Movement vector detecting apparatus
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1. A movement vector detecting apparatus comprising:
- a) movement vector detecting means for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks and for detecting movement vectors in every one of the blocks; and
b) movement vector calculating means for detecting an effective area including effective blocks on the basis of a distribution of the movement vectors of the plurality of blocks and for calculating a representative movement vector in the effective area by(i) calculating and assigning different weighting values for the movement vectors of the effective blocks according to the position of each effective block within the effective area, and(ii) averaging the weighted movement vectors.
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Abstract
A movement vector detecting apparatus comprising: a movement vector detecting circuit for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks and for detecting a movement vector every block; and a movement vector calculating circuit for extracting areas which perform the same movement from the movement vectors from the movement vector detecting circuit and for calculating movement vector values in such areas by executing a weight averaging process according to position information which occupies in the area of each of the blocks. A video camera having such a movement vector detecting apparatus is provided.
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45 Claims
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1. A movement vector detecting apparatus comprising:
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a) movement vector detecting means for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks and for detecting movement vectors in every one of the blocks; and b) movement vector calculating means for detecting an effective area including effective blocks on the basis of a distribution of the movement vectors of the plurality of blocks and for calculating a representative movement vector in the effective area by (i) calculating and assigning different weighting values for the movement vectors of the effective blocks according to the position of each effective block within the effective area, and (ii) averaging the weighted movement vectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A movement vector detecting apparatus comprising:
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a) movement vector detecting means for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks and for detecting movement vectors in every one of the blocks; and b) movement vector calculating means for detecting an effective area including effective blocks on the basis of a distribution of the movement vectors of the plurality of blocks and for calculating a representative movement vector in the input image in the effective area by (i) calculating and assigning different weighting values for the movement vectors of the effective blocks according to the position of each effective block within the effective area, and (ii) averaging the weighted movement vectors. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A movement vector detecting apparatus comprising:
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a) movement vector detecting means for dividing an input image into a plurality of blocks and for detecting movement vectors in every one of the blocks; b) movement vector calculating means for extracting effective areas including effective blocks on the basis of a distribution of the movement vectors from said movement vector detecting means and for calculating representative movement vector values for each of the effective areas by (i) calculating and assigning different weighting values for the movement vectors of the effective blocks in each effective area according to the position of each effective block within the respective effective area, and (ii) averaging the weighted movement vectors of each effective area; and c) evaluating means for evaluating the representative movement vectors for the effective areas calculated by said movement vector calculating means on the basis of the total number of weight coefficients due to the weight averaging process. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A vibrationproof apparatus comprising:
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a) movement vector detecting means for detecting movement vectors of an image in every area obtained by dividing the image into a plurality of areas; b) first detecting means for detecting an effective vibration detecting area according to vibration amounts and a distribution of the movement vectors on the basis of movement vector information in each of the plurality of areas from said movement vector detecting means; c) boundary detecting means for detecting a boundary of the image; d) second detecting means for modifying an effective vibration detecting area detected by said first detecting means on the basis of an output of said boundary detecting means and an output of said movement vector detecting means; and e) correcting means for correcting a vibration in accordance with the information from said second detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A vibrationproof apparatus comprising:
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a) movement vector detecting means for detecting movement vectors in every area which is obtained by dividing an image into a plurality of areas; b) vibration detecting area deciding means (i) for assigning different weights to the movement vectors from said movement vector detecting means according to a plurality of weighting functions, (ii) for integrating the weighted movement vectors in each of the plurality of areas for a predetermined time, and (iii) for deciding the vibration detecting area on the basis of the integrated values; c) vibration amount detecting means for detecting a vibration amount of the basis of the movement vector information in said vibration detecting area; and d) correcting means for correcting a vibration in accordance with information from said vibration amount detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A video camera apparatus comprising:
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a) image pickup means for photoelectrically converting an object image formed on an image pickup surface and for outputting an image pickup signal; b) movement vector detecting means for detecting movement vectors from said image pickup signal for every block obtained by dividing said image pickup surface into a plurality of blocks; c) operating means for assigning different weights to the movement vectors output from said movement vector detecting means according to a plurality of weighting functions and for integrating the weighted movement vectors in each of the plurality of blocks for a predetermined time; d) memory means for storing the integrated information; e) vibration detecting area deciding means for deciding a vibration detecting area by evaluating integrated weight values stored in said memory means; f) vibration amount detecting means for detecting a vibration amount on the basis of movement vector information in the vibration detecting area from said movement vector detecting means; and g) correcting means for correcting a vibration in accordance with the information from said vibration amount detecting means.
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