An electronic device worn by a user includes a camera module capable of changing a photographing direction, a motion sensor configured to obtain motion information about the electronic device, an eye-tracking sensor configured to obtain gaze information about eyes of the user, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the processor is configured to, by executing the one or more instructions, determine the photographing direction based on the gaze information, determine photographing control information for changing the photographing direction of the camera module to obtain an image captured without shaking, based on the motion information, control the camera module to change the photographing, based on the determined photographing control information, and obtain the image captured by the camera module based on the changed photographing direction.

An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capture device configured to capture an object image, a rotation device capable of rotating the image capture device, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first rotation amount of the rotation unit for correcting image blur based on shaking of the image capturing apparatus, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second rotation amount for searching for an object from an image captured by the image capture unit, and a stopping unit configured to stop the rotation unit in a case where the first rotation amount and the second rotation amount are both less than threshold values respectively set for the first rotation amount and the second rotation amount.

An actuator for a camera according to an embodiment includes a base having an inner space formed therein, a carrier provided inside the base and configured to move in at least one direction among an optical axis direction, a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first direction; and a damper provided to the carrier or the base and configured to have a shape extending in two or more directions among the optical axis direction, the first direction and the second direction.

The disclosure describes systems and methods for a stabilization mechanism. The stabilization mechanism may be used in conjunction with an imaging device. The method may be performed by a control system of the stabilization mechanism and includes obtaining a device setting from an imaging device. The method may also include obtaining a configuration of the stabilization mechanism. The method includes determining a soft stop based on the device setting, the configuration, or both. The soft stop may be a virtual hard stop that indicates to the stabilization mechanism to reduce speed as a field of view of the imaging device approaches the soft stop. The method may also include setting an image stabilization mechanism parameter based on the determined soft stop.

An example electronic device may include a first camera including a first camera barrel accommodating a first lens assembly; a second camera including a second camera barrel accommodating a second lens assembly; a cover housing arranged to substantially cover the first camera and the second camera and including a first opening corresponding to the first camera barrel of the first camera and a second opening corresponding to the second camera barrel of the second camera; a camera window including a first transparent region formed in a portion thereof corresponding to the first opening and a second transparent region formed in a portion thereof corresponding to the second opening; a first decoration part disposed at the inner circumference of the first opening of the cover housing and having an inclination formed at the inner circumferential portion thereof; and a second decoration part disposed at the inner circumference of the second opening of the cover housing and having an inclination formed at the inner circumferential portion thereof, wherein the first transparent region and the second transparent region of the camera window may have the same diameter, and the first decoration part and the second decoration part may have the same diameter.

Disclosed are a target tracking method and apparatus using a gimbal camera. The target tracking method may include recognizing a face of a person by analyzing an image that is received through a camera included in a target tracking apparatus, determining whether the recognized face is a registered face, providing a user interface for registering the recognized face when the recognized face is not the registered face, registering the recognized face when receiving a registration request for the recognized face through the user interface, and tracking the recognized face by controlling the rotation of the camera through a driving unit included in the target tracking apparatus when the recognized face is the registered face.

An encoding method, playing method and apparatus for image stabilization of panoramic video, and a method for evaluating image stabilization algorithm are provided. The image stabilization method for the panoramic video is applicable to an electronic apparatus including a processor. In the method, a plurality of image frames of a panoramic video is captured, and each image frame is transformed into a plurality of projection frames on a plurality of faces of a cubemap. Then, variations of triaxial displacements and attitude angles between the projection frames transformed onto each of the faces and adjacent in time are calculated. The variations of triaxial displacements and attitude angles are smoothed and recorded as movement information. While playing the panoramic video, the panoramic video is corrected by the movement information and played. Thus, it is possible to reduce the amount of calculation required for the stabilization calculations on the captured video.

Disclosed is a camera module comprising: a lens assembly including a liquid lens; an image sensor for receiving light that has passed through the lens assembly; a detecting sensor for detecting the movement of the lens assembly to generate a motion signal; a voltage controller for generating a driving signal to control an interface of the liquid lens in response to the motion signal; a detecting unit for outputting a motion frequency from the motion signal; and a driving unit for changing an image-capture timing of the image sensor according to the motion frequency.

An image capturing apparatus includes a sound collection unit configured to collect a voice, an analysis unit configured to analyze a voice collected by the sound collection unit, an automatic image capturing unit configured to automatically capture an image, and a setting unit configured to set image capturing frequency of the automatic image capturing unit, wherein, in a case where a result of analysis by the analysis unit is a specific voice instruction, the setting unit sets the image capturing frequency higher after an operation is performed according to the instruction.

A shake correction control device includes a processor that selects mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image. The processor performs a switching control from either of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction to the other of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction, and synchronizes shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction during the switching control, and changes an operation ratio of the mechanical correction and the electrical correction during the switching control.