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US 7,746,387 B2Granted
Methods and systems for synthesizing pickup images
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasami Ogata, Takashi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko Ueda
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasami Ogata, Takashi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko Ueda
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In an image pickup apparatus, a level compensator compensates the level of an image xL (i, j) sensed by an image sensor by exposure for a long time on the basis of the exposure of the image to produce a compensated image xL′ (i, j), while another level compensator compensates the level of an image xS (i, j) sensed by the image sensor by exposure for a short time on the basis of the exposure of the image to produce a compensated image xS′ (i, j). The image pickup apparatus also includes an image synthesizer to synthesize these compensates images xL′ (i, j) and xS′ (i, j) to produce a single synthetic image x (i, j). A dynamic range compressor also included in the image pickup apparatus compresses the synthetic image x (i, j) to produce a compressed image y (i, j) for delivery to outside.
An image pickup apparatus adapted to produce a single image from a plurality of images acquired by sensing an object under different exposure conditions, comprising:
An image pickup apparatus adapted to synthesize a plurality of images acquired by sensing an object under different exposure conditions to produce a single image, the apparatus comprising:
An image processing method of synthesizing a plurality of input images acquired by sensing an object under different exposure conditions to produce a single image, the method comprising the steps of:
An image processing apparatus adapted to synthesize a plurality of input images acquired by sensing an object under different exposure conditions to produce a single image, the apparatus comprising:
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