Photography – Plural image recording – Sequential recording on different areas of a single frame
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Fuller, Rodney E (Department: 2862)
Photography
Plural image recording
Sequential recording on different areas of a single frame
C396S055000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07962034
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method and a device for creating an enhanced picture by means of several consecutive exposures. The method comprises the steps of: exposing a light sensitive sensor to a series of exposures, wherein the whole light sensitive sensor in each exposure is exposed simultaneously, and all the exposures of the series are combined to form a finished picture. Preferably, the exposures are combined with a correction for sharpness enhancement. The problem of motion distortion in an image stabilization system is solved by letting each exposure of the series be exposed by means of a global shutter.
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Fuller Rodney E
Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
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