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US 10,863,092 · App. 16/486,377 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Imaging device and method for correcting shake of captured image

Inventors: Shogo Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Tabei (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N5/23267H04N5/23258H04N5/23261H04N7/183H04N5/23203H04N5/23296H04N5/23299
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Patent No.
US 10,863,092
App. No.
16/486,377
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Imaging device has a configuration provided with: a primary correction amount calculator that calculates a primary correction amount for correcting image shake in a current frame image based on a physical shake amount of the imaging device; a secondary correction amount calculator that calculates a secondary correction amount for correcting a search shake amount between the current frame image and a previous frame image which is one frame image before the current frame image; a correction amount selector that selects at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount based on at least one of an imaging condition and the primary correction amount; and an image converter that performs a geometrical conversion with respect to the current frame image based on at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount which is selected by the correction amount selector.

Claims (20)

1. An imaging device for imaging captured images including a plurality of frame images in time series by an imaging element, the device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores an instruction, the imaging device further comprising, as a configuration when the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory:

a primary correction amount calculator that calculates a primary correction amount for correcting image shake in a current frame image based on a physical shake amount of the imaging device;

a secondary correction amount calculator that calculates a secondary correction amount for correcting a search shake amount between the current frame image and a previous frame image which is one frame image before the current frame image, by using a reduced image of the current frame image and a reduced image of the previous frame image;

a correction amount selector that selects at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount based on at least one of an imaging condition and the primary correction amount; and

an image converter that performs a geometrical conversion with respect to the current frame image based on at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount which is selected by the correction amount selector.

2. The imaging device of claim 1 ,

wherein the correction amount selector selects only the primary correction amount when the primary correction amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value.

3. The imaging device of claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging condition includes at least one of on/off states of pan, tilt, and zoom operations, and a brightness of the captured image.

4. The imaging device of claim 3 ,

wherein the correction amount selector selects at least the primary correction amount when the pan, tilt, and zoom operations are off.

5. The imaging device of claim 3 ,

wherein the correction amount selector selects at least the secondary correction amount when the brightness of the captured image is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value.

6. A method of causing a processor to correct shake of captured images including a plurality of frame images acquired in time series by an imaging element, the method comprising, when the processor executes an instruction stored in a memory:

calculating a primary correction amount for correcting image shake in a current frame image based on a physical shake amount of the imaging device;

calculating a secondary correction amount for correcting a search shake amount between the current frame image and a previous frame image which is one frame image before the current frame image, by using a reduced image of the current frame image and a reduced image of the previous frame image;

selecting at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount based on at least one of an imaging condition and the primary correction amount; and

performing a geometrical conversion with respect to the current frame image based on at least one of the primary correction amount and the secondary correction amount which is selected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: TANAKA, SHOGO; TABEI, KENJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051442/0595 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-037327 · Feb 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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