Imaging apparatus and imaging method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016112640-A1
Application number	US-201514739074-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
an imager configured to output image data for a subject; a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus; and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.

2 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imager is configured to output the image data in line units.

3 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the imager comprises a complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensor.

4 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motion detector comprises at least one among an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyroscope.

5 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motion detector is configured to continuously detect the motion, and
the controller is configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to determining that the motion is equal to or larger than a value, and further configured to output the image data in response to determining that the motion is less than the value.

6 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an image processor configured to process the output image data.

7 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the output image data for a plurality of images in response to the imager outputting the image data.

8 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to set ranks for a plurality of images based on the detected motion corresponding to the output image data for the plurality of images in response to the imager outputting the image data.

9 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the set ranks.

10 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the output image data in response to the imager outputting the image data of a number of images.

11 . An imaging apparatus comprising
an imager configured to output image data for a subject; a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus; and a controller configured to exclude an image from image synthesis of the output image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.

12 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the imager comprises a charge-coupled device sensor.

13 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the imager is configured to output the image data in frame units.

14 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the motion detector comprises at least one among an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyroscope.

15 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising an imaging processor configured to process the output image data.

16 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the output image data for a plurality of images in response to the imager outputting the image data.

17 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to set ranks for a plurality of images based on the detected motion corresponding to the output image data for the plurality of images in response to the imager outputting the image data.

18 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the set ranks.

19 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processor to generate an image based on the output image data in response to the imager outputting the image data of a number of images.

20 . The imaging apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a number of motion data to be detected by the motion detector, based on imaging environment conditions.

21 . An imaging method of an imaging apparatus, the imaging method comprising:
outputting image data for a subject; detecting motion of the imaging apparatus; and suspending output of the image data in response to the detecting of the motion.

22 . The imaging method of claim 21 , further comprising:
outputting the image data in response to determining that the motion is less than a value, wherein the suspending the output of the image data comprises suspending output of the image data in response to determining that the motion is equal to or larger than the value.

23 . The imaging method of claim 21 , further comprising:
determining whether a number of images of the output image data is greater than or equal to a value; and processing the output image data in response to the determining that the number of images is greater than or equal to the value, to generate an image.

24 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to output image data; a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus; a controller configured to select the output image data while the motion detector detects an absence of motion of the imaging apparatus; and an image processor configured to synthesize an unblurred image based on the selected image data.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasan Muhammad Kamrul
• Guo Kai
• Kim Nak-Hoon

Classifications

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N25/42

  by switching between different modes of operation using different resolutions or aspect ratios, e.g. switching between interlaced and non-interlaced mode · CPC title

• H04N23/684

  performed by controlling the image sensor readout, e.g. by controlling the integration time · CPC title

• H04N23/73

  by influencing the exposure time · CPC title

• H04N23/6812 Primary

  based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors · CPC title