MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20070260985A1
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takaku, Masahiko, UTAGAWA, Yuka
• Granted Patent: US 7,916,184 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/721
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A moving image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit adapted to acquire moving image data captured with an image capturing unit and image capturing information of the image capturing unit associated with each image frame constituting the moving image data; and an addition unit adapted to add marker information for performing display control of a marker display to the moving image data, in association with an image frame that has been designated from the moving image data.

Claims

1. A moving image processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquisition unit adapted to acquire moving image data captured with an image capturing unit and image capturing information of the image capturing unit associated with each image frame constituting the moving image data; and

an addition unit adapted to add marker information for performing display control of a marker display to the moving image data, in association with an image frame that has been designated from the moving image data.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reproduction unit adapted to reproduce a moving image in which the marker display is performed based on the moving image data and the image capturing information and the marker information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing information includes information related to any of the rotation angle, the angle of view, and the image capturing time of the image capturing unit, and

the marker information includes information related to any of the rotation angle and the angle of view of the image capturing unit when the position of the marker display was designated.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the size of the image frame that has been designated is changed, the reproduction unit performs display with the size of the marker display changed based on the image capturing information.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the reproduction unit changes the size of the marker display based on the angle of view information included in the image capturing information.

6. A moving image processing method, comprising:

an acquisition step of acquiring moving image data captured with an image capturing unit and image capturing information of the image capturing unit associated with each image frame constituting the moving image data; and

an addition step of adding marker information for performing display control of a marker display to the moving image data, in association with an image frame that has been designated from the moving image data.

7. A computer program which is stored in a computer-readable medium and causes a computer to execute each step recited in a moving image processing method according to claim 6.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program according to claim 7.