Image blur correction apparatus and image blur correction method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShimpei Miyahara
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Abstract
An image blur correction apparatus, comprises a blur correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a blur correction amount based on a shake amount of the apparatus; an estimation calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of the blur correction amount using a blur correction amount calculated up until a previous time; a correction unit configured to correct an image blur by cutting out an image using the blur correction amount or the estimated value; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to calculate the estimated value in accordance with a frame rate of a moving image.
Claims10
An image blur correction apparatus, comprising:
- a blur correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a blur correction amount based on a shake amount of the apparatus;
- an estimation calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of the blur correction amount using a blur correction amount calculated up until a previous time;
- a correction unit configured to correct an image blur by cutting out an image using the blur correction amount or the estimated value;
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- a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to calculate the estimated value in accordance with a frame rate of a moving image.
An image stabilization method for a shake of an apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a blur correction amount based on a shake amount of the apparatus;
- calculating an estimated value of the blur correction amount using a blur correction amount calculated up until a previous time;
- correcting an image blur by cutting out an image using the blur correction amount or the estimated value;
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- determining whether or not to calculate the estimated value in accordance with a frame rate of a moving image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.