Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a comparison light composition section that composes a comparison light image from image data of a plurality of frames, a number-of-replacement-target-frames calculating section for performing, on the comparison light image, for each of partial regions, at least one of deviation correction for a black level attributable to dark random noise with respect to black level subtraction processing of an OB-value subtracting section and correction for deviation of a pixel value attributable to light random noise by a pixel-gain correcting section, a dark-random-noise-tendency determining section, and a light-random-noise-correction-amount calculating section.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a pixel unit which generates pixel signals for image and pixel signals for focus detection, a first memory unit which stores the pixel signals for image, a second memory unit which stores the pixel signals for focus detection, a pixel signal synthesizing unit which synthesizes the pixel signals for image from a plurality of pixel signals, and an image signal outputting unit which outputs the pixel signals for image synthesized by the pixel signal synthesizing unit and the pixel signals for focus detection stored in the second memory.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a saturation judgment section adapted to judge whether or not saturation of individual pixels making up image data of plural images falls within a high saturation area, the image data being acquired by picking up images of an object in time sequence; and an image combining section adapted to perform high-saturation comparative bright combination processing on the image data of plural images, where the high-saturation comparative bright combination processing involves replacing only pixels judged to fall within the high saturation area with a pixel value of a pixel which has a larger index including a luminance component.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes a pixel unit which generates pixel signals for image and pixel signals for focus detection, a first memory unit which stores the pixel signals for image, a second memory unit which stores the pixel signals for focus detection, a pixel signal synthesizing unit which synthesizes the pixel signals for image from a plurality of pixel signals, and an image signal outputting unit which outputs the pixel signals for image synthesized by the pixel signal synthesizing unit and the pixel signals for focus detection stored in the second memory.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup device including: an image pickup pixel group including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix; a focus detection pixel group of focus detection pixels discretely arranged in the image pickup pixel group; a first readout circuit including a first AD converter that converts only pixel signals from the image pickup pixel group to digital signals; and a second readout circuit including a second AD converter that converts only pixel signals R, L, T and B from the focus detection pixel group to digital signals.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an accumulation control section controlling an accumulation operation in an imaging section; an accumulation start timing setting section setting a timing of accumulation start in the imaging section; and a flash light emission control section controlling the start and stop of light emission in the flash light emission section, wherein the accumulation control section instructs the flash light emission control section to start the flash light emission and causes the imaging section to start the accumulation based on an output of the accumulation start timing setting section, and the flash light emission control section causes the flash light emission to be started in response to the flash light emission start instruction of the accumulation control section and causes the flash light emission section to stop the light emission based on an appropriate light emission amount output by an exposure calculation section.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes pixels arranged in a matrix shape, vertical signal lines to which the pixels are respectively connected via normal connection lines for each column, focus detection pixels discretely arranged among the pixels, focus connection lines that set, in a range in which a total number of the focus detection pixels included in a row group including a plurality of rows is not more than a number of the vertical signal lines, the row group and respectively connect all the focus detection pixels included in the row group to the different vertical signal lines, focus readout switches respectively provided on the focus connection lines, and a vertical scanning circuit that causes the focus readout switches to simultaneously operate by a unit of the row group.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup section acquiring a bright-time image and acquiring a dark-time image with a same exposure time period as the bright-time image; a shake detection section detecting a shake; an image cut-out section cutting out a cut-out bright-time image for which the shake is corrected, from the bright-time image, on the basis of the shake detected by the shake detection section and cutting out a cut-out dark-time image at a same cut-out position as the cut-out bright-time image, from the dark-time image; and an image processing section generating a corrected image for which dark current is corrected, by subtracting the cut-out dark-time image from the cut-out bright-time image.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device having a pixel section with a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels and a frame memory which temporarily stores, in an analog manner, analog image data read out from the pixel section and first to third readout control sections which perform first readout control that reads out image data of all pixels obtained through one exposure from the pixel section and stores the image data in the frame memory and perform second readout control that nondestructively reads out a piece of image data of a smaller number of pixels than all the pixels from the image data of all the pixels stored in the frame memory a plurality of times such that the piece of image data each has different object region size.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup device including: an image pickup pixel group including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix; a focus detection pixel group of focus detection pixels discretely arranged in the image pickup pixel group; a first readout circuit including a first AD converter that converts only pixel signals from the image pickup pixel group to digital signals; and a second readout circuit including a second AD converter that converts only pixel signals R, L, T and B from the focus detection pixel group to digital signals.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes pixels arranged in a matrix shape, vertical signal lines to which the pixels are respectively connected via normal connection lines for each column, focus detection pixels discretely arranged among the pixels, focus connection lines that set, in a range in which a total number of the focus detection pixels included in a row group including a plurality of rows is not more than a number of the vertical signal lines, the row group and respectively connect all the focus detection pixels included in the row group to the different vertical signal lines, focus readout switches respectively provided on the focus connection lines, and a vertical scanning circuit that causes the focus readout switches to simultaneously operate by a unit of the row group.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup section acquiring a bright-time image and acquiring a dark-time image with a same exposure time period as the bright-time image; a shake detection section detecting a shake; an image cut-out section cutting out a cut-out bright-time image for which the shake is corrected, from the bright-time image, on the basis of the shake detected by the shake detection section and cutting out a cut-out dark-time image at a same cut-out position as the cut-out bright-time image, from the dark-time image; and an image processing section generating a corrected image for which dark current is corrected, by subtracting the cut-out dark-time image from the cut-out bright-time image.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an accumulation control section controlling an accumulation operation in an imaging section; an accumulation start timing setting section setting a timing of accumulation start in the imaging section; and a flash light emission control section controlling the start and stop of light emission in the flash light emission section, wherein the accumulation control section instructs the flash light emission control section to start the flash light emission and causes the imaging section to start the accumulation based on an output of the accumulation start timing setting section, and the flash light emission control section causes the flash light emission to be started in response to the flash light emission start instruction of the accumulation control section and causes the flash light emission section to stop the light emission based on an appropriate light emission amount output by an exposure calculation section.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image pickup apparatus including a pixel section in which plural pixels are arrayed two-dimensionally, an exposure amount control section that determines an exposure amount and controls the pixel section to be continuously exposed plural times, a memory section that can store a pixel signal from the pixel section for plural frames of an output image, a vertical scanning circuit that reads out the pixel signal of the pixel section and stores the pixel signal in the memory section, and a column processing section that reads out the pixel signal stored in the memory section. The vertical scanning circuit sequentially reads out respective pixel signals related to the plural times of exposures and stores the pixel signals in the memory section.

Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an accumulation control section controlling an accumulation operation in an imaging section; an accumulation start timing setting section setting a timing of accumulation start in the imaging section; and a flash light emission control section controlling the start and stop of light emission in the flash light emission section, wherein the accumulation control section instructs the flash light emission control section to start the flash light emission and causes the imaging section to start the accumulation based on an output of the accumulation start timing setting section, and the flash light emission control section causes the flash light emission to be started in response to the flash light emission start instruction of the accumulation control section and causes the flash light emission section to stop the light emission based on an appropriate light emission amount output by an exposure calculation section.

Abstract: The invention provides an image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device including a memory portion for analog storage and a pixel portion; a first read-out control and processing portions that, in a first frame-period, read out a first-image-signal from a first-pixel-region of the pixel portion, and in a second frame-period longer than the first frame-period, read out a second-image-signal from a second-pixel-region of the pixel portion including the first-pixel-region, and store the read-out signals in the memory portion; a second read-out control and processing portions that read out from a memory portion an AF image signal related to the first-image-signal and a display image signal related to the second-image-signal; a focal point detecting portion that carries out contrast focal point detection based on the AF image signal; and an image display portion that displays an image based on the display image signal.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device having a pixel section with a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels and a frame memory which temporarily stores, in an analog manner, analog image data read out from the pixel section and first to third readout control sections which perform first readout control that reads out image data of all pixels obtained through one exposure from the pixel section and stores the image data in the frame memory and perform second readout control that nondestructively reads out a piece of image data of a smaller number of pixels than all the pixels from the image data of all the pixels stored in the frame memory a plurality of times such that the piece of image data each has different object region size.

Abstract: An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for photoelectrically converting a subject image, and outputting image data, an aperture control section for narrowing subject light flux at a first aperture value and a second aperture value, a shooting control section for, in response to a release instruction, imaging a first image at the first aperture value and, reading out first image data from the imaging section while simultaneously carrying out a stopping down operation to the second aperture value, imaging a second image at the second aperture value and, reading out second image data from the imaging section, and an image processing section for detecting an amount of variation in contrast value for each location in the first image data and the second image data, and carrying out processing to blur at an intensity of blurring according to the amount of variation between each location.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image pickup apparatus including a pixel section in which plural pixels are arrayed two-dimensionally, an exposure amount control section that determines an exposure amount and controls the pixel section to be continuously exposed plural times, a memory section that can store a pixel signal from the pixel section for plural frames of an output image, a vertical scanning circuit that reads out the pixel signal of the pixel section and stores the pixel signal in the memory section, and a column processing section that reads out the pixel signal stored in the memory section.

Abstract: The invention provides an image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device including a memory portion for analog storage and a pixel portion; a first read-out control and processing portions that, in a first frame-period, read out a first-image-signal from a first-pixel-region of the pixel portion, and in a second frame-period longer than the first frame-period, read out a second-image-signal from a second-pixel-region of the pixel portion including the first-pixel-region, and store the read-out signals in the memory portion; a second read-out control and processing portions that read out from a memory portion an AF image signal related to the first-image-signal and a display image signal related to the second-image-signal; a focal point detecting portion that carries out contrast focal point detection based on the AF image signal; and an image display portion that displays an image based on the display image signal.