Patent ID: 9204055
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus comprising: a capturing unit that captures an object image and generates image data; a first setting unit that sets a first exposure time for the capturing unit; a second setting unit that sets a second exposure time in which the capturing unit obtains each of a plurality of image data; a composition unit that generates composite image data in which the plurality of image data have been composed, wherein total exposure time of the plurality of image data corresponds to the first exposure time; a recording control unit that records, into a recording medium, the composite image data generated by the composition unit and a plurality of history image data generated by sequentially composing the image data of the second exposure time, obtained from the capturing unit, that has been sequentially generated up until the composite image data has been generated; and a detection unit that detects the brightness of the history image data sequentially generated by the composition unit, wherein of the history image data sequentially generated by the composition unit, the recording control unit selectively records image data, whose brightness as detected by the detection unit exceeds a predetermined value, in the recording medium.