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US 2013/0293733 A1Published application
Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and imaging method
AssigneeOlympus Imaging Corp.
InventorManabu ICHIKAWA
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Abstract
An image processing unit performs image processing with respect to image data. A still image information storage unit stores still image data in accordance with an instruction from a still image shooting instruction unit. A moving image recording unit records moving image data in accordance with an instruction from a moving image shooting instruction unit. The timing information acquisition unit acquires timing information. The image processing unit performs special effect image processing of combining the still image data to image data associated with the timing information in the pieces of image data constituting the moving image data.
Claims15
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit which images a subject and obtains image data;
- an image processing unit which performs image processing with respect to the image data obtained by the imaging unit;
- a still image shooting instruction unit configured to instruct the imaging unit to execute still image shooting;
- a still image information storage unit which stores still image information including:
- still image data obtained by using the image processing unit to perform image processing to the image data acquired by the imaging unit in accordance with an instruction from the still image shooting instruction unit;
- and accompanying information of the still image data;
- a moving image shooting instruction unit configured to instruct the imaging unit to execute moving image shooting;
- a moving image recording unit which records moving image data obtained by using the image processing unit to perform image processing to the pieces of image data obtained by the imaging unit in accordance with an instruction from the moving image shooting instruction unit;
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- a timing information acquisition unit which acquires timing information indicative of a timing at which an executing instruction of the still image shooting was issued when the still image shooting instruction unit has instructed to execute the still image shooting during execution of the moving image shooting,
- wherein the image processing unit performs special effect image processing, which is configured to execute processing of combining the still image data to image data associated with the timing information in the pieces of image data constituting the moving image data, with respect to the moving image data during execution of the moving image shooting based on the still image information stored in the still image information storage unit and the timing information acquired by the timing information acquisition unit, and
- the moving image recording unit further records moving image data subjected to the special effect image processing during execution of the moving image shooting.
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An imaging method comprising:
- instructing an imaging unit to execute moving image shooting by a moving image shooting instruction unit;
- imaging a subject and obtaining pieces of image data by the imaging unit in accordance with an instruction from the moving image shooting instruction unit;
- performing image processing with respect to the pieces of image data obtained by the imaging unit and acquiring moving image data by an image processing unit;
- instructing the imaging unit to execute still image shooting by a still image shooting instruction unit during execution of the moving image shooting;
- storing still image data obtained by using the image processing unit to perform the image processing to the image data acquired by the imaging unit and accompanying information of the still image data in a still image data storage unit in accordance with an instruction from the still image shooting instruction unit;
- obtaining timing information indicative of a timing at which an execution instruction of the still image shooting was issued by a timing information acquisition unit in accordance with an instruction from the still image shooting instruction unit;
- performing special effect image processing, which is configured to combine the still image data with image data associated with the timing information in the pieces of image data constituting the moving image data, by the image processing unit with respect to the moving image data during execution of the moving image shooting based on the still image information stored in the still image information storage unit and the timing information acquired by the timing information acquisition unit;
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- recording moving image data subjected to the special effect image processing in a moving image recording unit during execution of the moving image shooting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.