IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD
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Abstract
In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (2) captures the image of an object and sequentially acquires image data associated with the image capturing, a model data memory (6) stores model data associated with the first feature quantity calculated from a feature point of the object in a model image, a principal object detection unit (3) calculates the second feature quantity from a feature point of the object in the acquired image data, a state change estimation unit (4) estimates, on the basis of the second feature quantity and the model data, the timing when the object satisfies a predetermined condition, and an image input processing control unit (7) stores the image data corresponding to the estimated timing in an image recording unit (5). This configuration makes the image capturing apparatus acquire an image in a more proper state without large-capacity memory.
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28 Claims
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1-13. -13. (canceled)
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14. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
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an image capturing unit adapted to capture an image of an object and acquire image data; a holding control unit adapted to simultaneously acquire first image data and second image data from said image capturing unit, have a first data holding unit temporarily hold said first image data, and have a second holding unit temporarily hold said second image data; an analysis unit adapted to analyze a state of the object by using the second image data; and a recording control unit adapted to control successively recording the second image data on a recording medium, and control whether to record the first image data on the recording medium on the basis of an analysis result by said analysis unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An image capturing method comprising:
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an image capturing step of capturing an image of an object to acquire image data; a data holding step of simultaneously acquiring first image data and second image data in the image capturing step, temporarily holding the first image data in a first data holding unit, and temporarily holding the second image data in a second data holding unit; an analysis step of analyzing a state of the object by using the second image data; and a recording control step of controlling to successively record the second image data on the recording medium, and control whether to record the first image data on the recording medium on the basis of an analysis result in the analysis step. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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27. (canceled)
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