Imaging device, image processing device, recording medium in which image file is recorded, recording method, image playback method, and computer-readable recording medium
An imaging device includes: an imaging unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, and configured to perform imaging under a first exposure condition to generate first image data and to perform imaging under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition to generate second image data; an image composition unit configured to generate composite image data with an expanded dynamic range based on the first image data and the second image data; and an image file generation unit configured to generate an image file in which the first image data, the second image data, the composite image data, and position information on positions of pixels mutually replaced in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data when the image composition unit generates the composite image data, are recorded in association with one another.
1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, and configured to perform imaging under a first exposure condition to generate first image data and to perform imaging under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition to generate second image data;
an image composition unit configured to generate composite image data with an expanded dynamic range based on the first image data and the second image data; and
an image file generation unit configured to generate an image file in which the first image data, the second image data, the composite image data, and position information data on positions of pixels obtained by mutually adding pixels for interpolation in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data when the image composition unit generates the composite image data, are recorded in association with one another.
2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation input unit configured to receive an input of an instruction signal for changing the first exposure condition or the second exposure condition, wherein
the imaging unit is configured to generate the first image data and the second image data according to the instruction signal input from the operation input unit.
3. The imaging device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a removable memory card recording medium storing the image file generated.
4. The imaging device of claim 1 wherein the image file further includes shooting information and a thumbnail image.
5. The imaging device of claim 1 wherein the position information is stored for a subset of all of the pixel positions in the first and second image data.
6. An image processing device for performing image processing on image data in an image file generated by an imaging device including an image unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, the image processing device comprising:
an image processing unit configured to acquire an image file in which first image data imaged and generated by the imaging unit under a first exposure condition, a second image data imaged and generated under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition, and position information data on positions of pixels obtained by mutually adding pixels for interpolation in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data are recorded in association with one another, and to combine the first image data and the second image data to generate processed image data with an expanded dynamic range, based on the position information recorded in the image file.
7. A recording method executed by an imaging device comprising an imaging unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, the recording method comprising:
a first generation step of performing imaging under a first exposure condition to generate first image data;
a second generation step of performing imaging under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition to generate second image data;
an image composition step of generating composite image data with an expanded dynamic range, based on the first image data and the second image data; and
an image file generation step of generating an image file in which the first image data, the second image data, the composite image data, and position information data on positions of pixels obtained by mutually adding pixels for interpolation in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data when the composite image data is generated in the image composition step, are recorded in association with one another.
8. The recording method of claim 7 , further comprising:
a recording step of storing the image file generated on a removable memory card recording medium.
9. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the image file further includes shooting information and a thumbnail image.
10. The recording method of claim 7 wherein the position information is stored for a subset of all of the pixel positions in the first and second image data.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with an executable program stored thereon, the program instructing an imaging device comprising an imaging unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, to perform:
a first generation step of performing imaging under a first exposure condition to generate first image data;
a second generation step of performing imaging under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition to generate second image data;
an image composition step of generating composite image data with an expanded dynamic range, based on the first image data and the second image data; and
an image file generation step of generating an image file in which the first image data, the second image data, the composite image data, and position information data on positions of pixels obtained by mutually adding pixels for interpolation in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data when the composite image data is generated in the image composition step, are recorded in association with one another.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 11 , wherein the program further instructs the imaging device to perform:
a recording step of storing the image file generated on a removable memory card recording medium.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 11 wherein the image file further includes shooting information and a thumbnail image.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 11 wherein the position information is stored for a subset of all of the pixel positions in the first and second image data.