Imaging device, image generation method, and recording medium
AssigneeTanaka Engineering Inc.
InventorsTakayoshi HASEGAWA, Yukisada FUKAYA
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Abstract
Obtaining a needed image has been difficult with conventional technology. A needed image can be obtained by an imaging device including an optical signal acquisition unit that performs imaging and acquires an optical signal, an original image acquisition unit that acquire two or more different original images using the optical signal, a selection unit that acquires one output image from candidate images including the two or more original images acquired by the original image acquisition unit, and an image output unit that outputs the output image acquired by the selection unit.
Claims10
An imaging device comprising:
- an optical signal acquisition unit configured to perform imaging and acquire an optical signal;
- an original image acquisition unit configured to acquire two or more different original images using the optical signal;
- a composite image acquisition unit configured to acquire a composite image by compositing the two or more original images;
- a selection unit configured to, after acquisition of the composite image by the composite image acquisition unit, acquire one output image from three or more candidate images including the composite image and the two or more original images acquired by the original image acquisition unit;
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- an image output unit configured to output the output image acquired by the selection unit.
An image generation method realized by an optical signal acquisition unit, an original image acquisition unit, a composite image acquisition unit, a selection unit, and an image output unit, the image generation method comprising:
- an optical signal acquiring step of the optical signal acquisition unit performing imaging and acquiring an optical signal;
- an original image acquiring step of the original image acquisition unit acquiring two or more different original images using the optical signal;
- a composite image acquiring step of the composite image acquisition unit acquiring a composite image by compositing the two or more original images;
- a selecting step of the selection unit, after acquisition of the composite image in the composite image acquiring step, acquiring one output image from three or more candidate images including the composite image and the two or more original images acquired in the original image acquiring step;
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- an image outputting step of the image output unit outputting the output image acquired in the selecting step.
A recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program causing a computer to function as:
- an optical signal acquisition unit configured to acquire an optical signal;
- an original image acquisition unit configured to acquire two or more different original images using the optical signal;
- a composite image acquisition unit configured to acquire a composite image by compositing the two or more original images;
- a selection unit configured to, after acquisition of the composite image by the composite image acquisition unit, acquire one output image from three or more candidate images including the composite image and the two or more original images acquired by the original image acquisition unit;
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- an image output unit configured to output the output image acquired by the selection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.