Patent ID: 6151068
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image input apparatus comprising:image pickup means for imaging an object to generate image data of the object as moving image;support means for supporting said image pickup means so that said image pickup means images the object;detecting means for detecting a movement of the object by comparing image data of a first number of frames generated by said image pickup means;storage means for delaying image data of the object generated by said image pickup means by a time interval corresponding to a second number of frames, wherein the second number being larger than the first number, and storing the delayed image data as a still image; andoutput means for outputting the moving image data generated by said image pickup means when it is decided that the object is replaced with another one by said detecting means determining that the image data generated by said image pickup means undergoes a change not less than a first displacement,outputting still delayed image data stored in said storage means if said detecting means detects that the image data undergoes a change not more than the first displacement and not less than a second displacement, andoutputting the moving image data generated by said image pickup means if said detecting means detects that the image data undergoes a change not more than the second displacement.