Patent ID: 8620100

Claim:
A motion blur control device for controlling motion blur in a specific frame image among a plurality of frame images acquired during a specific time interval, the motion blur control device comprising: a image processing device having a processor circuit and configured to, perform an inter-frame movement computation for computing an inter-frame movement direction and an inter-frame movement amount from the plurality of frame images acquired during the specific time interval, perform a motion blur correction for generating a corrected frame image by correcting motion blur in the specific frame image based on a blur amount set in a range not exceeding the inter-frame movement amount and based on the inter-frame movement direction, and perform an evaluation for evaluating the corrected frame image using a motion blur evaluation function, wherein the motion blur evaluation function includes a third order differential of the corrected frame image, wherein the blur amount is adjustable using the evaluation during blur correction such that the motion blur evaluation function satisfies a specific condition.