Patent ID: 7826730
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image capturing device having a hand shake correction function, comprising: an image sensor to photo-electrically convert light received from an image capturing target, and to output the photo-electrically converted data; an image data generating unit to generate image data using the photo-electrically converted data; a shooting controlling unit to output exposure control information to the image sensor and to capture a plurality of pieces of image data, in response to a shooting instruction; a base image selecting unit to select a base image, which is used when alignment is made, from among the plurality of pieces of captured image data; a correction processing unit to make the alignment of the plurality of pieces of captured image data using the selected base image, and to generate one piece of image data by synthesizing the plurality of pieces of image data using a result of the alignment, and a face recognizing unit to recognize a degree of opening of eyes of a face of a person, which is included in the plurality of pieces of captured image data, wherein the base image selecting unit selects the base image using the degree of opening of eyes of the face of the person recognized by the face recognizing unit.