JP2014030163A5

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Publication number: JP2014030163A5
Application number: JP2012207004A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2012-09-20
Publication date: 2015-08-20
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-20

Description

前記課題を解決するため、本発明の撮像装置にあっては、被写体を撮像する撮像手段と、前記撮像手段により撮像された被写体画像内の第１のエリアにおける画像の変化状態を判別する第１の判別手段と、前記撮像手段により撮像された被写体画像内の前記第１のエリアとは異なる第２のエリアにおける画像の変化状態を判別する第２の判別手段と、前記第１の判別手段及び前記第２の判別手段の判別結果に応じて、前記撮像手段に撮影に向けた被写体の撮像を行わせる撮影制御手段とを備え、前記第１の判別手段による判別処理及び前記第２の判別手段による判別処理は、異なるエリアにおける同じ処理である、ことを特徴とする。 In order to solve the above-described problem, in the imaging apparatus of the present invention, an imaging unit that images a subject and a first change state of an image in a first area in the subject image captured by the imaging unit are determined. A second discriminating unit that discriminates an image change state in a second area different from the first area in the subject image captured by the imaging unit; the first discriminating unit; And a shooting control unit that causes the imaging unit to image a subject for shooting according to a determination result of the second determination unit, and a determination process by the first determination unit and a second determination unit. The discrimination processing by is the same processing in different areas .

Claims

Imaging means for imaging a subject;
First discriminating means for discriminating a change state of an image in a first area in a subject image imaged by the imaging means;
Second discriminating means for discriminating an image change state in a second area different from the first area in the subject image imaged by the imaging means;
Shooting control means for causing the imaging means to image a subject for shooting according to the determination results of the first determination means and the second determination means;
The determination process by the first determination unit and the determination process by the second determination unit are the same process in different areas.
An imaging apparatus characterized by that.

According to the determination result of the first determination means, further comprising a state transition means for controlling the operating state to a standby state for determination by the second determination means,
The imaging control unit performs imaging on the imaging unit in accordance with a determination result of the second determination unit after the operation state is controlled by the state transition unit to a determination standby state by the second determination unit. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an imaging of a directed subject is performed.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the state transition unit further controls the operation state to a photographing preparation state.

The first determining means determines whether the change degree of the image is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree as the change state of the image in the first area;
The state transition means determines the operation state by the second determination means on condition that the first determination means determines that the degree of change of the image in the first area is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the imaging apparatus is controlled to a standby state.

The first area is plural,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first determination unit determines a change state of an image in the plurality of first areas.

The state transition means determines the operation state by the second determination means on the condition that it has been determined that there has been a change in the image of a predetermined degree or more in any one of the plurality of first areas. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the imaging apparatus is controlled to a standby state.

The shooting control means is a shooting setting corresponding to a specific first area determined by the first determination means to have an image change of a predetermined degree or more among the plurality of first areas. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein imaging is executed.

The state transition means sets the operating state to a determination standby state by the second determination means on the condition that it has been determined that there has been an image change of a predetermined degree or more for all of the plurality of first areas. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the imaging apparatus is controlled.

The state transition means changes the operating state to the second determination means on the condition that it has been determined that there has been a change in an image of a predetermined degree or more in a predetermined order for all of the plurality of first areas. 6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image pickup apparatus is controlled to be in a standby state for discrimination according to.

The shooting control unit performs shooting according to the order in which the first determination unit determines that all of the plurality of first areas have image changes of a predetermined degree or more, with shooting settings corresponding to the order. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

The second determining means determines whether the change degree of the image is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree as the change state of the image in the second area,
The imaging control unit is configured to image the subject toward the imaging to the imaging unit on the condition that the second determining unit determines that the change degree of the image in the second area is equal to or greater than a predetermined level. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the imaging apparatus is configured to perform the following.

The second determining means determines whether the change degree of the image is equal to or greater than a predetermined degree as the change state of the image in the second area,
The imaging control unit is configured to perform imaging on the imaging unit on the condition that the second determination unit determines that the degree of change in the image in the second area is equal to or longer than a predetermined time and less than the predetermined level. The imaging device according to any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein an imaging of a directed subject is performed.

The imaging control unit is configured to image the subject toward the imaging unit for a predetermined time after the second determination unit determines that the degree of change in the image in the second area is equal to or greater than a predetermined level. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the imaging apparatus is configured to perform the following.

The change degree of the image in the second area is less than the predetermined degree after a predetermined time after the second determination means determines that the change degree of the image in the second area is equal to or greater than the predetermined degree. Further comprising a third discriminating means for discriminating whether or not
The imaging control unit is configured to image the subject toward the imaging to the imaging unit on the condition that the third determining unit determines that the change degree of the image in the second area is less than a predetermined degree. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the imaging apparatus is configured to perform the following.

The time from when it is determined that the image has a change state in the first area by the first determination means until the image is determined to have a change state in the second area by the second determination means. It further comprises a measuring means for measuring,
The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imaging control unit causes the imaging unit to perform imaging of a subject for imaging at a timing according to a measurement result by the measurement unit.

A calculation unit that calculates a moving speed of an arbitrary subject that has passed through the first area and the second area based on a measurement result by the measurement unit;
The imaging apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the imaging control unit causes the imaging unit to perform imaging of a subject for shooting at a timing according to the moving speed calculated by the calculation unit.

Further comprising a guess means arbitrary subject guess time required to move the image outside from the second area,
The imaging control means captures the imaging means at a timing when the required time estimated by the estimation means has elapsed after the second determination means determines that the image has changed in the second area. The imaging device according to claim 15, wherein the subject is imaged toward the camera.

Auxiliary light is emitted toward the subject, and the subject image that is the target of the determination operation by the first determination unit and the subject image that is the target of the determination operation by the second determination unit in the imaging unit. Light emitting means prepared for the purpose of ensuring the brightness of the subject in a period different from the period;
Detection means for detecting the brightness of the subject;
Determining means for determining whether or not the brightness of the subject detected by the detecting means is below a predetermined brightness;
The light emitting means further includes a light emission control means for continuously emitting auxiliary light during the imaging period on the condition that the brightness of the subject is determined to be lower than a predetermined brightness by the determining means. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image pickup apparatus is provided.

In an imaging method in an imaging apparatus having an imaging means for imaging a subject,
A process for determining an image change state in a first area in the subject image captured by the imaging unit;
Processing for determining a change state of an image in a second area different from the first area in the subject image captured by the imaging unit;
Processing to cause the imaging unit to image a subject for shooting according to the determination result of the image change state in the first area and the second area ,
The determination process of the image change state in the first area and the second area is the same process in different areas.
An imaging method characterized by the above.

A computer included in an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that images a subject,
A first discrimination function for discriminating an image change state in a first area in a subject image imaged by the imaging means;
A second discrimination function for discriminating an image change state in a second area different from the first area in the subject image imaged by the imaging means;
According to the determination result of the first discrimination function and the second determination function, a photographing control function to perform imaging of a subject toward the imaging on the imaging means
Realized,
The determination process by the first determination function and the determination process by the second determination function are the same process in different areas.
A program characterized by that.