Imaging device, camera, and imaging method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuichiro Yamashita
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Abstract
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an imaging device, for taking images under different exposure conditions to create a single image, which includes a first condition-obtaining device configured to obtain a first exposure condition candidate for an Nth imaging according to image signals of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging; a second condition-obtaining device configured to obtain a second exposure condition candidate for the Nth imaging according to imaging conditions of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging; and a condition-determining device configured to determine exposure conditions for the Nth imaging according to at least one of the first and second exposure condition candidates.
Claims13
An imaging device for taking images under different exposure conditions to create a single image, the imaging device comprising:
- a first condition-obtaining device configured to obtain a first exposure condition candidate for an Nth imaging according to image signals of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging;
- a second condition-obtaining device configured to obtain a second exposure condition candidate for the Nth imaging according to imaging conditions of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging;
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- a condition-determining device configured to determine exposure conditions for the Nth imaging according to at least one of the first and second exposure condition candidates.
An imaging method for taking images under different exposure conditions to create a single image, the imaging method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a first exposure condition candidate for an Nth imaging according to image signals of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging;
- obtaining a second exposure condition candidate for the Nth imaging according to imaging conditions of the imaging prior to the Nth imaging;
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- determining exposure conditions for the Nth imaging according to at least one of the first and second exposure condition candidates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.