APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE STABILIZATION USING OBJECT TRACKING AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. Apparatus for digital image stabilization comprising:
- an image signal processing unit operative to output a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition;
a compensating unit operative to;
compensate for motion in a plurality of comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image by tracking an object in an object tracking image where the object tracking image is either a binary image or a reverse binary image, whichever has more objects, of a respective comparative second digital image, andgenerate a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping the motion-compensated images with the reference image; and
an image property correcting unit operative to correct a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image.
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Abstract
Apparatus for digital image stabilization using object tracking includes an image signal processing unit that outputs a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition. The apparatus also includes a shaky hand compensating unit that compensates for motion in comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image by tracking an object in either a binary image or a reverse binary image of a respective second digital image that has the most objects (i.e., in the binary or reverse image). The compensating unit then generates a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping the motion-compensated images with the reference image. The apparatus further includes an image property correcting unit that corrects a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image.
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1. Apparatus for digital image stabilization comprising:
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an image signal processing unit operative to output a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition; a compensating unit operative to; compensate for motion in a plurality of comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image by tracking an object in an object tracking image where the object tracking image is either a binary image or a reverse binary image, whichever has more objects, of a respective comparative second digital image, and generate a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping the motion-compensated images with the reference image; and an image property correcting unit operative to correct a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for digital image stabilization comprising:
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receiving a first digital image obtained under a first exposure value condition and a plurality of second digital images obtained under a second exposure value condition; selecting an object tracking image where the object tracking image is an image having the most objects among a binary image and a reverse binary image of one of the plurality of second digital images; compensating for motion of comparative second digital images relative to a reference second digital image by tracking an object in the object tracking image; generating a shaky hand compensated image by overlapping the motion-compensated comparative images with the reference image; and correcting a property of the shaky hand compensated image based on a property of the first digital image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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