# US 7,408,139 B2 · Video image capture device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,408,139 B2 - Document ID: US7408139B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/598,191 - Filed: 2006-11-13 - Published: 2007-05-17 - Granted: 2008-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2005-11-14 - Assignees: Olympus Corporation - Inventors: Tomomi Sekimoto; Akira Ueno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7408139B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/2628: {Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation} - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A video image capture device of the present invention includes: an optical system having distortion characteristics which enlarge the center portion and compress the peripheral portions; an image sensor which performs photoelectric conversion of a subject image focused by the optical system to output as original image data; a distortion correction circuit which corrects distortion in the original image data; an instruction portion which sets the size of an extraction angle of view for the original image data before correction of distortion; and a recording device which, taking the angle of view of the original image data to be a first angle of view, stores in succession image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data and, as pairs, image data corresponding to a second angle of view narrower than the first angle of view set by the instruction portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A video image capture device comprising: an optical system having distortion characteristics which enlarge the center portion and compress the peripheral portions; an image sensor which performs photoelectric conversion of a subject image focused by the optical system to output as original image data; a distortion correction circuit which corrects distortion in the original image data; an instruction portion which sets the size of an extraction angle of view for the original image data before correction of distortion; and a recording device which, taking the angle of view of the original image data to be a first angle of view, stores in succession image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data and, as pairs, image data corresponding to a second angle of view narrower than the first angle of view set by the instruction portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The video image capture device according to claim 1, wherein the recording device stores first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data output from the distortion correction circuit as the image data corresponding to the first angle of view, and second corrected image data corresponding to the second angle of view of the original image data output from the distortion correction circuit as the image data corresponding to the second angle of view. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The video image capture device according to claim 1, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit causes the second corrected image data to be displayed on the monitor at the time of image capture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The video image capture device according to claim 2, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit causes the first corrected image data to be displayed on the monitor at the time of image capture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The video image capture device according to claim 4, wherein the display circuit causes a frame of the second angle of view to be displayed on the first corrected image data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The video image capture device according to claim 2, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit causes the first corrected image data and second corrected image data to be displayed in juxtaposition on the monitor at the time of image capture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The video image capture device according to claim 2, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, causes the second corrected image data read in succession from the recording device to be displayed on the monitor and, at an arbitrary time, switches to display of the first corrected image data read from the recording device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The video image capture device according to claim 2, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, causes the first corrected image data read in succession from the recording device to be displayed on the monitor and, at an arbitrary time, switches to display of the second corrected image data read from the recording device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The video image capture device according to claim 2, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, causes the first corrected image data and the second corrected image data read in succession from the recording device, to be displayed in juxtaposition on the monitor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The video image capture device according to claim 1, wherein the recording device stores, as image data corresponding to the first angle of view, the original image data of the first angle of view comprising the distortion, and stores, as image data corresponding to the second angle of view, second corrected image data corresponding to the second angle of view of the original image data output from the distortion correction circuit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of image capture, causes the second corrected image data to be displayed on the monitor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of image capture, causes first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data and output from the distortion correction circuit, to be displayed on the monitor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The video image capture device according to claim 12, wherein the display circuit causes a frame of the second angle of view to be displayed on the first corrected image data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of image capture, causes the second corrected image data, and first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data and output from the distortion correction circuit, to be displayed in juxtaposition on the monitor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, displays on the monitor the second corrected image data read in succession from the recording device and, at an arbitrary time, switches to display of first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data which has been read from the recording device, corrected and output by the distortion correction circuit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, displays on the monitor first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data which has been read in succession from the recording device, corrected and output by the distortion correction circuit and, at an arbitrary time, switches to display of the second corrected image data read in succession from the recording device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, and wherein the display circuit, at the time of reproduction, displays on the monitor in juxtaposition, first corrected image data corresponding to the first angle of view of the original image data which has been read in succession from the recording device, corrected and output by the distortion correction circuit, and the second corrected image data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The video image capture device according to claim 10, further comprising a monitor which displays images and a display circuit which controls display by the monitor, wherein, at the time of reproduction, the distortion correction circuit corrects distortion in original image data corresponding to a third angle of view set using the instruction portion and outputs as third corrected image data, and the display circuit causes the third corrected image data to be displayed on the monitor.