Patent ID: 9170161
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G01J,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture device comprising: an image capturing means having a light-receiving surface, on which are arrayed pixels composed of image capturing elements for outputting electrical signals at output levels responsive to received light intensity; optics including a lens capable of forming an image of an object on the light-receiving surface; an image shifting means for moving an image position on the light-receiving surface in a direction in which the pixels are arrayed by a distance N times a pixel spacing on the light receiving surface, where N is a positive integer, by moving the lens; and an image processing means for processing images captured by the image capturing means; wherein the image capturing means captures a first image and a second image on the light-receiving surface before and after movement of the image position on the light-receiving surface by the image shifting means in the direction in which the pixels are arrayed by the distance N times the pixel spacing on the light-receiving surface; wherein the image processing means includes