mode.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• photoelectric conversion means for converting an optical object image, focused on an image-pickup surface thereof, into an electrical image signal;
• relative position shifting means for shifting the relative position of the object image focused on said image-pickup surface and said light-receiving surface by a predetermined amount;
• plural memory means for storing the image signals obtained by said photoelectric conversion means at each shift executed by said relative position shifting means;
• synthesis means for synthesizing the image signals stored in said plural memory means;
• extraction means for forming an extracted image signal by extracting, from the synthesized image signal obtained in said synthesis means, a part corresponding to an aspect ratio different from that of said image-pickup surface;
• and
• conversion means for rearranging the pixel information of the extracted image signal obtained by said extraction means, thereby effecting conversion into an image size having an aspect ratio same as that of said light-receiving surface.

An image pickup apparatus provided with an optical vibration correcting function for optically correcting the vibration of photoelectric conversion means for converting an optical object image, focused on an image-pickup surface thereof, into an electrical image signal, comprising:

• relative position shifting means for effecting said optical vibration correcting function and also optically shifting the relative position of the object image focused on said image-pickup surface and said image-pickup surface by a predetermined amount;
• plural memory means for storing the image signals obtained by said photoelectric conversion means at each shift executed by said relative position shifting means;
• synthesis means for synthesizing the image signals stored in said plural memory means;
• extraction means for forming an extracted image signal by extracting, from the synthesized image signal obtained in said synthesis means, a part corresponding to an aspect ratio different from that of said image-pickup surface;
• and
• conversion means for rearranging the pixel information of the extracted image signal obtained by said extraction means, thereby effecting conversion into an image size having an aspect ratio same as that of said image-pickup surface.