Patent ID: 8237820

Claim:
An image compositing device that generates a composite image corresponding to a predetermined time section with use of a plurality of photographed images continuously shot at a predetermined time interval, the image compositing device comprising: an interpolation unit operable to determine, in accordance with (i) a duration of an exposure section in which exposure occurs and (ii) a duration of a non-photographing section that is between the exposure section and a next exposure section, a number of interpolation images to interpolate in the non-photographing section, and generate the determined number of interpolation images with use of photographed images in both exposure sections temporally adjacent to the non-photographing sections; and a compositing unit operable to generate a composite image corresponding to the predetermined time section with use of (i) one or more interpolation images, generated by the interpolation unit, to be interpolated in the predetermined time section and (ii) one or more photographed images photographed in the predetermined time section, so that respective pixels in a same position, in the one or more photographed images and the one or more interpolation images, substantially overlap with each other.