IP Library Granted Patent US 7,760,997
Granted Patent B2
US 7,760,997 · App. 11/734,301 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Shake detection device, shake detection method, and shake detection program

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,760,997
App. No.
11/734,301
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shake detection device detecting a camera shake amount generated when photographing a subject includes a detection sensor detecting a rotation speed around a predetermined axis of the camera, a first image shift amount calculation unit driving the detection sensor to detect the rotation speed and, for an image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a first image shift amount as an image shift amount in a first direction based on the rotation speed, a second image shift amount calculation unit performing a predetermined image analysis on the image of the subject photographed by the camera and, for the image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a second image shift amount as an image shift amount in a second direction based on the analysis result, and a shake amount estimation unit estimating the camera shake amount using the first and second image shift amounts.

Claims (25)

1. A shake detection device that detects a shake amount of a camera to be generated when photographing a subject, the shake detection device comprising:

a detection sensor that detects a rotation speed around a predetermined axis of the camera;

a first image shift amount calculation unit that drives the detection sensor to detect the rotation speed and, for an image of the subject to be photographed by the camera, calculates a first image shift amount as an image shift amount in a first direction on the basis of the rotation speed;

a second image shift amount calculation unit that performs a predetermined image analysis on the image of the subject photographed by the camera and, for the image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculates a second image shift amount as an image shift amount in a second direction on the basis of the analysis result;

a shake amount estimation unit that estimates the shake amount of the camera using the first image shift amount and the second image shift amount; and

an image shift amount recording unit that records the second image shift amount calculated by the second image shift amount calculation unit each time the subject is photographed,

wherein the shake amount estimation unit estimates the shake amount of the camera using an image shift amount, which is calculated through a predetermined method from a plurality of second image shift amounts recorded by the image shift amount recording unit, as the second image shift amount.

2. The shake detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first direction and the second direction in the photographed image are set to cross each other at right angles.

3. The shake detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a photographing condition correction unit that corrects a photographing condition of the camera according to the shake amount estimated by the shake amount estimation unit.

4. The shake detection device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies the corrected photographing condition.

5. A shake detection method that detects a shake amount of a camera to be generated when photographing a subject, the shake detection method comprising:

driving a detection sensor for detecting a rotation speed around a predetermined axis of the camera to detect the rotation speed and, for an image of the subject to be photographed by the camera, calculating a first image shift amount as an image shift amount in a first direction on the basis of the rotation speed;

performing a predetermined image analysis on the image of the subject photographed by the camera and, for the image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a second image shift amount as an image shift amount in a second direction on the basis of the analysis result;

recording the second image shift amount each time the subject is photographed;

estimating a further image shift amount from a plurality of the recorded second image shift amounts using a predetermined method; and

estimating the shake amount of the camera using the first image shift amount and the further image shift amount.

6. A tangible computer readable medium storing a computer program executable on a processor, the computer program detecting a shake amount of a camera to be generated when photographing a subject, the computer program comprising:

driving a detection sensor for detecting a rotation speed around a predetermined axis of the camera to detect the rotation speed and, for an image of the subject to be photographed by the camera, calculating a first image shift amount as an image shift amount in a first direction on the basis of the rotation speed;

performing a predetermined image analysis on the image of the subject photographed by the camera and, for the image of the subject photographed by the camera, calculating a second image shift amount as an image shift amount in a second direction on the basis of the analysis result;

recording the second image shift amount each time the subject is photographed;

estimating a further image shift amount from a plurality of the recorded second image shift amounts using a predetermined method; and

estimating the shake amount of the camera using the first image shift amount and the further image shift amount.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046464/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2007
From: SANO, MEGUMI; NOMURA, KAZUO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019150/0713 →