Patent ID: 9148570
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus that allows for short-distance photographing, the apparatus comprising: a photographing lens portion including a focus lens and a variable power lens; a lens driving portion that drives the photographing lens portion; an image pickup device that converts an optical image of a subject obtained via the photographing lens portion driven by the lens driving portion into an image signal; a recording medium that records images obtained by the image pickup device; a driving control actuator that moves the variable power lens so as to have a same magnifying power of images on the image pickup device at a plurality of focused positions when the focus lens is driven by the lens driving portion; a controller that causes the image pickup device to continuously pick up a plurality of images at a same magnification at the plurality of focused positions and causes the recording medium to store the plurality of images continuously picked up by the image pickup device; and an image combining processor that cuts out an image area having a predetermined contrast from each of the plurality of images at the same magnification recorded in the recording medium and generates on composite image.