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Image processing apparatus for correcting distortion of image and image shooting apparatus for correcting distortion of shot image

US7619663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2005
Grant dateNov 17, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T5/80
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital camera acquires the image of an original including an original from a shot image acquired by shooting. The digital camera reduces the image of the original and corrects distortion of the reduced image which is originated from the characteristic of a lens. As the digital camera performs distortion correction on the reduced image, the number of arithmetic operations in distortion correction is reduced, making distortion correction simpler. The digital camera acquires a rectangle defined by the contour of the original, extracts the image of the original to acquire an original image before reduction, and acquires an associated projection-transformed image by affine transformation. The digital camera acquires pixel positions of the original image using an affine parameter, and acquires pixel positions of the image before distortion correction using a relational expression of distortion correction performed on the reduced image.

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