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Title:
撮像装置、画像処理装置及び画像処理方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4561919
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus includes a motion amount detecting unit that detects an amount of motion of an object on the basis of an image signal of the object, a type information storage unit that stores a plurality of type information items used for detecting the type of the object, a type detecting unit that detects a type of the object on the basis of the stored type information items and the image signal of the object, a moving distance estimating unit that estimates a distance through which the object moves in an imaging screen on the basis of the detected amount of motion of the object and the object type detected by the type detecting unit, and a ranging area control unit that controls the size of a ranging area on the basis of the estimated distance through which the object moves in the imaging screen.

Inventors:
Sugiura Mamoru
Application Number:
JP2008325883A
Publication Date:
October 13, 2010
Filing Date:
December 22, 2008
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Assignee:
ソニー株式会社
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G02B7/28; G06V10/25; H04N5/225
Domestic Patent References:
JP5328204A
JP3149512A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akira Koike
Seiji Iga
Toshiya Fujii
Nobuhiro Noguchi
Yusei Atsuya