A control device controls an image capturing device installed in a wearable device. A display device is capable of communicating with the control device. The control device is configured to: cause the display device to display a plurality of candidate images corresponding to images of a subject captured with different exposure conditions; detect a selection of one of the candidate images; and cause the image capturing device to capture an image of the subject with an exposure condition corresponding to the one of the candidate images as selected.

Disclosed is an electronic device which a camera, a memory, and a processor that is operatively connected with the camera and the memory. The processor performs photographing on an external object multiple times depending on a second exposure time shorter than a specified first exposure time by using the camera, obtains a first image set including a plurality of first images depending on the multiple photographing, composes the first image set to generate a second image, identifies a specific area around at least one light source corresponding to a light source included in the second image, and generates a third image where an image effect associated with the light source is added to the specific area, by using the second image. Moreover, various embodiment found through the present disclosure are possible.

Disclosed is an electronic device which a camera, a memory, and a processor that is operatively connected with the camera and the memory. The processor performs photographing on an external object multiple times depending on a second exposure time shorter than a specified first exposure time by using the camera, obtains a first image set including a plurality of first images depending on the multiple photographing, composes the first image set to generate a second image, identifies a specific area around at least one light source corresponding to a light source included in the second image, and generates a third image where an image effect associated with the light source is added to the specific area, by using the second image. Moreover, various embodiment found through the present disclosure are possible.

Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.

Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.

An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images having different depths of field for an object; a designation unit configured to instruct a user to designate an area of the object; a presentation unit configured to present at least two candidate images from the plurality of images based on the depths of field and an object distance of the area; and a selection unit configured to instruct the user to select an image from the candidate images.

An image processing apparatus that generates a combined image by performing gamma processing and combination processing for a plurality of images obtained by capturing images of the same image capturing-target scene under different exposure conditions and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire adjustment parameters that adjust gamma characteristics applied to the gamma processing in accordance with a dynamic range of the image capturing-target scene; a gamma processing unit configured to perform the gamma processing to which adjustment parameters acquired by the acquisition unit have been applied for the plurality of images; and a combination unit configured to generate the combined image by performing the combination processing for the plurality of images for which the gamma processing has been performed by the gamma processing unit.

A control device of an imaging apparatus that images a subject through a stop, includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to: derive a first exposure value based on captured first image data; drive the stop based on the first exposure value; derive a second exposure value based on second image data captured during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value; and change, during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value, the driving of the stop to the driving of the stop based on the second exposure value.

A control device of an imaging apparatus that images a subject through a stop, includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to: derive a first exposure value based on captured first image data; drive the stop based on the first exposure value; derive a second exposure value based on second image data captured during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value; and change, during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value, the driving of the stop to the driving of the stop based on the second exposure value.

The present disclosure relates to a image data generating method and device. The device may be configured to obtain a plurality of frames of images of a scene including at least one object, each of the plurality of frames of images is associated with a character distance of a plurality of character distances of the electronic device. For each of the plurality of frames of images, device may determine a target image area, wherein the target image area is an image area on which an object in the scene is sharply focused; and set a focus area in the target image area. Finally, the device may generate an all-focused image by combining the plurality of frames of images, wherein each of the at least one object is sharply focused.