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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189058 | Digital camera with integrated accelerometers A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital cameral system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8169488 | Digital camera for performing exposure during rotation to produce a panoramic image A digital camera includes an imager. An optical image of an object scene is irradiated onto an imaging surface of the imager. When the digital camera is rotated, a CPU starts measuring processing for repetitively measuring a rotation angle, and suppresses a change d... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8134603 | Method and system for digital image stabilization The present invention relates to a method and system for a digital image stabilization intended to remove unwanted camera movement or jitter, both translational and rotational jitter. The system comprises the following means: 1) a motion estimation stage (10)... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8102429 | Digital camera with integrated accelerometers A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital camera system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102428 | Content-aware video stabilization In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a source video sequence; determining a stabilized camera path to which the source video sequence is to be stabilized; and generating a stabilized video sequence, wherein each frame of the stabilized video sequence is g... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8035690 | Apparatus and method for estimating motion due to hand trembling and image pickup device using the same A motion estimation apparatus and method for estimating a global motion vector of an image due to hand trembling by using zoom information and focus information are provided. The motion estimation method includes: dividing a photographed image into a plurality of im... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7973821 | Method for controlling masking block in monitoring camera A method for controlling a masking block in a monitoring camera. The method adjusts the masking block to precisely hide an image of a subject with its position and size changed when a zoom magnification is changed under a state where the masking block is set. In add... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973820 | Motion detector and image capture device, interchangeable lens and camera system including the motion detector The blurring caused by a tiny tremor movement is eliminated, which almost perfectly without being affected by intentional camera movement by distinguishing the unintentional tremor movement from other movements (or disturbances). A motion detector includes: a motion... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7697033 | Imaging apparatus having image blur suppression function An imaging apparatus, including an image pick up device capable of moving in a transverse direction to a photographing optical axis, a drive circuit configured to prevent an image on the image pick up device from blurring or reduce the image blur by moving the image... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7633525 | Unintentional hand movement canceling device and imaging apparatus Provided is an unintentional hand movement canceling device, comprising: swing detecting means detecting a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating means generating a correction quantity to calculate a correction position based on a swing quantity det... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623153 | Unintentional hand movement canceling device and imaging apparatus Provided is an unintentional hand movement canceling device, comprising: swing detecting means detecting a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating means generating a correction quantity to calculate a correction position based on a swing quantity det... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7548256 | Image processing scheme A method for processing an image sequence captured using an image capture device, wherein a captured sequence to be stabilized by estimating motion of the device, abstracting data from the image sequence, stabilizing the image sequence in response to the estimated m... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7508415 | Method for controlling masking block in monitoring camera A method for controlling a masking block in a monitoring camera. The method adjusts the masking block to precisely hide an image of a subject with its position and size changed when a zoom magnification is changed under a state where the masking block is set. In add... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502050 | Unintentional hand movement canceling device Provided is an unintentional hand movement canceling device including: a zoom detection means detecting a value corresponding to a zoom magnification; a swing detection means detecting a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating means generating a corr... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7483055 | Image deflection correction apparatus The present invention provides an image deflection correction apparatus that can securely detect that the pan/tilt operation is ended, and securely switch to a proper mode of image deflection correction. In the case where the mode of image deflection correction is c... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7391929 | Masking tool According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of masking comprises an operation of selecting a masking tool based on operations performed on a digital camera by a user. The masking tool is positioned over a masked portion of an image and an effect is applie... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7355631 | Camera shake correction device and imaging apparatus having the same The present invention provides a camera shake correction device enabled to quickly correct a camera shake. This device has a sensor for detecting movement of a camera, a high-pass filter, an amplifier, an A/D converter, a camera-shake/pan/tilt detection unit, and a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339612 | Vibration isolating device, method, and system for correcting image blur in a camera A vibration isolator determines a speed of a vibration applied to a camera with a vibration speed sensor, and differentiates and integrates the speed, and corrects the integrated value to zero when the differentiated value is zero, and determines the position of the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7292270 | Image blurring correction apparatus When the camera is performing the pan or tilt operation on performing image blurring correction, the image blurring correction is stopped and a vibration-proof lens is returned to a reference position at a speed that is changed according to a focal length of the zoo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7250966 | Method and device for determining a displacement of images in an image sequence A device and a method for determining a displacement of images in an image sequence, which are specially used to compensate for a camera movement. A plurality of image regions of the images is available for determining the displacement, each image region being provi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7212231 | Photographing apparatus having variable image blur correction control characteristics for still photography and motion picture photography A photographing apparatus capable of photographing still pictures and motion pictures has an image stabilizing feature arranged so as to achieve an appropriate image stabilization characteristic in response to a photography start switch which is turned on and off, a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7154539 | Image pickup device for still and motion images A photoelectric sensor outputs a signal by a first signal read mode and a second signal read mode. In the first signal read mode, the sensor outputs the pixel signals accumulated in the plural while subsampling the pixel signals for every one line. In the second sig... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133067 | Instrument and method for digital image stabilization The invention relates to a high-precision digital image stabilization of an image recording with a CCD sensor utilized in a moving or flying carrier. For the digital image stabilization, the movements of the carrier are detected with the aid of an inertial sensor an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7079707 | System and method for horizon correction within images The present invention includes a system and method for the correction of user induced inadvertent orientation errors in captured digital images before the digital image is saved to a storage media or memory. A system of the present invention checks a user-selectable... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064777 | Blur correction aparatus, control apparatus to be used in a blur correction apparatus, image taking apparatus, control method to be used in these apparatuses and computer program product to be used with these apparatuses Apparatuses are provided such as a blur correction apparatus for limiting operation of a blur correction in accordance with the size of a vibration detected by a vibration detection means, a time period for the taking of an image and the frequency of the vibration; ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7013025 | Image correction apparatus The nature of the target image to be corrected is identified in regard to whether it is a still image or a moving image, and where it is a moving image, correction is performed with regard to the entire image, and where it is a still image, the image is divided into... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6982746 | Apparatus and method for correcting shake by controlling sampling timing of shake signal There is disclosed a shake prevention apparatus for compensating for a disturbance in an image resulting from a camera shake. A shake of a camera main body is measured by a gyro sensor. Upon sampling the output signal from the sensor by an A/D converter, a sampling ... | 01/03/2006 |
| RE38896 | Apparatus and method for rotating the display orientation of a captured image The apparatus of the present invention preferably comprises an image sensor, an orientation sensor, a memory and a processing unit. The image sensor is used for generating captured image data. The orientation sensor is coupled to the image sensor, and is used for ge... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965397 | Measuring camera attitude A system is disclosed for using camera attitude sensors with a camera. A camera assembly includes a tripod base, a tripod head interface mounted on the tripod base, a tripod head mounted on the tripod head interface and a camera mounted on the tripod head. The tripo... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6781622 | Apparatus for correction based upon detecting a camera shaking An apparatus for detecting a deviation of a camera as a result of a shaking. The apparatus includes a shaking detector which detects a deviation of the camera from shaking based upon an output of at least two pairs of acceleration sensors which are located on differ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6628711 | Method and apparatus for compensating for jitter in a digital video image Apparatus (10) for compensating for jitter in a digital image forming part of a video sequence of such digital images includes a first motion estimation unit (13) having an input for receiving sensed image data and an output for providing a first pluralit... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6597817 | Orientation detection for digital cameras This patent describes a print roll for use in an instant camera device, the print roll having a ink return tray for collecting excess waste ink from the printing process. The return tray can comprises a sponge-like strip affixed to a leaf portion of the p... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6233009 | Image-shake correcting device for detecting vibration frequency and for changing vibration characteristics An image-shake correcting device includes a vibration sensor for detecting a vibration of an apparatus, a correcting member for correcting a movement of an image due to a vibration, a first controlling circuit for controlling the correcting member on the ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6208377 | Image-shake correcting device for detecting vibration frequency and for changing vibration characteristics An image-shake correcting device includes a vibration sensor for detecting a vibration of an apparatus, a correcting member for correcting a movement of an image due to a vibration, a first controlling circuit for controlling the correcting member on the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6198504 | Image sensing apparatus with a moving image mode and a still image mode A moving image mode for sensing a moving image or a still image mode for sensing a still image is designated by a mode designation unit of an image sensing apparatus, and image signals of all pixels of a non-interlace scanning type image sensing device ar... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5986698 | Image sensing apparatus with a moving image mode and a still image mode A moving image mode for sensing a moving image or a still image mode for sensing a still image is designated by a mode designation unit of an image sensing apparatus, and image signals of all pixels of a non-interlace scanning type image sensing device ar... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5959666 | Hand deviation correction apparatus and video camera A hand deviation correction device for correcting hand deviation components of an image. The hand deviation correction device includes a deflection detection unit for detecting the state of deflection, a deflection state discriminating unit for discrimina... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5909242 | Video camera with electronic picture stabilizer A video camera (10) includes a microcomputer (26) which determines whether each of detection areas defined within an image field (44) is valid or invalid. If there is a valid detection area, luminance addition data and color addition data are evaluated by... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5842054 | Shake discrimination and image stabilizer A shake discriminator comprising a first shake detection means disposed in a camera system to shoot a subject and serving to detect a shake of the camera system; a second shake detection means disposed in the camera system and serving to detect a shake of... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5805212 | Vibration correcting apparatus controlling the gain of the control circuit A vibration correcting device comprising a movement sensor for detecting vibration, a vibration correcting system for correcting the vibration, a control circuit for controlling the vibration correcting system according to the output of the movement senso... | 09/08/1998 |
