Patent ID: 7239342

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor for converting a subject image into an image signal; a movement detector for detecting a movement of said image capturing apparatus relative to the subject; an exposure controller for interrupting exposure of said image sensor when a movement is detected by said movement detector during exposure of said image sensor to light; a first image generator for generating first image data by amplifying an image signal read out from said image sensor of which exposure is interrupted by said exposure controller; a second image generator for extracting luminance information from said first image data, extracting color information from second image data obtained from said image sensor at a timing different from the timing at which said first image is obtained, and generating image data obtained by synthesizing said luminance information and said color information, said second image data is deleted from said memory when the amount of the movement detected by said movement detector becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount; and an instructing member for instructing start of exposure by said image sensor; and a memory for storing said second image data before an instruction from said instructing member, wherein said second image generator extracts said color information from said second image data stored in said memory.