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Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Xu Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Gengyu Ma, Beijing, CN;

Hui Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Ya Lu, Beijing, CN;

Su-jung Bae, Yongin-si, KR;

Moon-sik Jeong, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hyeon-hee Cha, Suwon-si, KR;

Minhyo Jung, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2013.01); G06K 9/00912 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method are provided. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; and a controller connected to the image capturing unit, wherein the controller is configured to obtain a background image with depth information, position a three-dimensional (3D) virtual image representing a target object in the background image based on the depth information, and control the image capturing unit to capture the target object based on a difference between the target object viewed from the image capturing apparatus and the 3D virtual image in the background image.


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