Patent ID: 8098288
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a light splitting device which splits incident light entering from an object to an imaging optical system into first object light and second object light; a first imaging device which includes a color imaging element for receiving the first object light and obtains a first image signal of three primary colors; a second imaging device which includes a white-black imaging element for receiving the second object light and obtains a second image signal of white and black; a first image-obtaining device which obtains a plurality of the first image signals that are continuously picked up by the first imaging device at a predetermined time interval and include an image signal of a present image pickup; a second image-obtaining device which obtains a plurality of the second image signals that are picked up by the second imaging device at a shutter speed higher than that when the first image signals are picked up and include image signals picked up at a timing same as that of the plurality of the first image signal; a device which calculates a motion vector between the plurality of the first image signals based on the plurality of the second image signals; a device which generates a predicted image signal of the present image pickup based on the motion vector and one or more first image signals other than the image signal of the present image pickup; and an image generation device which generates an image based on the image signal of the present image pickup and the predicted image signal thereof, further comprising a device which detects hand jiggling of the image signal of the present image pickup based on the motion vector between the plurality of the first image signals, wherein the image generation device generates an image by calculating a weighted average between the image signal of the present image pickup and the predicted image signal thereof to compensate the hand jiggling of the image signal of the present image pickup.