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Hybrid image stabilization method and apparatus

US8111294B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2007
Grant dateFeb 7, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/682
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the images of a scene, acquired by means of an observation device of an imaging system, comprising the step of digital processing of a stream of successive images. It comprises a step of acquiring gyrometric measurements by means of at least one gyrometric sensor secured to the observation device, of using these gyrometric measurements to determine so-called approximate shifts undergone between successive images, and the image processing step comprising a sub-step of using the approximate shifts and the image stream acquired to determine so-called fine shifts undergone between successive images.

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