Photographing system and photographing method
First Claim
1. A photographing system comprising:
- a calculation unit which calculates a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element;
a database which stores plural types of reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at a time of determining a composition;
a retrieval unit which retrieves reference feature information from the database having a feature quantity similar to the calculated feature quantity of the acquired image by comparing the feature quantity calculated in the calculation unit and the reference feature information stored in the database; and
a report unit which reports information relating to composition on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated feature quantity and the reference feature information retrieved by the retrieval unit.
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Abstract
In a scene recognition photographing device of the present invention, a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element is calculated from the acquired image. Plural types of reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at the time of determining a composition are stored as a database in an internal memory or a storage device. Moreover, a camera control unit retrieves reference feature information having a feature quantity similar to the feature quantity of the acquired image from among the reference feature information by comparing the calculated feature quantity and the reference feature information. Then, information relating to composition is displayed on a display device on the basis of a result of comparison between the acquired image and the retrieved reference feature information.
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22 Claims
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1. A photographing system comprising:
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a calculation unit which calculates a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element; a database which stores plural types of reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at a time of determining a composition; a retrieval unit which retrieves reference feature information from the database having a feature quantity similar to the calculated feature quantity of the acquired image by comparing the feature quantity calculated in the calculation unit and the reference feature information stored in the database; and a report unit which reports information relating to composition on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated feature quantity and the reference feature information retrieved by the retrieval unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A photographing system comprising:
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a calculation unit which calculates a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element; a database which stores plural types of reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at a time of determining a composition; a retrieval unit which retrieves reference feature information from the database having a feature quantity similar to the calculated feature quantity of the acquired image by comparing the feature quantity calculated in the calculation unit and the reference feature information stored in the database; and a direction control unit which controls a direction of a photographing device on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated feature quantity and the reference feature information retrieved by the retrieval unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A photographing method for assisting in composing a scene, comprising:
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a first step of calculating a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element; a second step of retrieving reference feature information from a database having a feature quantity similar to the calculated feature quantity of the acquired image by comparing the calculated feature quantity and reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at a time of determining a composition, which are stored in the database; and a third step of reporting information relating to composition on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated feature quantity and the retrieved reference feature information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A photographing method for assisting in composing scene, comprising:
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a first step of calculating a feature quantity of an acquired image acquired from an image pickup element; a second step of retrieving reference feature information from a database having a feature quantity similar to the calculated feature quantity of the acquired image by comparing the calculated feature quantity and reference feature information having a feature quantity serving as a reference at a time of determining a composition, which are stored in the database; and a third step of controlling a direction of a photographing device on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated feature quantity and the retrieved reference feature information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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