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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus by which an image without deterioration due to "blur", with high definition and high resolution is obtained when a photographed image is acquired by synthesizing a plurality of images which are continuously picked up and an imaging method, etc. thereof. SOLUTION: In the case of photography, photography at fast shutter speed to the extent where the "blur" resulting from handshake, etc. is not generated is continuously performed and the plurality of images picked up are overlapped and synthesized so that positions of a subject in each image are matched. During the photography, when the direction and an amount of displacement of the subject in the image picked up from the beginning of the photography at first exceed a preliminarily assumed tolerance, a correction direction mark 200 indicating the direction of correction opposite to the direction of displacement and simultaneously indicating the amount of displacement by its magnitude, etc. is overlapped to a through image 100 and displayed. Thus, a range of photography is corrected toward a range of photography to the beginning of photography at first and large deviation of the range of photography during a photographic period is prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve expressiveness of eyes in a face image generated by binarization processing.SOLUTION: An imaging device 100 comprises: an image acquisition unit 6a that acquires a processed face image generated by performing binarization processing on an original image with a predetermined threshold; an iris-and-pupil specifying unit 6d that specifies an iris-and-pupil area in the acquired processed face image; an image erasing unit 6h that erases a catchlight area in the specified iris-and-pupil area; and an image drawing unit 6i that draws a catchlight image in the iris-and-pupil area where the catchlight area is erased.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately generate a character image schematically representing an object from the view point of user satisfaction.SOLUTION: An imaging device 100 comprises: a constitution part image extraction section 6c for extracting a plurality of feature parts of an object within an original image; a portrait image generation section 6e for generating a character image schematically representing the object on the basis of the extracted feature parts; a constitution part image specification section 6d for specifying a prescribed number of feature parts used for the generation of a character image from among the plurality of extracted feature parts using at least any one of the application purpose of the character image, the object characteristics and the relationship between the object and a user as a reference; and a generation control section 6f for generating a character image on the basis of the prescribed number of specified feature parts.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make control for recording image data by using image recognition more appropriate.SOLUTION: An image processing device 1 includes a stillness determination unit 71 for determining stillness of the image processing device 1 on the basis of motion vectors of image data; and an image variation detection unit 72 for detecting variation in image data successively inputted. When the stillness determination unit 71 determines that the image processing device 1 stands still, the image variation detection unit 72 detects variation in image data. If it detects the variation in image data, data of a captured image is stored. Accordingly, in a state in which the image processing device 1 stands still and thus it is appropriate to determine imaging timing by an automatic recording function, the device 1 can perform image recognition for recording the image data by the automatic recording function. Thus, the device 1 can accurately determine the variation in image data to make control for recording the image data by using the image recognition more appropriate.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a moving image of a movement desired by a user in a simple way.SOLUTION: A server 3 includes: an image acquisition part 306a that acquires a static image; a control point setting part 306b that sets a plurality of control points of movements at positions that respectively correspond to a plurality of movable points in the acquired static image; a movement designation part 306c that designates one of a plurality of pieces of movement information M stored in a storage portion 305; and an image generation part 306d that moves the plurality of control points on the basis of the movements of the plurality of movable points of the designated movement information, generates a plurality of frame images obtained by deforming the static image in accordance with the movements of the control points, and generates a moving image from the generated plurality of frame images.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow easy recognition of change of a processing process according to the imaging timing and the number of images to be taken of a moving object in continuous imaging of the moving object.SOLUTION: An imaging apparatus 100 is provided with: a moving trajectory specification part 8b which specifies an assumed moving trajectory of the moving object in the display area of a display part 11 on the basis of predetermined input operation of an operation input part 7 by a user; and a display control part 10 which, before the continuous imaging of the moving object, causes the display part to display a process indication image which indicates a process until a predetermined time within a required time from the start to the completion of the continuous imaging processing regulated by the imaging timing and the number of images to be taken of the moving object, in a form corresponding to a moving trajectory specified by the moving trajectory specification part.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a photograph having a blurred background without using a special imaging unit even when an imaging lens has a small diameter. SOLUTION: Through processes of steps 207 to 221, imaging are performed in a state wherein acceleration is equal to or larger than a first specified value and equal to or less than a second specified value to acquire a plurality of image data differing in imaging positions. Then the featured portion of a specified subject image included in the plurality of image data is extracted. Then the plurality of image data are synthesized using the featured portion of the specified subject image as a reference to obtain synthesized image data. The synthesized image data is an image equivalent to a photographed image having a shallow depth of field such that only the specified object image is clearly photographed and the other portions are blurred. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect camera shake and image blurring with high accuracy, and to record an image in a state where there is no camera shake or image blurring. SOLUTION: First, a rough degree of image blurring is decided by using a global motion vector. After it is decided that the image blurring is converged to some extent, the degree of image blurring is decided in more detail, by using a difference value between image frames. Then, when it is decided that there is no image blurring, recording photography is performed. As a result, photography is surely performed with a timing without camera shake or image blurring. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a composite image with high quality to obtain sufficient composite images. SOLUTION: An image pickup device is provided with an image composition part 134 for operating the projection transformation of the pixels of images to be synthesized into the coordinate system of a composition reference image by using a projection transformation matrix H when it is decided that the reliability of the projection transformation matrix H is high by an H decision part 133 of a video signal processing part 13, and synthesizing the images to be synthesized with the composition reference image by shifting the pixels of the images to be synthesized according to the composition reference image and the deviation value of the mutual low resolution images of the images to be synthesized calculated by global matching when it is decided that the reliability of the projection transformation matrix H is not high. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image composition apparatus, and an image composition method and program for obtaining a sharp image without distortion as a composition result by using only images suitable for composition among a plurality of images obtained by consecutive shots. SOLUTION: The image composition method includes: a step B11 of calculating a coordinate conversion formula between a first reference image and a second image to be overlapped on the first image in the case of sequentially overlapping the images obtained by the consecutive shots and combining them; steps B12 to B22 of calculating a distortion amount when a coordinate of a characteristic point on the first image is converted into the coordinate system of the second image; a step B24 of discriminating that the second image is suitable for the composition when the distortion amount is within a threshold value and performing the composition processing by using the coordinate conversion formula; and a step B23 of discriminating that the second image is improper to the composition and aborting the second image when the distortion amount exceeds the threshold value. Thus, the image composition method uses only the images suitable for the composition and the sharp image without distortion can be obtained as the composition result. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT