Image capturing apparatus provided with a function of combining a plurality of captured images

摘要

The present invention provides a digital camera which can overlay a plurality of images in multiple exposure shooting without intermingling with each other. A digital camera includes an image sensor constituted by a color filter for a plurality of color components, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image with the image sensor and output the image data, a comparison unit configured to compare first image data output from the imaging unit with second image data output from the imaging unit between image data in corresponding regions within a screen, and a selecting unit to output either the first image data or the second image data for each region according to a comparison result.

主权项

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor having pixels including color filters of a plurality of color components and configured to capture an image and output image data of the captured image; a white balance processing unit configured to perform white balance processing on the image data output from the image sensor; a memory storing the image data subjected to the white balance processing; a comparison unit configured to compare brightness of regions located at corresponding positions in first image data and second image data, wherein the first image data and the second image data are read out from the memory; a generation unit configured to output either the first image data or the second image data for each region according to a comparison result made by the comparison unit, and to generate combined image data; an image processing unit to perform image processing on the combined image data, and a recording unit configured to record the combined image data subjected to the image processing, in a recording medium.