IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGE
First Claim
1. An imaging device comprising:
- a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates;
a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit;
a signal generation unit that generates a signal used for specifying a core frame that is to be subjected to a resolution enhancement processing, while the capturing unit captures the notion picture at a first frame rate;
a capturing control unit that controls the capturing unit to capture the motion picture, after the core frame specified by the signal, at a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate;
a reference frame determination unit that determines a frame stored in the buffer at the second frame rate as a reference frame; and
an image processing unit that performs the resolution enhancement processing by converting the core frame into a high-resolution frame by reference to the reference frame determined by the reference frame determination unit.
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Abstract
An imaging device includes: a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates; a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit; a signal generation unit that generates a signal used for specifying a core frame that is to be subjected to a resolution enhancement processing, while the capturing unit captures the motion picture at a first frame rate; a capturing control unit that controls the capturing unit to capture the motion picture, after the core frame specified by the signal, at a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate; a reference frame determination unit that determines a frame stored in the buffering unit at the second frame rate as a reference frame; and an image processing unit that performs the resolution enhancement processing by converting the core frame into a high-resolution frame by reference to the reference frame determined by the reference frame determination unit.
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16 Claims
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1. An imaging device comprising:
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a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates;
a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit;
a signal generation unit that generates a signal used for specifying a core frame that is to be subjected to a resolution enhancement processing, while the capturing unit captures the notion picture at a first frame rate;
a capturing control unit that controls the capturing unit to capture the motion picture, after the core frame specified by the signal, at a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate;
a reference frame determination unit that determines a frame stored in the buffer at the second frame rate as a reference frame; and
an image processing unit that performs the resolution enhancement processing by converting the core frame into a high-resolution frame by reference to the reference frame determined by the reference frame determination unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for capturing image, comprising:
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capturing a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates;
temporary storing the captured motion picture;
generating a signal used for specifying a core frame that is to be subjected to a resolution enhancement processing, while capturing the motion picture at a first frame rate;
controlling the capturing of the motion picture to capture frames, after the core frame specified by the signal, at a second frame rate that is higher than the first frame rate;
determining a frame temporary stored at the second frame rate as a reference frame; and
performing the resolution enhancement processing by converting the core frame into a high-resolution frame by reference to the reference frame. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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