Imaging device and method for correcting shake of captured image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10863092-B2
Application number	US-201816486377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Feb 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Shogo
• Tabei Kenji

Classifications

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• H04N23/6815

  by distinguishing pan or tilt from motion · CPC title

• H04N23/66

  Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices · CPC title

• H04N23/695

  Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects · CPC title

• H04N23/683 Primary

  performed by a processor, e.g. controlling the readout of an image memory · CPC title