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US 10,477,093 B2Granted
Method for capturing image and image capturing apparatus for capturing still images of an object at a desired time point
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-seok Hong, Hee-chul Han, Kyoung-young Kim, Sahng-gyu Park, Jin-gu Jeong
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Abstract
Image capturing methods and image capturing apparatuses are provided. The image capturing method may include setting a target position of a live view image, tacking a moving object from the live view image, estimating a position of the moving object by using information on the tracked moving object, and capturing a still image based on the estimated position when the moving object is positioned on the target position of the live view image.
Claims26
An image capturing method of an image capturing apparatus comprising:
- obtaining geographical position information of the image capturing apparatus;
- detecting a predefined object from a live view image;
- recognizing, in the view image, external features or characteristics of the detected predefined object;
- identifying identification information of the detected predefined object from among identification information of a plurality of objects stored in the image capturing apparatus based on the recognized external features or characteristics;
- setting a target position in the live view image based on a moving object from the live view image, the geographical position information, and the identification information of the detected predefined object, the moving object being different from the detected predefined object;
- tracking the moving object from the live view image;
- estimating a position of the moving object after a certain period of time in the future by using information on the tracked moving object;
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- capturing a still image based on the estimated position when the moving object is positioned on the target position in the live view image.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a storage;
- a display configured to display a live view image;
- a position detector configured to obtain geographical position information of the image capturing apparatus;
- a target position setter configured to:
- detect a predefined object from the live view image,
- recognize, in the live view image, external features or characteristics of the detected predefined object,
- identify identification information of the detected predefined object from among identification information of a plurality of objects stored in the storage based on the recognized external features or characteristics, and
- set a target position of the live view image based on a moving object from the live view image, the geographical position information of the image capturing apparatus obtained by the position detector, and the identification information of the detected predefined object, the moving object being different from the detected predefined object;
- a tracker configured to track the moving object from the live view image;
- an estimator configured to estimate a position of the moving object by using information on the tracked moving object;
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- a photographing device configured to capture a still image based on the estimated position when the moving object is positioned on the target position of the live view image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.