Patent ID: 7782362

Claim:
An image generating apparatus comprising: a storage section for storing a plurality of frame information; an information generating section for generating static image information indicating a static image based on the plurality of frame information stored in the storage section, wherein the plurality of frame information is information indicating a plurality of frames representing a static image taken during a predetermined exposure period, and the information has been corrected by setting a number of virtual pixels included in each of the plurality of frames to be larger than a number of actual pixels included in an image pickup plane of an image pickup element in accordance with an amount of shaking motion between the plurality of frames, and wherein the number of virtual pixels is set based on a ratio of a predetermined actual pixel size to the amount of shaking motion between the plurality of frames; and a resolution changing section for changing a set resolution of the plurality of frames in accordance with the amount of shaking motion, wherein the set resolution is reduced to a predetermined resolution, after which, a frame rate for taking the plurality of frames is increased.