Patent ID: 8749673
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image generation device which generates a new moving picture of a subject based on first, second, third and fourth moving pictures that represent first, second, third and fourth color components of the subject, respectively, and that have been shot with a single-chip color image sensor, which detects light rays including the first, second, third and fourth color components, respectively, wherein the first and second color components are the same color component, and wherein the third and fourth color components are not only different from the first and second color components but also different from each other, and wherein as the first moving picture has been shot in a longer exposure time than the second moving picture, the first moving picture has a lower frame rate than the second moving picture, and wherein the third and fourth moving pictures have as high a frame rate as the second moving picture, and wherein each of three video signals respectively representing the second, third and fourth moving pictures includes an identification header, containing information about a time lag between exposure timings, and moving picture data, and wherein the image generation device comprises: a getting section configured to get the video signals representing the first, second, third and fourth moving pictures, respectively, the getting section getting at least the video signals representing the second and third moving pictures at different timings; a processing section configured to generate a new moving picture that has as high a frame rate as the second moving picture based on the respective video signals representing the first, second, third and fourth moving pictures that have been gotten; and an output section configured to output the new moving picture.