Patent ID: 8842200

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging section for converting light from a subject to image signals and outputting image data defining a plurality of frames for display during a live view operation or for storage during a movie mode operation; a bright spot region setting section for setting, within each frame of at least two of the plurality of frames, a bright spot region wherein a position or size of the bright spot region within each of the at least two of the plurality of frames is set at random and defines an area that is smaller than an area defined by each frame; a bright spot detection section for detecting, for each frame of the at least two of the plurality of frames, bright spots only within the bright spot region set by the bright spot region setting section; a bright spot processing section for performing bright spot processing at bright spot positions of the bright spots detected by the bright spot detection section; and an image output section for outputting frames that have been subjected to bright spot processing by the bright spot processing section for display or for storage.