Patent ID: 11924558
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup device configured to (a) receive a light flux transmitted through a shooting optical system and (b) perform photoelectric conversion;
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations as a plurality of units comprising:
(1) a control unit configured to acquire a plurality of still images in a time continuous manner by the image pickup device;
(2) a composite image generation unit configured to align the plurality of still images to generate a composite image;
(3) an obtaining unit configured to obtain information regarding a response characteristic of an optical image blur corrector which drives the shooting optical system and/or the image pickup device; and
(4) a setting unit configured to set an exposure time for each of the plurality of still images and a total number of the plurality of still images based on (a) information regarding a focal length of the shooting optical system, (b) information regarding an image blur correctable amount of the optical image blur corrector, and (c) the information regarding the response characteristic of the optical image blur corrector in a predetermined band of vibration applied to the image pickup apparatus.