Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Eiji Yamauchi

Yoshihiro Morioka

Hideaki Hatanaka

Kenichi Kubota

Kenji Matsuura

Hiroji Takebayashi

Mitsuyoshi Okamoto

Hirofumi Ishii

Akio Nishiyama

Katsuhiko Yoshida

Takuma Masuda

Keiko Ando

An image generating device has a camerawork information extracting unit that extracts imaging information of a captured image, a composition information calculating unit that decides a cut-out frame for cutting out a new image from the imaging information and the captured image based on a constraint condition, and a composition information shaping unit that outputs, as attribute information of the captured image, the imaging information and the cut-out frame. This configuration makes it possible to obtain from a captured image a newly generated image which is a favorable image that is easy to see for a viewer, without requiring skilled imaging techniques during capturing, and to efficiently record and manage the captured image and the newly generated image.

Image generation device, imaging device, image generation method, and program for generating a new image from a captured image

A generator generates attribute information regarding a video image, which is captured by an imaging unit by capturing a plurality of capture directions, on a predetermined unit of video content. A composition map generator extracts a predetermined object, based on the attribute information of the video images captured in the plurality of capture directions within a predetermined period, and generates a composition map indicating a position of the extracted object. A comparator determines priority orders in the respective pieces of shooting of the respective capture directions based on a comparison result obtained by comparing pieces of the attribute information, for each of the capture directions and based on the attribute information included in the composition map. A camera work controller determines a next capture direction based on the priority orders, and controls operations of the imaging unit and a camera pantilter based on the determined capture direction.

Video capturing apparatus, video capturing system and video capturing method

An image generating device has a camerawork information extracting unit () that extracts imaging information of a captured image, a composition information calculating unit () that decides a cut-out frame for cutting out a new image from the imaging information and the captured image based on a constraint condition, and a composition information shaping unit () that cuts out the new image from the captured image by using the cut-out frame and converts a size of the new image to a predetermined size. With this configuration, the new image generated from the captured image becomes a favorable image that is easy to see for a viewer, without requiring skilled imaging techniques during capturing.

An image generating device has a camerawork information extracting unit that extracts imaging information of a captured image, a composition information calculating unit that temporarily decides a cut-out frame for cutting out a new image from the imaging information and the captured image based on a constraint condition, and decides a cut-out frame to smooth a change of the new image between frames, from the temporarily decided cut-out frame, each of the frames being a unit of an image, and a composition information shaping unit that cuts out the new image from the captured image by using the cut-out frame, and converts a size of the new image to a predetermined size. The new image generated from the captured image becomes a favorable image that is easy to see for a viewer, and particularly a more smooth and natural image, without any skilled imaging techniques during capturing.

Image generation device, imaging device, image generation method, and program for generating a new image from a captured image based on a cut-out frame

Digest playback which suits various preferences is realized. A video camera () extracts a portion to be played back as a digest from a video picture. The video camera () includes a control section () configured to extract attribute information concerning a video picture from the video picture. The attribute information is configured so that a user can input contents of the attribute information.

Video picture extracting apparatus, imaging apparatus and recording medium

A camcorder (), which is an example of image capturing devices, includes the following units. An imaging unit () captures moving pictures. An attribute information generation unit () generates attribute information indicating features of the moving pictures captured by the imaging unit (). An evaluation unit () applies the attribute information generated by the attribute information generation unit () to a predetermined criterion, so as to calculate an evaluation value of the moving pictures for each predetermined time width. A still picture extraction unit () extracts a still picture from moving pictures in a predetermined time width, when the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit () for the predetermined time width exceeds an evaluation threshold value. A threshold value change unit () changes the evaluation threshold value based on at least one of person information and a composition change amount which are included in the attribute information. The person information is used for specifying a person captured in the moving pictures, and the composition change amount is an amount of change in image compositions between the moving pictures.

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Eiji Yamauchi