IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
An imaging device of the present invention comprises: an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; and a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
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27 Claims
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15. An imaging device comprising:
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an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism; and a scene designation unit that (i) includes an extraction subunit operable to extract, from the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, an environmental sound feature amount indicating the imaging environment, (ii) stores therein model information pieces that each define various types of sound features, each of the types of sound features having a predetermined relationship with a corresponding one of imaging scenes, and (iii) is operable to designate one of the imaging scenes, with reference to the model information pieces and based on the environmental sound feature amount extracted by the extraction subunit, wherein the setting unit (i) stores therein correspondence information that associates each of the imaging scenes with one or more setting values, and (ii) selects and sets one or more setting values associated by the correspondence information with the imaging scene designated by the scene designation unit as the one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23)
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20. The imaging device of claim 173 further comprising
a correction unit that (i) stores therein information for associating each model information piece with processing for correcting the one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism, (ii) designates one or more of the model information pieces each of whose likelihoods is greater than a predetermined value, and (iii) executes the processing associated with the designated one or more of the model information pieces.
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24. An integrated circuit comprising:
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a sound acquisition circuit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; a setting circuit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition circuit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling image capturing; and a scene designation circuit that (i) includes an extraction sub-circuit operable to extract, from the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition circuit, an environmental sound feature amount indicating the imaging environment, (ii) stores model information pieces that each define various types of sound features, each of the types of sound features having a predetermined relationship with a corresponding one of imaging scenes, and (iii) is operable to designate one of the imaging scenes, with reference to the model information pieces and based on the environmental sound feature amount extracted by the extraction sub-circuit, wherein the setting circuit (i) stores correspondence information that associates each of the imaging scenes with one or more setting values, and (ii) selects and sets one or more setting values associated by the correspondence information with the imaging scene designated by the scene designation circuit as the one or more setting values for controlling the image capturing.
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25. An imaging method used by an imaging device that includes an imaging mechanism, the imaging method comprising:
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a sound acquisition step of acquiring sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; a setting step of, based on the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, selecting and setting one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism; and a scene designation step that includes an extraction sub-step of extracting, from the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, an environmental sound feature amount indicating the imaging environment, the scene designation step also being a step of (i) storing model information pieces that each define various types of sound features, each of the types of sound features having a predetermined relationship with a corresponding one of imaging scenes, and (iii) designating one of the imaging scenes, with reference to the model information pieces and based on the environmental sound feature amount extracted in the extraction sub-step, wherein the setting step (i) stores correspondence information that associates each of the imaging scenes with one or more setting values, and (ii) selects and sets one or more setting values associated by the correspondence information with the imaging scene designated in the scene designation step as the one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
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26. A program that causes a processor of an imaging device including an imaging mechanism to perform imaging processing, the imaging processing comprising:
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a sound acquisition step of acquiring sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; a setting step of, based on the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, selecting and setting one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism; and a scene designation step that includes an extraction sub-step of extracting, from the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, an environmental sound feature amount indicating the imaging environment, the scene designation step also being a step of (i) storing model information pieces that each define various types of sound features, each of the types of sound features having a predetermined relationship with a corresponding one of imaging scenes, and (iii) designating one of the imaging scenes, with reference to the model information pieces and based on the environmental sound feature amount extracted in the extraction sub-step, wherein the setting step (i) stores correspondence information that associates each of the imaging scenes with one or more setting values, and (ii) selects and sets one or more setting values associated by the correspondence information with the imaging scene designated in the scene designation step as the one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
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27. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that causes a computer of an imaging device including an imaging mechanism to perform imaging processing, the imaging processing comprising:
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a sound acquisition step of acquiring sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; a setting step of, based on the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, selecting and setting one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism; and a scene designation step that includes an extraction sub-step of extracting, from the sound data acquired in the sound acquisition step, an environmental sound feature amount indicating the imaging environment, the scene designation step also being a step of (i) storing model information pieces that each define various types of sound features, each of the types of sound features having a predetermined relationship with a corresponding one of imaging scenes, and (iii) designating one of the imaging scenes, with reference to the model information pieces and based on the environmental sound feature amount extracted in the extraction sub-step, wherein the setting step (i) stores correspondence information that associates each of the imaging scenes with one or more setting values, and (ii) selects and sets one or more setting values associated by the correspondence information with the imaging scene designated in the scene designation step as the one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.
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