IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICK-UP PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a reduction in deterioration of images associated with a changed image magnification due to movements in a focus direction during image pick-up operation.

SOLUTION: An image pick-up apparatus has an image pick-up controller 211 which performs a plurality of image pick-up operations for producing a single image and performs focus adjustment operation before each of the image pick-up operations to produce a first plurality of images, and an information producer 215 which produces information on an image magnification of each of the first plurality of images. The image pick-up apparatus also has an image producer 217 which produces a second plurality of images based on the first plurality of images and the information on the image magnification, and an image combiner 218 which combines the second plurality of images to produce a single image.

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