Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100007763 | Image Shooting Device - An image shooting device has: an image sensing portion that, through repeated shooting, acquires a series of input images having a plurality of input images formed in chronological order; a face detection portion that, based on the image data of the series of input images, detects a human face from each input image and outputs position information representing the position of a detected face on the image; a priority face choice portion that chooses a priority face from one or more faces detected by the face detection portion; an identification portion that, based on the position information of the faces detected by the face detection portion, searches for the priority face in each input image to detect the priority face as distinguished from any other face; and a re-choice portion that, when the priority face is detected by the identification portion from a first input image acquired after choice of the priority face but the priority face is not detected by the identification portion from a second input image acquired after the first input image, retains retained information including position information of the priority face on the first input image, and then executes, using the retained information, re-choice processing to re-choose the priority face. In the re-choice processing, based on the retained information and position information of a face on a third input image acquired after the second input image, the re-choice portion searches, within the third input image, for a face to be re-chosen as a priority face anew under a condition different from the condition under which the identification portion searched for the priority face. | 01-14-2010 |
20100033579 | Image Shooting Device And Image Playback Device - An image shooting device includes: an image sensing device that, by sequential shooting, outputs a signal representing a series of shot images; a tracking processing portion that, based on the output signal of the image sensing device, sequentially detects the position of a tracking target on the series of shot images and thereby tracks the tracking target on the series of shot images; a clipping processing portion that, for each shot image, based on the detected position, sets a clipping region in the shot image and extracts the image within the clipping region as a clipped image or outputs clipping information indicating the position and extent of the clipping region; and a tracking evaluation portion that, based on the output signal of the image sensing device, evaluates the degree of reliability or ease of tracking by the tracking processing portion. The clipping processing portion varies the extent of the clipping region in accordance with the evaluated degree. | 02-11-2010 |
20100074557 | Image Processing Device And Electronic Appliance - An image processing device has: a main subject detector that detects the position of a main subject in an input image; a clipping region setter that determines a clipping region including the position of the main subject detected by the main subject detector; and a clipper that generates a clipped image by cutting out the clipping region from the input image. The clipping region setter determines the clipping region such that the position of the main subject detected by the main subject detector coincides with a predetermined position in the clipping region. | 03-25-2010 |
20100157105 | Image Sensing Apparatus - A clipping processing portion is provided with: a main subject detection portion which detects the location of a main subject from an input image; a clip region setting portion which sets the clip region that is a region including the main subject; and a clipping portion which clips an image of the clip region from the input image to produce a clipped image. There is further provided a zoom control portion which controls the optical zoom magnification of the image sensing portion based on the clip region set by a clip region setting portion, and the optical zoom magnification is controlled such that the input image has an appropriate angle of view. | 06-24-2010 |
20100260379 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Sensing Apparatus - A tracking process portion includes a search area setting portion for setting a search area in the input image, an image analysis portion for analyzing an image in the search area, an auxiliary track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis, a track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis and deciding whether the set track value is correct or not, and a track target detection portion for detecting a track object from the image in the search area based on the track value. If the set track value is incorrect, the track value setting portion performs a switching operation for setting the auxiliary track value and a track value. | 10-14-2010 |
20120027393 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An electronic equipment includes a digital focus portion that adjusts an in-focus state of a target image by image processing, and a unit adjustment amount setting portion that sets a unit adjustment amount in adjustment of the in-focus state based on distance information of the target image. | 02-02-2012 |
20120194707 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a target image generating portion that generates a target image by photography using optical zoom and digital zoom, and an output image generating portion that generates an output image by performing image processing on the target image. An entire image region of the target image includes a first image region and a second image region having a focus degree lower than that of the first image region. The image processing includes a blurring process for blurring an image in the second image region of the target image, and the output image generating portion performs the blurring process in accordance with a magnification of the digital zoom. | 08-02-2012 |
20130121534 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Sensing Apparatus - A tracking process portion includes a search area setting portion for setting a search area in the input image, an image analysis portion for analyzing an image in the search area, an auxiliary track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis, a track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis and deciding whether the set track value is correct or not, and a track target detection portion for detecting a track object from the image in the search area based on the track value. If the set track value is incorrect, the track value setting portion performs a switching operation for setting the auxiliary track value and a track value. | 05-16-2013 |