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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
Ali Tabatabai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chuen-chien Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mohammed Zubair Visharam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Naofumi Yanagihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Yagasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Liming Wang, Hang Zhou, CN;
Ali Tabatabai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chuen-Chien Lee, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mohammed Zubair Visharam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Naofumi Yanagihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Yagasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Liming Wang, Hang Zhou, CN;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hybrid imaging device is configured to capture low resolution video and high resolution still images. The imaging device is configured to apply motion information obtained from the low resolution video to a reference high resolution still image to generate a missing moment of interest high resolution still image. The low-resolution video is captured at a high frame rate in conjunction with a few high-resolution still pictures taken at periodic intervals. A user locates a desired scene of interest, e.g. a moment of interest, from the captured video, and a post-processing technique is used to generate the high resolution still picture corresponding to the selected moment of interest. The high resolution still image is generated using texture information from one or more nearby captured high resolution still images and motion information from the low-resolution video frame corresponding to the selected moment of interest.