Patent ID: 8284270
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device for generating a plurality of still images continuously and generating a synthesized image from the still images, the imaging device comprising: a shooting button which, when pressed, instructs a continuous shooting; an imaging unit operable to generate still image data from incident light; a still image data writing unit operable to write the generated still image data into a recording medium; an editing unit operable to generate a synthesized image by using a plurality of continuous pieces of still image data which are obtained by the continuous shooting; and a control unit operable to perform a process of storing sequentially, into the recording medium, the plurality of continuous pieces of still image data obtained by the continuous shooting, by repeatedly controlling the imaging unit and the still image data writing unit while the shooting button is pressed to instruct the continuous shooting, and after the continuous shooting ends, enter a wait state to wait for a new instruction, and then upon receiving an instruction to start generating the synthesized image from the plurality of continuous pieces of still image data obtained by the continuous shooting, control the editing unit to perform a process of generating the synthesized image by using the plurality of continuous pieces of still image data stored in the recording medium, wherein the control unit further writes, as one group, all pieces of still image data generated by repeatedly controlling the imaging unit and the still image data writing unit, into the recording medium, by associating each piece of still image data in the group with continuous shooting mode identification information indicating the continuous shooting, wherein the editing unit generates the synthesized image by using one or more pieces of still image data among the still image data recorded in association with the continuous shooting mode identification information in the recording medium, and wherein the editing unit includes: wherein the plurality of continuous pieces of still image data includes more than two pieces of still image data.