Patent ID: 11910115
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An operation method of an imaging element incorporating a memory, the operation method comprising:
reading out image data obtained by imaging using a photoelectric conversion element from the photoelectric conversion element at a first frame rate;
storing the image data read out from the photoelectric conversion element in the memory;
processing the image data;
outputting the processed image data at a second frame rate;
detecting first image data indicating a specific image from the image data stored in the memory;
generating second image data based on image data different from the detected first image data in the image data of a plurality of frames, and that is combined image data obtained by combining image data of a number of frames and of which an added exposure amount is greater than or equal to a first predetermined exposure amount; and
outputting the generated second image data,
wherein the second frame rate is a frame rate lower than the first frame rate,
wherein each image indicated by the image data of the plurality of frames set as a combining target includes a specific subject image indicating a specific subject of which a misregistration amount is less than or equal to a predetermined value between frames, and
wherein the second image data is generated by
extracting specific subject image data of a plurality of frames of the first predetermined exposure amount or greater indicating an image including the specific subject image from the image data of the plurality of frames set as the combining target, and
generating the combined image data as the second image data by combining the extracted specific subject image data of the plurality of frames.