JP2007202050A5

JP2007202050A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2007202050A5
Application number: JP2006020945A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-01-30
Publication date: 2009-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 2026-01-30

Claims

In an image generating apparatus that generates a moving image of the same scene with different exposure amounts of 3 or more using a plurality of frame images,
Calculating means for calculating the amount of change of each of the plurality of frame images with respect to the reference frame image;
Correction means for correcting each of the plurality of frame images to be the same image as the reference frame image (hereinafter referred to as a corrected image) based on the calculated amount of change;
At least a first synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the reference frame image and a first modified image which is one of the modified images, and a second different from the first synthesized image and the first modified image. Combining means for generating a second combined image obtained by combining the corrected image of
Storage means for storing each of the reference frame image and the first and second composite images as one of a plurality of bracket moving images having different brightness in the same scene ,
The reference frame image is a frame image that is first input to the calculation unit after an instruction to input a frame image to be used for generating the bracket moving image from among the plurality of temporally continuous frame images. A featured image generation apparatus.

The image generation apparatus according to claim 1,
The image generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reference frame image is any one of a plurality of the frame images that are temporally continuous.

The image generation apparatus according to claim 1,
The calculation means calculates the amount of change between the sequential reference frame image and another frame image by sequentially using the plurality of temporally continuous frame images as the reference frame image.
The correction means corrects the image based on the change amount for each sequential reference frame,
The synthesizing unit generates, for each sequential reference frame, a moving image having a different brightness composed of a plurality of sets of the reference frame image and the first and second combined images. apparatus.

The image generation apparatus according to claim 3.
An image generation apparatus, wherein the same identification number indicating the reproduction order is assigned to the reference frame image, the first composite image, and the second composite image that constitute the same set.

The image generation apparatus according to claim 4,
Output means for outputting the reference frame image, the first composite image, or the second composite image, to which the identification number is assigned;
Switching means for switching an image output from the output means between the reference frame image, the first synthesized image, and the second synthesized image;
Selecting means for selecting a set of frame images after switching based on the identification number so that the identification numbers are arranged in time order when the image output from the output means is switched by the switching means. An image generating apparatus.

The image generation apparatus according to claim 1,
The calculation unit generates the first synthesis by the synthesis unit after the calculation of the amount of change when the second synthesized image is generated when generating the plurality of bracket moving images having different brightness in the same scene. An image generation apparatus characterized in that the amount of change is calculated using a composite image generated after image generation as a reference frame image.

A program for generating an image of the same scene with different exposure amounts of 3 or more by using a plurality of continuous frame images,
A calculation process for calculating a change amount of each of the plurality of frame images with respect to the reference frame image;
Correction processing for correcting each of the plurality of frame images based on the calculated change amounts so as to be the same image as the reference frame image (hereinafter, a corrected image);
At least a first synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the reference frame image and a first modified image which is one of the modified images, and a second different from the first synthesized image and the first modified image. A combining process for generating a second combined image obtained by combining the corrected image of
Storing each of the reference frame image and the first and second composite images as one image among a plurality of bracket moving images having different brightness in the same scene ,
The reference frame image, among the plurality of frames temporally continuous images, the bracket after the instruction input frame image subjected to generation of a moving image, the frame image and to Rukoto entered first into the calculating means An image generation program characterized by the above.

The image generation program according to claim 7,
The calculation process calculates the amount of change between the sequential reference frame image and another frame image by sequentially using the plurality of frame images that are temporally continuous as the reference frame image,
The correction process corrects the image based on the amount of change for each sequential reference frame,
The composition processing generates, for each sequential reference frame, a plurality of sets of moving images with different brightnesses, using the reference frame image, the first composite image, and the second composite image as a set. An image generation program.

The image generation program according to claim 8, wherein
An image generation program characterized by assigning an identification number indicating a reproduction order to a reference frame image, a first composite image, and a second composite image constituting the same set.

The image generation program according to claim 9,
An output process for outputting the reference frame image, the first composite image, or the second composite image to which the identification number is assigned;
A switching process for switching an image output by the output process among the reference frame image, the first synthesized image, and the second synthesized image;
And a selection process for selecting a set of frame images after switching based on the identification number so that the identification numbers are arranged in time order when switching the images to be output by the output process. An image generation program.