Patent ID: 8212892
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a light source section that can radiate at least two light beams of the same wavelength onto the same region of a subject at different timings within a one-frame period making up one image; a brightness detection section that detects brightness of two returning light images based on the radiation of the at least two light beams of the same wavelength; an amount-of-misalignment detection section that detects an amount of pixel misalignment between the at least two returning light images; a determining section that determines whether or not to generate a synthetic image based on the detection result of the amount-of-misalignment detection section when the detection result of the brightness detection section is darker than a target brightness; and a synthetic image generation section that generates the synthetic image obtained by synthesizing the two returning light images using the light beams of the same wavelength and under substantially the same exposure quantity based on the determination result of the determining section.