IP Library Granted Patent US 8,081,240
Granted Patent B2
US 8,081,240 · App. 12/399,381 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Imaging apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,081,240
App. No.
12/399,381
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus is provided with an imager for fetching an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal, a detector for detecting an image blurring amount based on blurring included in the image signal, an image blurring corrector for performing an image-blurring correcting process on the image signal based on the image blurring amount so as to produce a corrected image signal, a first display controller for causing the displayer to display an image based on the image signal, a second display controller for causing a displayer to display an image based on the corrected image signal, and a switcher for switching an image display by the first display controller and an image display by the second display controller.

Claims (40)

1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

an imager which takes an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal;

a detector which detects an image blurring amount based on blurring included in the image signal;

an image blurring corrector which performs an image-blurring correcting process on the image signal based on the image blurring amount so as to produce a corrected image signal;

a first display controller which causes a displayer to display an image based on the image signal;

a second display controller which causes said displayer to display an image based on the corrected image signal; and

a switcher which switches an image display by said first display controller and an image display by said second display controller and said imaging apparatus further comprising:

a determiner which determines whether or not the image blurring amount exceeds a threshold value; and

an image-blurring correction prohibiter which prohibits the image-blurring correcting process when it is determined in said determiner that the image blurring amount exceeds the threshold value.

2. An imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a third display controller which causes said displayer to display a warning indicating prohibition of the image-blurring correcting process by said image-blurring correction prohibiter.

3. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

an imager which takes an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal;

a detector which detects an image blurring amount based on blurring included in the image signal;

an image blurring corrector which performs an image-blurring correcting process on the image signal based on the image blurring amount so as to produce a corrected image signal;

a first display controller which causes a displayer to display an image based on the image signal;

a second display controller which causes said displayer to display an image based on the corrected image signal; and

a switcher which switches an image display by said first display controller and an image display by said second display controller and said imaging apparatus further comprising:

a recorder which records a plurality of still images, the image signal being corresponding to one frame of the still image; and

a selector which selectively selects one still image from among the plurality of still images, wherein said image-blurring corrector performs the image blurring correction on the still image selected by said selector.

4. An imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein selection by said selector is performed by operating said operation key based on a selection screen display, and display of a warning signal by said third display controller to said displayer is ended after a predetermined time from a start of the display of the warning signal, and the selection display screen is displayed in the displayer.

5. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

an imager which takes an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal;

a detector which detects an image blurring amount based on blurring included in the image signal;

an image blurring corrector which performs an image-blurring correcting process on the image signal based on the image blurring amount so as to produce a corrected image signal;

a first display controller which causes a displayer to display an image based on the image signal;

a second display controller which causes said displayer to display an image based on the corrected image signal; and

a switcher which switches an image display by said first display controller and an image display by said second display controller and said imaging apparatus further comprising:

a fourth display controller which causes said displayer to display a first magnified image obtained by performing a magnifying process on the image signal so that a predetermined portion of an image based on the image signal is magnified by a predetermined magnification factor; and

a fifth display controller which causes said displayer to display a second magnified image obtained by performing a magnifying process on the corrected image signal so that a portion corresponding to the predetermined portion within an image based on the corrected image signal is magnified by the predetermined magnification factor.

6. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

an imager which takes an optical image of an object so as to produce an image signal;

a detector which detects an image blurring amount based on blurring included in the image signal;

an image blurring corrector which performs an image-blurring correcting process on the image signal based on the image blurring amount so as to produce a corrected image signal;

a first display controller which causes a displayer to display an image based on the image signal;

a second display controller which causes said displayer to display an image based on the corrected image signal; and

a switcher which switches an image display by said first display controller and an image display by said second display controller and said imaging apparatus further comprising:

a memory which records an image based on the image signal;

a first recording controller which overwrites and records the image based on the corrected image signal over the image based on the image signal recorded in said memory;

a second recording controller which records the image based on the corrected image signal in said memory; and

a selector which selects said first recording controller and said second recording controller.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT PATENT NUMBER 13/446,454, AND REPLACE WITH 13/466,454 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032467 FRAME 0095. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032601/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032467/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2009
From: HATA, KAZUAKI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022414/0249 →