Photographic device

• US 20070132848A1
• Filed: 06/07/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OPT Corporation
• Original Assignee: OPT Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Masayuki, Noboritama, Hidefumi
• Application Number:
  US11/422,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20070132848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/152
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19628 of wide angled cameras and camera groups, e.g. omni-directional cameras, fish eye, single units having multiple cameras achieving a wide angle view
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums

Abstract

A photographic device including: a wide-angle lens; an image processing unit for processing light passed through the wide-angle lens to convert the light into a wide-field picture, directly cutting out a part of the wide-field picture, and for correcting distortion of the part cut out; and recording means capable of recording the picture corrected for distortion by the image processing unit.

Claims

1. A photographic device, comprising:

a wide-angle lens;

an image processing unit for processing light passed through the wide-angle lens to convert the light into a wide-field picture, directly cutting out a part of the wide-field picture, and for correcting distortion of the part cut out; and

recording means capable of recording a picture corrected for distortion by the image processing unit.

2. A photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising a recording control unit for designating the part to be cut out and instructing the recoding means to execute recording,

wherein the recording control unit instructs selection of recording of one or both of the picture corrected for distortion and the wide-field picture.

3. A photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising motion detection means for detecting a state change to generate a detection signal,

wherein the recording means is operated when the detection signal is generated.

4. A photographic device according to claim 2, further comprising motion detection means for detecting a state change to generate a detection signal,

wherein the recording means is operated when the detection signal is generated.

5. A photographic device according to claim 3, wherein at least the picture corrected for distortion and the wide-field picture are recorded when the detection signal is generated.

6. A photographic device according to claim 4, wherein at least the picture corrected for distortion and the wide-field picture are recorded when the detection signal is generated.

7. A photographic device according to claim 5, wherein a picture containing the wide-field picture in a part of the picture corrected for distortion is recorded.

8. A photographic device according to claim 6, wherein a picture containing the wide-field picture in a part of the picture corrected for distortion is recorded.

9. A photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

10. A photographic device according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

11. A photographic device according to claim 3, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

12. A photographic device according to claim 4, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

13. A photographic device according to claim 5, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

14. A photographic device according to claim 6, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

15. A photographic device according to claim 7, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

16. A photographic device according to claim 8, further comprising display means for displaying the picture corrected for distortion,

wherein the picture to be recorded is displayed on the display means.

17. A photographic device according to claim 3, further comprising display means for displaying at least one of the picture corrected for distortion and the wide-field picture,

wherein the display means is configured to switch between a mode of always displaying the picture and a mode of displaying the picture only when the detection signal is generated.

18. A photographic device according to claim 4, further comprising display means for displaying at least one of the picture corrected for distortion and the wide-field picture,

wherein the display means is configured to switch between a mode of always displaying the picture and a mode of displaying the picture only when the detection signal is generated.