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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Jinyo Kumaki, Tokyo, JP;
Jinyo Kumaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing a first image by using an image capturing device, a detection unit for detecting applied vibration and outputting a vibration value representing a magnitude of the vibration, a calculation unit for calculating a first correcting value and a second correcting value from the vibration value, an alteration unit for altering, when a difference between the first and second correcting values is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, a region of the second image so as to reduce a distance between the center of an image obtained by correcting the second image on the basis of the first correcting value and the center of another image obtained by correcting the third image on the basis of the second correcting value, and a correction unit for correcting the second image on the basis of the first correcting value.