Patent ID: 7557830
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an image pickup configured to pick up an image of an object and convert the image into image data; a storage configured to store the image data; a calculator configured to calculate motion vectors of the image data stored in the storage; a hand-shaking detector configured to detect hand-shaking in the image data by determining a percentage of the calculated motion vectors exhibiting motion in substantially the same direction; a corrector configured to correct hand-shaking in the image data upon determining that the percentage exceeds a predetermined threshold percentage; a processor configured to process the image data, which has been corrected from hand-shaking, and output the processed data; a detector configured to detect a data amount of the processed data output from the processor; and a controller configured to control an optical condition for the image in response to the data amount of the processed data, the controller controlling the optical condition until the data amount is less than or equal to a target amount by decreasing depth of field to lower the data amount of the processed data, and lowering shutter speed upon determining that the depth of field cannot be further decreased; wherein said image pickup picks up the an image of the object based on the controlled optical condition.