Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup method and photographing device
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Application No.: US13904159Application Date: 2013-05-29
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Publication No.: US09648304B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Fumio Ohtomo , Hitoshi Otani , Tetsuji Anai , Kaoru Kumagai
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo-to
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo-to
- Agency: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC
- Priority: JP2012-121497 20120529
- Main IPC: H04N13/02
- IPC: H04N13/02 ; H04N5/232 ; G01C11/02 ; G01C11/06

Abstract:
A photographing device comprises an image pickup unit to acquire a moving image and a still image of an object, an image pickup control unit, an angle sensor, an image processing unit for extracting characteristic points from a first still image, tracking the characteristic points in the moving image, identifying the characteristic points in a newest image and selecting an orientation point common to the first still image and the newest image, a storage unit, a display unit, and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit performs relative orientation between the first still image and the newest image based on the orientation point and on detection result of the angle sensor, obtains a distance H to the object and a distance B between points where the images have been photographed and performs guidance display where still images can be acquired sequentially when the B/H value reaches a predetermined value or higher.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130321591A1 Image Pickup Method And Photographing Device Public/Granted day:2013-12-05
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