Imaging device and imaging method capable of bright spot processing

摘要

An imaging device, capable of generating a movie or a live view that has a part that has been subjected to image processing within at least a frame, includes an imaging section for converting a subject image into electrical signals and outputting image data in live view, a bright spot region setting section for setting a bright spot detection region for the image data, a bright spot detection section for detecting bright spots within the bright spot detection region set by the bright spot setting section, a bright spot processing section for performing bright spot processing at the bright spot positions detected by the bright spot detection section, and an image output section for outputting an image that has been subjected to bright spot processing by the bright spot processing detection for display or for storage.

主权项

1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging section for converting light from a subject to image signals and outputting image data defining a plurality of frames for display during a live view operation or for storage during a movie mode operation; a bright spot region setting section for setting, within each frame of at least two of the plurality of frames, a bright spot region wherein a position or size of the bright spot region within each of the at least two of the plurality of frames is set at random and defines an area that is smaller than an area defined by each frame; a bright spot detection section for detecting, for each frame of the at least two of the plurality of frames, bright spots only within the bright spot region set by the bright spot region setting section; a bright spot processing section for performing bright spot processing at bright spot positions of the bright spots detected by the bright spot detection section; and an image output section for outputting frames that have been subjected to bright spot processing by the bright spot processing section for display or for storage.