Granted Patent B2

US 8,436,919 · App. 12/868,267 · Granted May 7, 2013

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A photographing method using a photographing apparatus, the photographing method comprising:

generating a plurality of still images regarding an object;

obtaining state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at time points corresponding to the plurality of still images, respectively;

synthesizing the plurality of still images into an image based on the state information; and

generating and storing a moving image regarding the object,

wherein the moving image includes the plurality of still images, and

wherein the synthesized image is configured as an index for the moving image.

2. The photographing method of claim 1 , wherein the generating comprises generating the plurality of still images by capturing the plurality of still images regarding the object at at least one of a predetermined time interval, a predetermined space interval, a predetermined time, and a time when the object reaches a predetermined space.

3. The photographing method of claim 1 , wherein the synthesized image comprises a moving path of the object.

4. The photographing method of claim 1 ,

wherein the generating the plurality of still images comprises capturing the plurality of still images regarding the object from the moving image regarding the object.

5. The photographing method of claim 1 , wherein the state information comprises at least one of pan angle information, tilt angle information and zoom ratio information about the photographing apparatus.

6. The photographing method of claim 1 , wherein the synthesizing comprises converting an arbitrary point of a first still image among the plurality of still images into a point for a coordinate system of a second still image among the plurality of still images, and

wherein the first still image and the second still image are synthesized by overlapping the arbitrary point of the first still image and the point to which the arbitrary point has been converted for the coordinate system of the second still image.

7. The photographing method of claim 6 , wherein the converting comprises converting the arbitrary point in the first still image to the point for the coordinate system of the second still image by applying to the arbitrary point at least one of a pan angle variation, a tilt angle variation, and a zoom ratio variation between the first still image and the second still image based on state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at the time of capturing the first still image and state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at the time of capturing the second still image.

8. The photographing method of claim 1 , wherein the synthesized image is a panorama image.

9. A photographing apparatus comprising:

an image processing unit which captures a plurality of still images regarding an object, obtains state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at time points corresponding to the plurality of still images, respectively, and synthesizes the plurality of still images into an image based on the state information,

wherein the image processing unit generates a moving image regarding the object and stores the moving image at a storing unit, and

wherein the synthesized image is configured as an index for the moving image.

10. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the image processing unit generates the plurality of still images by capturing the plurality of still images regarding the object at at least one of a predetermined time interval, a predetermined space interval, a predetermined time, and a time when the object reaches a predetermined space.

11. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the synthesized image comprises a moving path of the object.

12. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the image processing unit generates the moving image regarding the object, and captures the plurality of still images regarding the object from the moving image regarding the object.

13. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the state information comprises at least one of pan angle information, tilt angle information and zoom ratio information about the photographing apparatus.

14. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the image processing unit converts an arbitrary point of a first still image among the plurality of still images into a point for a coordinate system of a second still image among the plurality of still images, and synthesizes the first still image and the second still image by overlapping the arbitrary point of the first still image and the point to which the arbitrary point has been converted for the coordinate system of the second still image.

15. The photographing apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the image processing unit calculates the point for the coordinate system of the second still image by applying to the arbitrary point at least one of a pan angle variation, a tilt angle variation, and a zoom ratio variation between the first still image and the second still image based on state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at the time of capturing the first still image and state information about a state of the photographing apparatus at the time of capturing the second still image.

16. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the synthesized image is a panorama image.

17. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the synthesized image comprises time information about points-in-time at which the plurality of still images are captured, respectively.

18. The photographing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the photographing apparatus is a pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera.

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