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20080260366 | IMAGE STABILIZATION WITH ADAPTIVE SHUTTER CONTROL - An apparatus to facilitate image stabilization with adaptive shutter control is described. An embodiment of the apparatus includes an image sensor, a movement detector, and a shutter controller. The movement detector is coupled to the image sensor. The shutter controller is coupled to the movement detector. The image sensor is configured to obtain image data. The movement detector is configured to obtain movement measurement information during a shutter period having a predetermined duration. The shutter controller is configured to adjust the shutter period of a shutter based on the movement measurement information. The shutter controls the time the image sensor is responsive to light incident on the image sensor. Embodiments of the apparatus provide a smaller and less costly implementation for image stabilization. | 10-23-2008 |
20080298789 | Control Method, Control Apparatus and Control Program For Photographing Apparatus - The present invention relates to a control method of a photographing apparatus, the photographing apparatus and a control program, which are capable of automatically determining a photographing mode capable of generating a sharper image. If a first exposure time is equal to or shorter than a first threshold value, a control circuit | 12-04-2008 |
20080310830 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE TAKING METHOD - The power consumption is reduced by efficiently using C-AF (continuous autofocus). An angular velocity detection circuit calculates angular velocity based on output from a yaw direction angular velocity sensor and a pitch direction angular velocity sensor. Based on the angular velocity, a shake width detection circuit | 12-18-2008 |
20090060484 | PORTABLE APPARATUS - A portable apparatus, comprising a first detector, a second detector, and a controller, is provided. The portable apparatus has a photographing function. The first detector detects a movement in a first direction. The second detector detects a second direction. The second direction is different from the first direction. The controller switches the running and suspension of a first and second function according to the combination of movements in the first and second directions. The first and second functions are different from each other. | 03-05-2009 |
20100014846 | JIGGLE MEASURING SYSTEM AND JIGGLE MEASURING METHOD - A camera shake measurement system includes a display unit for sequentially displaying a plurality of distinguishable test patterns, a first storage unit for storing as a template each of the plurality of test patterns to be displayed, a second storage unit for storing a composite image produced by photographing at least two test patterns as still images from the plurality of test patterns to be sequentially displayed by a photographing apparatus, and a pattern recognition unit for recognizing images that match each of the templates from the composite image by calling the templates from the first storage unit, calling the composite image from the second storage unit, and moving, for each of the called templates, the template while superposing the template on the composite image. | 01-21-2010 |
20100086290 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of achieving excellent moving image shooting even when strobe popup is not successfully performed during moving image shooting. A camera implementing the image pickup apparatus has a strobe that shifts between a retracted position and a service position. When a motor for operating the camera performs reverse rotation, the strobe is driven to the service position. An MPU instructs the motor to drive the strobe to the service position, and determines, based on a signal from a popup position-detecting switch, whether or not the strobe has been normally driven to the service position. When the strobe has not been normally driven to the service position, the MPU performs error handling. The error handling is carried out differently between a case where moving image shooting is being performed and a case where the moving image shooting is not being performed. | 04-08-2010 |
20100183287 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a mode in which a lens barrel need not be extended, if it is determined that a vibration is larger than a reference value, the lens barrel is driven so as to be retracted to a predetermined position. | 07-22-2010 |
20100232774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING HAND-SHAKE IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a digital image processing apparatus that supports a hand-shake correcting function. The digital image processing apparatus includes: a shutter button operating in two stages that comprises a half-shutter state and a full-shutter state; a first filter filtering shock-waves generated in the half-shutter state when a half-shutter signal is in an ON state; and a second filter filtering shock-waves generated in the full-shutter state when a full-shutter signal is changed from an ON state to an OFF state. | 09-16-2010 |
20110286729 | IDENTIFYING A PHOTOGRAPHER - A method of identifying a photographer includes determining a steadiness signal related to movement of a camera held by a first photographer while capturing an image or video, wherein the steadiness signal identifies the motion of the camera in at least two dimensions as a function of time and storing a set of steadiness signals where each steadiness signal has an associated known photographer. The method further includes using a processor to compare the steadiness signal to the set of steadiness signals to produce a set of similarity scores between the first photographer and each of the known photographers; and using the set of similarity scores to identify the photographer that has captured the image or video. | 11-24-2011 |
20120039588 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT, SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND SHAKE DETECTION DEVICE - The A/D conversion circuit may include A/D conversion units each of which converts input analog signals into digital signals, a switch unit that receives a first and second analog signals among the analog signals, the switch unit alternately switching output destinations of the first and second analog signals input in the same period to the A/D conversion units in each sampling cycle of the A/D conversion units; and an arithmetic unit that performs a differential operation between a result of addition of the digital signals output from the A/D conversion units to which the first analog signal is input and a result of addition of the digital signals output from the A/D conversion units which the second analog signal is input, the arithmetic unit outputting a third digital signal corresponding to a result of the differential operation. | 02-16-2012 |
20120251088 | PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE - This invention provides a photographing module comprising: a supporting frame having a movable element accommodation space, at least one first elastic element accommodation space and at least one first electrically-driven element accommodation space; a movable element having an optical system unit, at least one second electrically-driven element accommodation space and at least one second elastic element accommodation space, the movable element being received by the movable element accommodation space; an electrically-driven element received by the at least one first electrically-driven element accommodation space and the at least one second electrically-driven element accommodation space; an elastic element received by the at least one first elastic element accommodation space and the at least one second elastic element accommodation space, the elastic element being capable of sliding in the at least one second elastic element accommodation space; a vibration sensor disposed at a proper position of the photographing module for detecting a direction and a magnitude of a vibration; and a photo sensor disposed at an image side of the photographing module. | 10-04-2012 |
20130011126 | SHUTTER CONTROL DEVICE - A shutter control device that uses an imaging device provided in a camera body to operate a shutter housed in a lens barrel to perform photography. The shutter control device comprises a communication port and a shutter control unit. The communication port is provided for transmitting and receiving signals between the camera body and the lens barrel. The shutter control unit is provided in the camera body, and outputs a shutter control signal to operate the shutter. The shutter control signal is transmitted to the lens barrel through the communication port. | 01-10-2013 |