Patent Document ID: 20120281133
Application ID: 13447320
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image capture device, comprising: an image capture portion; an exposure control portion that performs control of exposure times for the image capture portion such that the exposure times are different for different pixel regions; and an output image generation portion that generates an output image by performing signal processing on a current image that the image capture portion has output, wherein the exposure control portion includes a moving subject detection portion that generates a moving subject detection map that includes moving subject region identification information for the current image that the image capture portion has output, and an appropriate exposure value computation portion that generates an exposure control map and outputs exposure control signals that are based on the generated exposure control map, the exposure control map being generated by referring to the moving subject detection map and having an exposure pattern that cyclically applies a plurality of different exposure times to a moving subject region, and the exposure control signals being output to the image capture portion, with one signal being output for each of the pixel regions, and the output image generation portion computes output image pixel values by combining a plurality of pixel value information items for a plurality of pixels for which the plurality of the different exposure times have been set that are derived from the moving subject region.