Patent ID: 9749523
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A photographing apparatus comprising: an image sensor which sequentially images a plurality of images; an image processor which is configured to set one image of said plurality of images as a reference image, and to set each remaining image of said plurality of images as a comparative image; an image processor which is configured to generate a reference map by dividing said reference image into a plurality of blocks; an image processor which is configured to generate a comparative map by dividing said comparative image into a plurality of blocks; an image processor which is configured to generate a change-detection map which indicates one of a coinciding block and a non-coinciding block between said reference map and said comparative map, per each respective said plurality of blocks thereof, by performing a comparison operation between said reference map and each said comparative map per each respective said plurality of blocks thereof; an image processor which is configured to obtain a synthesized image by synthesizing said plurality of images; and an image processor which is configured to replace at least a part of said synthesized image with a corresponding part of said reference image based on said change-detection map.