Patent ID: 7522189
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An automatic stabilization control apparatus that subjects a moving image file which comprises moving image data picked up by a camera and which is stored in a storage device to automatic stabilization control, the automatic stabilization control apparatus comprising: a first unit arranged to allow a user to designate a range of frames which are to be subjected to automatic stabilization control (hereinafter referred to as a correction frame range) out of image frames in the moving image file; a second unit arranged to calculate a common area where the image is common among all of the frames within the correction frame range; a third unit arranged to subject each of the frames within the correction frame range to automatic stabilization control processing involving enlargement of the common area; and a fourth unit arranged to subject vicinity frames preceding and succeeding the correction frame range to enlargement processing, wherein the first unit includes a unit arranged to display the image frames in the moving image file to allow the user to confirm contents of the image frames in the moving image file.