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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2007
Hideto Fujita, Yao, JP;
Haruo Hatanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Takatsuki, JP;
Akihiko Yamada, Hirakata, JP;
Hideto Fujita, Yao, JP;
Haruo Hatanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Takatsuki, JP;
Akihiko Yamada, Hirakata, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
Movement of an imaging device is detected using a camera shake detection sensor or a motion vector obtained from an image signal, and camera shake correction is performed by shifting an extraction frame (valid photographing region) within a photographable maximum region based on the motion detection result. When movement of the imaging device is causing a face region located at the edge of the extraction frame to move towards out of the frame, it is determined that the movement is due to camera shake, and the extraction frame is moved so that the face region can stay within the frame. Meanwhile, when movement of the imaging device is causing the face region to move inward within the frame, it is determined that the movement is due to a pan or tilt operation, and position control is performed so that the deliberate movement is not inhibited.