Patent ID: 7944483
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photography apparatus comprising: photography means for obtaining an image by photography; display means for carrying out various kinds of display including the image; input means for carrying out various kinds of input; photography control means for controlling the photography means so as to obtain a plurality of images by a plurality of photography operations of a same object according to a plurality of photography methods; score calculation means for calculating a score of photography results for each of the images; score judgment means for carrying out judgment as to whether a highest score among the scores calculated for the respective images is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value; and recording control means for recording the image having the highest score in a recording medium in the case where a result of the judgment is affirmative and for receiving an instruction to select a desired one of the images by display of the images on the display means in the case where the result of the judgment is negative and for recording the selected image in the recording medium, wherein the photography control means controls the photography means so as to obtain two images, the photography apparatus further comprises intermediate image generation means for generating an intermediate image between the two images, and the recording control means displays the intermediate image together with the two images on the display means in such a manner that the intermediate image can be adjusted according to an instruction from the input means in the case where the result of the judgment is negative, and receives an instruction to select a desired intermediate image.