DYNAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND WIDE-ANGLE DYNAMIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE

• US 20090303351A1
• Filed: 04/24/2007
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OPT Corporation
• Original Assignee: OPT Corporation
• Inventors: Ogawa, Tatsuro
• Application Number:
  US12/299,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20090303351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.600
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/68 for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/681 Motion detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/683 performed by a processor, e.g. controlling the readout of an image memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• 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 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

At least an embodiment enables displaying of a video image of a desired subject or a direction without a need for a camera operator to pay a special attention to the desired subject or the direction. The video displaying method may include cutting out a portion of a still image imaged by the wide-angle lens and producing a display data for a first display image, specifying a changed amount of an imaging angle from the imaging timing for the previously cut-out still image to the imaging timing for the still image to be cut-out, cutting out a second or later still image imaged by the wide-angle lens as well as shifting the cut-out region for the second or later still image so as to cancel the specified change amount of the imaging angle, forming a display data for the second or later display images.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a video comprising:

cutting out a portion of a first still image imaged by a wide-angle lens and producing a display data for a first display image base on the portion of the first still image;

specifying a changed amount in a imaging angle from the imaging timing for a previously cut-out still image to the imaging timing for the first still image whose portion is being cut-out, before cutting out a second or later still image imaged by the wide-angle lens;

and producing a display data for a second or later display image by cutting out a portion of the second or later still image as well as shifting a cut-out region of the second or later still image from that of the first still image so as to cancel the changed amount in the specified imaging angle.

2. A method for displaying a video comprising:

cutting out a portion of a first still image imaged by the wide-angle lens and producing a display data for a first display image capturing a desired subject;

specifying a changed amount in a imaging angle from the imaging timing for a previously cut-out still image to the imaging timing for the first still image whose portion is being cut-out, and a changed amount in a relative angle between the imaging position of the previously cut-out still image and the first still image whose portion is being cut-out with respect to the position of the subject, before cutting out a second or later still image imaged by the wide-angle lens; and

producing a display data for a second or later display image by cutting out a portion of the second or later still image as well as shifting a cut-out region of the second or later still image from that of the first still image so as to cancel the changed amounts in the specified imaging angle and the relative angle.

3. A video displaying system comprising:

a memory unit structured to store a plurality of saved still image formed with adding angle information specifying an imaging angle or a changed amount of the imaging angle, to each of still image data imaged continuously by the wide-angle lens;

a cut-out displayed image producing unit structured to cut out a portion of the saved still image stored by the memory unit in the order of imaging and produces a display data for a plurality of display images; and

a display unit structured to displays a plurality of display images in order based on a plurality of display data produced by the cut-out displayed image producing unit, wherein

the cut-out displayed image producing unit is structured to cut out a portion of the still image by shifting a cut-out region of the still image so as to cancel the changed amount of the imaging angles between the still image whose portion is to be cut-out and the previously cut-out still image during cutting out a second or later still image, and the changed amount of the imaging angles is specified based on the change in the imaging angles between the saved still image data whose portion is to be cut-out and the previously cut-out saved still image data and angle information indicating the changed amount.

4. A video displaying system comprising:

angle information that specifies an imaging angle or a changed amount of the imaging angle added to each of plurality of still image data continuously imaged by using a wide angle lens;

a memory unit structured to store a plurality of saved still image data each of which includes the imaged position and imaged position information indicating the amount of a positional change;

a cut-out displayed image producing unit structured to cut out a portion of an image of the saved still image data stored by the memory unit in the order and produces a display data for a plurality of display images displaying a predetermined subject; and

a display unit structured to display a plurality of display images in order based on a plurality of display data produced by the cut-out displayed image producing unit, wherein

the cut-out displayed image producing unit is structured to cut out a portion of the still image as well as shifts a cut-out region of the still image so as to cancel a changed amount of imaging angles between the still image data whose portion is to be cut-out and the previously cut-out still image data and a changed amount of a relative angle of the position of imaging the previously cut-out still image and the position of the still image whose portion is to be cut-out with respect to a subject to be imaged, during cutting out a second or later still image, wherein

the changed amount of the imaging angles is specified based on angle information indicating the imaging angles and the changed amount, which are added to the saved still image data whose portion is to be cut-out and the previously cut-out saved still image data, and the changed amount of the relative angle is specified based on imaged position information indicating the imaged position and the changed amount, which are added to the saved still image data whose portion is to be cut-out and the previously cut-out saved still image data.

5. The video displaying system according to claim 4 further comprising:

a imaging path display instruction unit structured to instruct the display unit to display a screen on which a plurality of imaging positions of the saved still image data stored in the memory unit are mapped, and

a subject position specifying unit structured to specify a subject position based on the plurality of imaging positions mapped onto and displayed on the display unit, wherein the cut-out displayed image producing unit specifies the changed amount of the relative angle with respect to the subject based on the subject position specified by the subject position specifying unit.

6. The video displaying system according to claim 4 further comprising:

a imaging path display instruction unit structured to instruct the display unit to display a screen on which imaging positions of a plurality of the saved still image data stored in the memory unit are mapped;

a subject position specifying unit structured to specify the subject position based on the specified positions on the map displayed on the display unit, wherein

the cut-out displayed image producing unit is structured to specify the change amount in the relative angle with respect to the subject based on the subject position specified by the subject position specifying unit.

7. A wide-angle video imaging device comprising:

a wide-angle lens;

an imaging unit structured to produce shot still image data associated with a rectangular image including a circular image imaged by the wide-angle lens;

an adding unit structured to produce a saved still image data by adding angle information indicating an imaging angle or a changed amount of the imaging angle to the shot still image data imaged by the imaging unit or a compressed still image data compressed based on the shot still image data; and

a memory unit structured to store a plurality of the saved still image data produced by the adding unit.

8. The wide-angle video imaging device according to the claim 7 further comprising an attitude change detecting unit structured to detect a change in the attitude thereof, wherein the adding unit is structured to add the changed amount in the attitude detected by the attitude change detecting unit as angle information.

9. A wide-angle video imaging device comprising:

a wide-angle lens;

an imaging unit structured to produce a shot still image data associated with a rectangular image including a circular image imaged by the wide-angle lens;

angle information that indicates an imaging angle or a changed amount of the imaging angle added to an shot still image data imaged by the imaging unit or a compressed still image data compressed based on the shot still image data, and

an adding unit structured to produce a saved still image data by adding imaged position information indicating an imaged position or an amount of a positional change to the saved still image data; and

a memory unit structured to store a plurality of the saved still image data produced by the adding unit.

10. The wide-angle video imaging device according to claim 9 further comprising:

an attitude detecting unit structured to detect a change in the attitude thereof, and

a position detecting unit structured to detect a position thereof, wherein the adding unit may add the change amount of the attitude detected by the attitude change detecting unit and the position thereof detected by the position detecting unit as an angle information and imaged position information.

11. The wide-angle video imaging device according to claim 10, wherein the position detecting unit is structured to detect an absolute ground position by receiving radio waves such as satellite radio waves, radio waves from cellular phone base stations, airwaves, or wireless communication radio waves.