Method for correcting an acquired image
View Patent ↗A method of correcting an image obtained by an image acquisition device includes obtaining successive measurements, G n , of device movement during exposure of each row of an image. An integration range, idx, is selected in proportion to an exposure time, t e , for each row of the image. Accumulated measurements, C n , of device movement for each row of an image are averaged across the integration range to provide successive filtered measurements, G , of device movement during exposure of each row of an image. The image is corrected for device movement using the filtered measurements G .
1. A method of correcting an image obtained by an image acquisition device including:
obtaining successive measurements, G n , of device movement during exposure of each row of an image;
selecting an integration range, idx, in proportion to an exposure time, t e , for each row of the image,
averaging accumulated measurements, C n , of device movement for each row of an image across said integration range to provide successive filtered measurements, G , of device movement during exposure of each row of an image, and
correcting said image for device movement using said filtered measurements G .
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said integration range, idx, is calculated dependent on a sampling frequency F for said measurements of device movement and said exposure time t e as follows: idx=F*t e .
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein said averaging comprises calculating said filtered measurements G as follows: G =(C n −C n−idx )/idx where C n is an accumulated value corresponding to measurement G n and C n−idx is an accumulated value corresponding to measurement G n−idx at the start of said integration range.
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said measurements of device movement comprise any of: gyroscope, accelerometer or magnetometer measurements.
5. A method according to claim 1 wherein said image comprises a still image or an image within a sequence of images.
6. A method according to claim 1 wherein said rows of said image are acquired during successive exposure times, t I , said measurements of device movement corresponding to respective exposure times.