Abstract:
According to the present invention, a real-time image stabilization method for imaging system including an image sensor, and a motion sensor capable of generating pitch information and yaw information comprising angle values comprises the steps of: segmenting the entire area of an image into a quadrant and previously setting four or more unit search areas including at least one of the quadrant; receiving an image from the image sensor in every frame; receiving, from the motion sensor, a motion sensor signal including at least pitch information and yaw information in every frame; selecting one of four or more unit search areas as a reduced search area, based on unit motion vector consisting of the vertical components of the pitch information and the horizontal components of the yaw information, in every frame; operating motion vector in the selected reduced search area with respect to an image of a current frame and an image of a previous frame, in every frame; and displacing the image of the current frame in a reverse direction of the motion vector operated in every frame to create an image for which the motion of a camera is compensated. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S31) Segment the entire area of an image into a quadrant and previously set four or more unit search areas including at least one of the quadrant; (S32) Receive image signals from an image sensor; (S33) Receive, from a motion sensor, a motion sensor signal including pitch information and yaw information; (S34) Synchronize the image signals with the pitch information and the yaw information; (S35) Select one of four or more unit search areas as a reduced search area, based on unit motion vector consisting of the vertical components of the pitch information and the horizontal components of the yaw information; (S36) Operate compensated motion vector in the selected reduced search area with respect to an image of a current frame and an image of a previous frame; (S37) Displace and rotate the image according to the operated compensated motion vector
Abstract:
A stereo matching apparatus which generates a displacement map based on stereo images according to embodiments of the present invention comprises: a displacement map calculation unit for generating a full-scale displacement map regarding the stereo images in a predicted search area for a current frame generated from a previous frame; an effective search area calculation unit which sets an object area extracted by comparing a histogram log scale of the full-scale displacement map with a threshold value as an effective search area of the current frame; and an predicted search area calculation unit which generates the predicted search area for the next frame based on at least one linear transformation element extracted among the histograms of the effective search areas of the previous frame and the current frame. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) k=1 or M; (S10) Each receive stereo images of left and right components from a current frame; (S11) k = 1,2 or M?; (S20) Generate a full-scale displacement map and an effective search area by a simple search area method(SSR); (S30) Generate a full-scale displacement map, an effective search area, and a predicted search area in the effective search area; (S40) Generate a full-scale displacement map, an effective search area, and a predicted search area in the predicted search area