IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO GENERATE A PANORAMIC IMAGE HAVING A HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE

• Main Author: MASAMURA TAKUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 17.09.2019
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

The invention discloses an image capturing apparatus, an image capturing method, and a storage medium to generate a panoramic image having a high dynamic range. The image capturing apparatus sets exposure states to make the exposure states different from each other while an image sensor captures two or more adjacent images among a plurality of images. A first synthesis is performed on the images of different exposure states among the plurality of images to generate a plurality of first synthesized images having a wider dynamic range than a dynamic range of the images of different exposure states. A second synthesis is performed using the plurality of first synthesized images to generate a second image having a wider viewing angle than a viewing angle of the plurality of first synthesized images. One of the plurality of images is used in the synthesis of different first synthesized images, and combinations of the images used in the first synthesis are different in adjacent first synthesized images. 本发明公开一种用于生成