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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image recording method capable of stably running an automatic recording process. SOLUTION: An image recording method includes: an initial setting step of generating a predetermined number of retrieval points in a certain area of an image; a filtering step of updating the coordinates of a plurality of retrieval points using random numbers, comparing the feature quantity of the certain area with the feature quantity of the updated retrieval points in the image, giving weight in a way that it increases as similarity increases, filtering the retrieval points based on the weight, calculating distribution of the coordinates of the filtered retrieval points, and calculating a weighted average of the coordinates of the filtered retrieval points; and an image recording determining step of determining whether to record an image based on the distribution of the filtered retrieval points, the weighted average of the coordinates of the filtered retrieval points, and a tracking range, and recording the image when determination is made to record the image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,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 the state where there is no camera shake or image blurring. SOLUTION: At first, a rough degree of image blurring is determined by using a global motion vector. After it is determined that the image blurring is converged to some extent, the degree of image blurring is determined more in details, by using a difference value between image frames. Then, when it is determined that there is no image blurring, photographic recording is performed. As a result, photography is surely performed in timing without camera shake or image blurring. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus (12) for detecting feature points in inputted images (10, 11) comprising an optical flow detection section (13). The optical flow detection section (13) serves as: a full feature point detection section for detecting as a full feature point a point whose pixel value changes significantly when in whatever direction the pixel is moved; and a semi feature point detection section for detecting as a semi feature point a point whose pixel value hardly changes when the pixel is moved in a certain direction of the image but the pixel value changes significantly when the pixel is moved in other directions. This enables extracting feature points evenly from all portions of the image and enhancing accuracy in alignment when images are synthesized.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display, etc., with excelling operability which can provide a proper display screen, even if an imaging apparatus is placed at an optional position and correctly reflect the position of an image picked-up spot (auxiliary light) in the display screen. SOLUTION: An image input part 2 which picks up the image of the display screen picks up an image of the display screen of a display part 3 and generates image data and supplies it to a data processing apparatus 1. Of an image represented by the image data, the data processor 1 extracts the position corresponding to a part in the display screen of the display part 3 that spot light emitted by a light-emitting part 4 impinges on and specifies which position in the display screen the position is through coordinate transformation. Then, the display part 3 displays the spot at a predetermined position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately estimate the movement parameter of a moving body, and to appropriately detect the position of a ball as a result. SOLUTION: A digital camera 100 comprises: an imaging part 1 used according to the kind of sports for continuously picking up images including the ball moving at a high speed and outputting two or a plurality of image information; and a CPU 71 for calculating an evaluation value relating to the certainty of the presence of the ball at the prescribed position of the image on the basis of each image information outputted from the imaging part 1, estimating that the ball moves according to a prescribed movement parameter, integrating the plurality of evaluation values, calculating an integrated evaluation value, and estimating the moving parameter of the ball on the basis of the integrated evaluation value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the accuracy of positioning in the case of image composition by extracting feature points without bias from any part in an image. SOLUTION: This image processor (12) for detecting characteristic points in input images (10, 11) is provided with an optical flow detecting part (13), and the optical flow detecting part (13) functions as a full characteristic point detection means for detecting points where the change of pixel values is large even when it is moved to any direction along the pixel array face of the image as full characteristic points, and a half-characteristic point detection means for detecting points where the change of pixel values is hardly generated even when it is moved to a certain direction along the pixel array face of the image, and the change of pixel values is large when it is moved to another direction as half-characteristic points. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program capable of outputting a compressed image desired by user, independently of the state of a composite image. SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus 1 includes imaging means 11 to 15 for imaging a plurality of images with different exposures; a positional change extract means 20 for extracting a positional change in an image of an object from images imaged by the imaging means 11 to 15; an image composite means 20 for composing the images to generate a composite image; image storage means 25, 26 for storing the composite image composed by the image composite means 20; an initial compression means 20 for compressing the composite image composed by the image composite means 20 on the basis of a preset initial parameter; a display means 16 for displaying the compressed image compressed by the initial compression means 20; a parameter setting entry means 17 for applying setting entry to the setting parameter used for compressing the compressed image; and a setting compression means 20 for compressing the composite image stored in the image storage means 25, 26 on the basis of the setting parameter set and entered by the parameter setting entry means 17. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a spot selected on the basis of a touch operation by an object such as a finger to be easily recognized visually.SOLUTION: An information processing device 1 comprises: a line drawing unit 45; a scroll presence/absence determining unit 46; and a display controlling unit 41. The line drawing unit 45 draws a line on a processing object image displayed on a display unit 17. The scroll presence/absence determining unit 46 determines whether or not a prescribed condition is satisfied while the line is drawn by the line drawing unit 45. Then, the display controlling unit 41 scrolls and displays the processing object image by moving a position where the line is drawn by the line drawing unit 45 when the scroll presence/absence determining unit 46 determines that the prescribed condition is satisfied or immediately before that, to a prescribed position.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image capturing device preventing automatic photographing from being erroneously performed, and also to provide a program thereof. SOLUTION: When it is determined that a shutter key 8 is fully pressed down in a step S7, differential values between adjacent pixels included in an auto shutter area about each of five frame images to be later acquired are acquired (S10), and differences of the differential values of respective frame images are acquired as an evaluation value (S13). Then, it is determined whether the highest evaluation value among the acquired evaluation values is equal to or higher than a prescribed value (S17), a warning message is displayed when it is equal to or higher than the prescribed value (S18), and a threshold (allowable range) for an automatic photographing trigger corresponding to the highest evaluation value is set when it is less than the prescribed value (S19). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a probability of wrongly associating a feature-point. SOLUTION: An image pickup device 100 comprises a video signal processing part 13 including: extracting a plurality of feature-points from any one reference image out of a plurality of images under control of a CPU71; a processing of tracking the extracted feature-point within the object images; calculating a temporary-projective-conversion-matrix H' between the reference image and the object image by using the predetermined number of feature-points out of the plurality of extracted feature-points; and setting the temporary-corresponding-point within the object image with feature-points other than the predetermined number of feature-points coordinate-converted by use of calculated temporary-projective-conversion-matrix H' as an initial position for tracking the feature-point. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT