IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
First Claim
1. An image reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a signal reproducing unit that reproduces an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate;
a reproduction control information generating unit that generates reproduction control information using a motion detection result obtained by performing motion detection using the image signal output from the signal reproducing unit;
a signal processing unit that converts an image rate of the image signal output from the signal reproducing unit into the preset image rate; and
a control unit that controls the image rate of the image signal supplied from the signal reproducing unit to the signal processing unit on the basis of the reproduction control information to reduce a reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion indicated by the motion detection result.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus, an image reproducing method, an image capturing apparatus, and a control method therefor. In the present invention, in order to reproduce an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate, an image signal to be reproduced is supplied to a signal processing unit that converts an image signal into the preset image rate, and the image rate of this image signal to be reproduced is controlled on the basis of reproduction control information generated using a motion detection result of the captured image to reduce the reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected. An image signal of a slow motion reproduction image is output.
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1. An image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a signal reproducing unit that reproduces an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate; a reproduction control information generating unit that generates reproduction control information using a motion detection result obtained by performing motion detection using the image signal output from the signal reproducing unit; a signal processing unit that converts an image rate of the image signal output from the signal reproducing unit into the preset image rate; and a control unit that controls the image rate of the image signal supplied from the signal reproducing unit to the signal processing unit on the basis of the reproduction control information to reduce a reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion indicated by the motion detection result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An image reproducing method comprising:
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a signal reproducing step of reproducing an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate; a reproduction control information generating step of generating reproduction control information using a motion detection result obtained by performing motion detection using an image signal to be reproduced in the signal reproducing step; a signal processing step of converting an image rate of the image signal reproduced in the signal reproducing step into the preset image rate; and a reproduction controlling step of controlling the image rate of the image signal reproduced in the signal reproducing step unit, which is used in the signal processing step, on the basis of the reproduction control information to thereby reduce a reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected in the motion detection.
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7. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
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an image capturing unit that generates an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate; a reproduction control information generating unit that generates, using a motion detection result obtained by performing motion detection using the image signal generated by the image capturing unit, reproduction control information for reducing a reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected in the motion detection during reproduction of the image signal; and an output unit that outputs the reproduction control information in correspondence with the image signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A control method for an image capturing apparatus, comprising:
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an image capturing step of generating an image signal of a captured image that is generated by performing image capture at an image rate higher than a preset image rate; a reproduction control information generating step of generating, using a motion detection result obtained by performing motion detection using the image signal generated in the image capturing step, reproduction control information for reducing a reproduction speed of the captured image in accordance with an increase in motion detected in the motion detection during reproduction of the image signal; and an output step of outputting the reproduction control information in correspondence with the image signal.
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