JP2008147715A5

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Publication number: JP2008147715A5
Application number: JP2006328843A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-12-05
Publication date: 2010-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2026-12-05

Claims

Imaging means having a plurality of pixels, converting an optical image of an incident subject into an electrical signal, and outputting image data;
And shifting means for shifting the incident position to the imaging hand stage of the optical image,
Instruction means for instructing still image recording during moving image recording;
Depending on the instruction by said instruction means, a plurality of frames as one cycle, and control means for controlling the shifting means so as to shift the incident position of the optical image into different positions between each smaller than one pixel of the plurality frames,
In accordance with an instruction by said instructing means, the image data of the plurality of frames obtained by the one period, and combining means for combining the combined image data to enhance the pixel density,
In accordance with an instruction from the instruction unit, a correction unit that corrects image data of each frame so as to cancel a shift in the incident position of the optical image by the control unit ;
An image pickup apparatus comprising: recording means for recording the synthesized image data synthesized by the synthesizing means as a still image and recording the image data corrected by the correcting means as a moving image .

The control means includes
Shift amount output means for outputting a shift amount of less than one pixel;
Camera shake detection means for detecting camera shake and obtaining a camera shake correction amount;
The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a calculation unit that calculates a control amount for controlling the shift unit based on the shift amount and the camera shake correction amount.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the synthesizing unit and the correcting unit perform the synthesizing and correction based on the shift amount output by the shift amount output unit.

From image data for a plurality of frames output from the imaging means, further comprising a detection means for detecting a shift amount between images,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the synthesizing unit and the correcting unit further perform the synthesizing and correcting based on the shift amount obtained by the detecting unit.

And display means,
Sometimes still image recording in the moving image recording, on said display means, either continuously displaying a moving image, is synthesized by a plurality of frames to display an image of an arbitrary frame from or said combining means for creating a static image Display control means for controlling to display the displayed image ;
The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

In the image pickup apparatus having a plurality of pixels, an image pickup means for outputting image data is converted into an electrical signal an optical image of the incident object, and a shift means for shifting the incident position to the imaging hand stage of the optical image An imaging method,
Indication means, an instructing step for instructing still image recorded during moving image recording,
Control means, in response to an instruction by said instructing step, controlling the shifting means so that a plurality of frames as one cycle, shifting the incident position of the optical image into different positions between each smaller than one pixel of the plurality frameshift Process,
Combining means, in accordance with an instruction in the instruction step, the image data of the plurality of frames obtained by the one period, a synthesis step of synthesizing the synthesized image data to enhance the pixel density,
A correction step of correcting the image data of each frame so as to cancel the shift of the incident position of the optical image due to the shift step in accordance with the instruction in the instruction step ;
An imaging method comprising: a recording step in which recording means records the synthesized image data synthesized by the synthesizing means as a still image, and records the image data corrected by the correcting means as a moving image .

The degree shift Engineering is,
A shift amount output step for outputting a shift amount of less than one pixel;
A camera shake detection process for detecting camera shake and obtaining a camera shake correction amount;
The imaging method according to claim 6, further comprising a calculation step of calculating a control amount for controlling the shift unit based on the shift amount and the camera shake correction amount.

The imaging method according to claim 7, wherein in the synthesis step and the correction step, the synthesis and correction are performed based on the shift amount output in the shift amount output step.

From the image data for a plurality of frames output from the imaging means, further comprising a detection step of detecting a shift amount between images,
Wherein the synthesis step and the correction step, further, on the basis of the shift amount obtained by the detection step, the image pickup method according to claim 8, characterized in that the synthesis and correction, respectively.

The imaging apparatus further includes display means,
At the time of still image recording during the moving image recording , the display control means displays a moving image continuously on the display means, displays an image of an arbitrary frame from a plurality of frames for creating a still image, or The imaging method according to claim 6, further comprising a display step of displaying an image synthesized in the synthesis step.

The program for making a computer perform each process of the imaging method of any one of Claim 6 thru | or 10.

A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 11.