Patent ID: 8462217
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device comprising: an image pickup unit which generates a plurality of continuously picked-up images by image pickup; an object extracting unit which extracts a plurality of images each representing a moving object part from individual picked-up images generated by the image pickup unit; a background image generating unit which generates a background image from the plurality of picked-up images generated by the image pickup unit; a flash image generating unit which synthesizes the background image generated by the background image generating unit with the plurality of images each representing the object part extracted by the object extracting unit to generate a flash image; a displacement detecting unit which detects a displacement between predetermined images among the plurality of picked-up images; and an image smoothing unit which performs smoothing of an extracted image representing the moving object part by a process amount in accordance with the displacement detected by the displacement detecting unit; wherein the image smoothing unit changes the process amount of smoothing based on a value acquired by multiplying the displacement detected by the displacement detecting unit by a coefficient.