Imaging apparatus and imaging method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaru OKUDA
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of images is sequentially captured. It is determined whether one of the plurality of images includes a difference from a first reference image of the plurality of images. The one of the plurality of images is determined to be an initial image, when it is determined that the one of the plurality of images includes the difference from the first reference image. A portion of images from the plurality of images, which are captured after the initial image is captured, are extracted as an extracted image group. The extracted image group is combined.
Claims12
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a capturing unit that sequentially captures a plurality of images;
- an initiation verifying unit that determines whether one of the plurality of images includes a difference from a first reference image of the plurality of images;
- an initial image determining unit that determines the one of the plurality of images to be an initial image, when the initiation verifying unit determines that the one of the plurality of images includes the difference from the first reference image;
- an image extracting unit that extracts a portion of images from the plurality of images, which are captured after the initial image is captured, as an extracted image group;
- and
- a combining unit that combines the extracted image group.
An imaging method comprising the steps of:
- sequentially capturing a plurality of images;
- determining whether one of the plurality of images includes a difference from a first reference image of the plurality of images;
- determining the one of the plurality of images to be an initial image, when it is determined that the one of the plurality of images includes the difference from the first reference image;
- extracting a portion of images from the plurality of images, which are captured after the initial image is captured, as an extracted image group;
- and
- combining the extracted image group.
An article of manufacture for an imaging method, comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
- sequentially capturing a plurality of images;
- determining whether one of the plurality of images includes a difference from a first reference image of the plurality of images;
- determining the one of the plurality of images to be an initial image, when it is determined that the one of the plurality of images includes the difference from the first reference image;
- extracting a portion of images from the plurality of images, which are captured after the initial image is captured, as an extracted image group;
- and
- combining the extracted image group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.