Patent ID: 7868927
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating image data, the apparatus comprising: a light splitting section for splitting incoming light that has come from a subject according to its wavelength ranges; a first image capturing section, which receives a portion of the split light that falls within a wavelength range with the highest luminosity factor, thereby getting a first image; a second image capturing section, which receives the rest of the light that falls within the remaining wavelength ranges, other than the one with the highest luminosity factor, thereby getting a second image that has a lower spatial resolution, and a higher temporal resolution, than the first image; and a resolution converting section for converting the temporal resolution of the first image into that of the second image using the first and second images, and wherein the resolution converting section converts the spatial resolution of the second image into that of the first image, wherein the resolution converting section includes a database section that stores the first image and the second image converted, and wherein the resolution converting section uses the first image and the second image converted that have been retrieved from the database section to convert the temporal resolution of the first image into that of the second image, and further comprising an image blur detecting section for detecting an image blur, wherein if the image blur detecting section has detected an image blur, the database section stops storing the first image and the second image converted.