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Camera and corresponding method for selecting an object to be recorded

US8605950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dieter Joecker · Burgthann, DE
Alexander Wuerz-Wessel · Stuttgart, DE
Jens Schick · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2009
Grant date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N5/144
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera is described having an image capturing device, an evaluation and control unit and a storage unit, the evaluation and control unit analyzes an image sequence having at least two successively captured images recorded by the image capturing device to segment and stabilize at least one object to be recorded during the image recording. The evaluation and control unit ascertains a deliberate panning movement of the camera and compares it with ascertained movements of objects represented in the captured images, the evaluation and control unit determining at least one object as an object to be recorded, the ascertained movement of which is most consistent with the camera's ascertained panning movement, and the evaluation and control unit storing an image section of the image captured by the image capturing device in the storage unit which represents the at least one object to be recorded. Also described is a corresponding method.

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