Patent ID: 7596177

Claim:
An image generation apparatus that generates, from a plurality of video sequences obtained by photographing a same object, a new video sequence which represents the same object, said image generation apparatus comprising: an image receiving unit operable to receive a first video sequence including frames having a first resolution and a second video sequence including frames having a second resolution which is higher than the first resolution, each frame of the first video sequence being obtained with a first exposure time, and each frame of the second video sequence being obtained with a second exposure time which is longer than the first exposure time; and an image integration unit operable to generate, from the first video sequence and the second video sequence, the new video sequence including frames having a resolution which is equal to or higher than the second resolution, at a frame rate which is equal to or higher than a frame rate of the first video sequence, by reducing a difference between a value of each frame of the second video sequence and a sum of values of frames of the new video sequence which are included within an exposure period of a frame of the second video sequence.