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Image processing apparatus and method, and image sensing apparatus

  • US 7,433,543 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2005
  • Issued: 10/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image processing apparatus for processing image data that has been captured by an image sensing apparatus having a two-dimensional image sensing device, said apparatus comprising:

  • an attitude information input unit that inputs attitude information representing the attitude of the image sensing apparatus;

    a rotating unit which divides the image data captured by the image sensing device into a plurality of divided image data that have a block size corresponding to a size by which a processing unit processes image data, and rotates the block-size image data in accordance with the attitude information input by said attitude information input unit; and

    a processing unit that processes the image data output from said rotating unit in units having the block size;

    wherein in a case where the attitude information indicates that the image sensing apparatus is not rotated relative to a reference attitude, said rotating unit inputs the block-size image data successively in a first order and outputs the block-size image data without rotating the block-size image data, andwherein in a case where the attitude information indicates that the image sensing apparatus is rotated clockwise through at least any one of 90°

    , 180° and

    270°

    relative to the reference attitude, said rotating unit inputs the block-size image data successively in a second order which is determined by the relation between the first order and the rotation degree of the image sensing apparatus, rotates each of the block-size image data, and outputs the plurality of the rotated block-size image data.

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