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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yukitaka Tsuchida, Osaka, JP;
Motonori Ogura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23261 (2013.01); H04N 5/23267 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capture device includes: an image capturing section configured to capture a subject image and to generate an image; an acceleration sensor configured to detect acceleration; a controller configured to set, according to a result of detection obtained by the acceleration sensor, a reference angle for the device's own tilt when a predetermined instruction is issued; and an image processing section configured to rotate the generated image by using the set reference angle as a reference for tilt correction processing.