Patent ID: 7920170
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sensing apparatus having first and second image sensors, comprising: an optical system configured to form an optical image on the first and second image sensors; an area-of-interest extracting unit configured to extract an area of interest from image data that is output by the second image sensor; a first storage unit configured to store image data that is read out from an entire pixel area of the first image sensor at a first time interval; a second storage unit configured to store image data obtained by reading out only partial area of the first image sensor corresponding to the position of the area of interest at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval; and a combining unit configured to combine the image data that has been stored in said first storage unit and the image data that has been stored in said second storage unit to thereby generate combined image data.