Image capturing apparatus, image composing method and storage medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorMasami Yuyama
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Abstract
In a digital camera 1, when the halfway depression operation of the shutter button is detected, the lens position which is in focus for each capture area is detected and stored. On the other hand, when instruction to record is detected, intensity of light is sequentially read out at the stored lens position from the capture area associated with the lens position and the image data is generated. Accordingly, it is possible to acquire image data which is in focus on all objects that have been imaged by the CMOS sensor 4.
Claims20
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit;
- a lens;
- a moving unit which moves the lens;
- a focusing unit which divides a capture field of the image capturing unit into a plurality of areas, controls the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens, and focuses on an object included in each of the plurality of areas;
- a control unit which performs control so as to associate the plurality of lens positions of the lens focused on by the focusing unit with the plurality of areas including the objects which are focused on at the plurality of lens positions;
- a first image data acquisition unit which controls the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens to the plurality of lens positions that have been associated by the control unit, and acquires image data in the plurality of areas that have been associated with the lens positions of the lens moved by the moving unit, and
- a generation unit which composes a plurality of image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit and generates image data corresponding to the capture field.
An image composing method of an electronic apparatus including an image capturing unit, a lens and a moving unit which moves the lens;
- the method comprising:
- a focusing step for dividing a capture field of the image capturing unit into a plurality of areas, controlling the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens, and focusing on an object included in each of the plurality of areas;
- a control step for performing control so as to associate the plurality of lens positions of the lens with the plurality of areas including the objects which are focused on at the plurality of lens positions;
- an image data acquisition step for controlling the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens to the plurality of lens positions that have been associated by the control step, and acquiring image data in the plurality of areas that have been associated with the lens positions of the lens moved by the moving unit, and
- a generation step for composing a plurality of image data acquired by the image data acquisition step and generating image data corresponding to the capture field.
A computer-readable storing medium having an image capturing program stored thereon that is executable by a computer of an electronic apparatus that includes an image capturing unit, and moving unit which moves the lens, the image capturing program being executable by the computer to control the electronic apparatus to perform a process comprising:
- a focusing step for dividing a capture field of the image capturing unit into a plurality of areas, controlling the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens, and focusing on an object included in each of the plurality of areas;
- a control step for performing control so as to associate the plurality of lens positions of the lens with the plurality of areas including the objects which re focused on at the plurality of lens positions;
- an image data acquisition step for controlling the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the lens to the plurality of lens positions that have been associated by the control step, and acquiring image data in the plurality of areas that have been associated with the lens positions of the lens moved by the moving unit, and a generation step for composing a plurality of image data acquired by the image data acquisition step and generating image data corresponding to the capture field.
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- image capturing means;
- lens;
- moving means for moving the lens;
- focusing means for dividing a capture field of the image capturing means into a plurality of areas, controlling the moving means so that the moving means moves the lens means, and focusing on an object included in each of the plurality of areas;
- control means for performing control so as to associate the plurality of lens positions of the lens focused on by the focusing means with the plurality of areas including the objects which are focused on at the plurality of lens positions;
- first image data acquisition means which controls the moving means so that the moving means moves the lens to the plurality of lens positions that have been associated by the control means, and acquires image data in the plurality of areas that have been associated with the lens positions of the lens moved by the moving means, and
- generating means for composing a plurality of image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit and generating image data corresponding to the capture field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.