Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348208300 | Differentiating unintentional from purposeful camera movement (pan, tilt) | 15 |
20090251547 | Unintentional Hand Movement Canceling Device and Imaging Apparatus - Provided is an unintentional hand movement canceling device, comprising: swing detecting means detecting a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating means generating a correction quantity to calculate a correction position based on a swing quantity detected by the swing detection means, a damping coefficient of a swing quantity for controlling a characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a swing frequency and a damping center for controlling a centering velocity at which a correction position is caused to move to an initial position before correction, the correction quantity having a variable characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a frequency of the swing and a variable centering velocity at which a correction position is caused to move to an initial position before correction, wherein the correction quantity generating means includes means updating the damping center based on a preset damping coefficient of the damping center. | 10-08-2009 |
20110149094 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING TILT AND/OR PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device. | 06-23-2011 |
20110249130 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager repeatedly outputs an image representing a scene captured by an imaging surface. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition by referring to any one of a plurality of adjustment references including a specific adjustment reference suitable for a dynamic scene. A permitter permits the referring by the adjuster to the specific adjustment reference when a movement of the image outputted from the imager satisfies a first condition and a luminance of the image outputted from the imager satisfies a second condition. A restrictor restricts the referring by the adjuster to the specific adjustment reference when at least one of the first condition and the second condition is not satisfied. | 10-13-2011 |
20140125824 | CAMERA DRIVE DEVICE - A camera driving apparatus includes a camera section including an imaging plane; a movable unit having the camera section built therein, having an attracting magnet therein, and having a convex partial spherical surface along an outer surface thereof; a fixed unit having a magnetic member therein and having a recess loosely fitted with the movable unit, wherein a magnetic attracting force of the attracting magnet with respect to the magnetic member puts the convex partial spherical surface of the movable unit into point or line contact with the recess and thus the movable unit is freely rotatable around a sphere center of the first convex partial spherical surface; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a first detector for detecting a tilt angle of the camera section in the panning and tilting directions with respect to the fixed unit; and a second detector for detecting a rotation angle of the camera section in the rolling direction. The second detector is provided in the vicinity of the sphere center of the first convex partial spherical surface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140152859 | Image Capture Device Having Tilt And/Or Perspective Correction - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device. | 06-05-2014 |
20140184835 | IMAGING DEVICE - A first heat radiation unit is formed on one surface of the imaging unit in a vertical direction. A second heat radiation unit is formed on the other surface of the imaging unit in the vertical direction. A third heat radiation unit is formed on a surface opposite to an imaging direction of the imaging unit. A first heat transfer unit transfers heat of a first heat source of the imaging unit to the first heat radiation unit and the third heat radiation unit. A second heat transfer unit transfers heat of a second heat source of the imaging unit, which has a higher maximum allowable temperature than the first heating unit, to the second heat radiation unit. A heat insulation unit suppresses heat transfer between the first and the second heat radiation units and between the third and the second heat radiation units. | 07-03-2014 |
20140267806 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO CONTENT - Various aspects of a device and a method for processing video content may comprise one or more processors. The one or more processors may determine, in run-time, a first set of pixel sensors of one or more image sensors that capture a first video content when the device is in a first orientation relative to a reference orientation. The one or more processors may determine a change in orientation of the device from the first orientation to a second orientation relative to the reference orientation. The second orientation is different from the first orientation. The one or more processors may determine, in run-time, a second set of pixel sensors of the one or more image sensors that capture a second video content when the device is in the second orientation. An orientation of the captured second video content is same as an orientation of the captured first video content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267807 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capture apparatus includes an image pickup device, a first image stabilization unit which optically corrects an image blur by driving part of the optical system, a second image stabilization unit which electronically corrects the image blur by controlling the image readout position of the image pickup device, a shake detection unit which detects a shake of the image capture apparatus, a correction amount calculation unit which calculates an image stabilization amount based on the detected shake signal, and a division unit which divides a first image stabilization amount of a predetermined frequency band into a second image stabilization amount for correcting the image blur by the first image stabilization unit and a third image stabilization amount for correcting the image blur by the second image stabilization unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140320680 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image capturing apparatus comprises a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake, an image stabilization unit configured to correct the shake of an image, panning detection unit configured to detect based on a detection result of the shake detection unit whether a panning operation is being executed, a speed setting unit configured to set a target speed of the panning operation, a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount of the image stabilization unit based on the target speed set by the speed setting unit and a speed of the shake detected by the shake detection unit, and control unit configured to control a movement of the image stabilization unit based on the correction amount calculated by the calculation unit when the panning detection unit detects that the panning operation is being executed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140354833 | CAMERA DRIVE DEVICE - A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a camera section with an imaging plane; a movable unit which houses the camera section inside and includes an attracting magnet and a convex partial sphere on its outer surface; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which a magnetic body and the movable unit are loosely fit, which brings the convex partial sphere of the movable unit into a point or line contact with the depressed portion under magnetic attractive force of the attracting magnet to the magnetic body, and which allows the movable unit to rotate freely on the spherical centroid of the first convex partial sphere; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a camera driving section which shifts an image sensor two-dimensionally in a plane that intersects with the optical axis at right angles and which rotates the image sensor on the optical axis; a first detector which detects the tilt angles of the camera section in the panning and tilting directions; a second detector which detects the angle of rotation of the camera section that is rotating in the rolling direction; and a third detector which detects the magnitudes of shift of the image sensor along the panning rotation axis and the tilting rotation axis. | 12-04-2014 |
20150103191 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DETECTING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus and a detecting apparatus are provided. The imaging apparatus includes the following elements: an imaging part for imaging the light condensed by an optical system and for generating image data; a first sensor for detecting a first angular velocity, i.e. an angular velocity around a first axis, which is substantially parallel to the optical axis of the optical system; a second sensor for detecting a second angular velocity, i.e. an angular velocity around a second axis, which is substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane when the apparatus is placed on the horizontal plane; a third sensor for detecting an angle of rotation around a third axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the plane formed by the first axis and the second axis; and a processor for processing information about the first angular velocity, based on information about the second angular velocity and information about the angle. | 04-16-2015 |
20150358551 | Image Capture Device Having Tilt And/Or Perspective Correction - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device. | 12-10-2015 |
20160006938 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a display, processing circuitry and display circuitry. The processing circuitry produces, by using first images of a first range photographed by the camera, a second image of the first range, a second quality of the second image higher than first qualities of the first images. The display circuitry displays simultaneously both a view image of the camera on a first area of a screen of the display and a transition image being produced by the processing circuitry during producing the second image, a quality of the transition image changing between the first qualities and the second quality. | 01-07-2016 |
20160150159 | FRONT-PIVOT, MOTORIZED PAN-TILT CAMERA - Various embodiments provide for a front-pivot, pan-tilt-zoom camera designed to fit into an opening formed in a chain-link fence to enable video recording and photography of activities through the narrow opening in the fence. In some embodiments, the camera can be mounted to the chain-link fence and allow remote operation of the motorized pan and tilt control as well as zoom, focus, exposure and other common camera features. The pan and tilt mechanism pivots the imaging device in the camera around an axis of rotation in front of the imaging device which allows the field of view of the imaging device to be changed while remaining inserted into the fence opening. | 05-26-2016 |
20160165138 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus comprises: a first detection unit configured to detect a panning amount of the image capturing apparatus; a second detection unit configured to detect a moving amount of a subject; and a control unit configured to perform control to display information which is related to a difference between the panning amount of the image capturing apparatus detected by the first detection unit in the exposure duration and the moving amount of the subject detected by the second detection unit before a start of the exposure, on a display unit in an exposure duration. | 06-09-2016 |