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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Daisuke Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Otsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Otsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/38 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.01); H04N 19/56 (2014.01); H04N 19/57 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0048 (2013.01); H04N 19/597 (2014.11); H04N 19/56 (2014.11); H04N 19/57 (2014.11); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.11);
Abstract
When a plurality of image signals of an object picked up by a plurality of image pickup units are encoded on a predetermined pixel block basis by using an inter-prediction between images, difference information showing an offset between the images is generated from the plurality of image signals, and a search range which is set in order to detect a vector on the predetermined pixel block basis is adaptively set in accordance with the generated difference information.