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Sony patents camera shake detection using video analysis

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony has filed a patent for a system that analyzes video footage to detect physical vibrations in a camera attached to a moving object. The system uses this data to create control signals that dampen the shake, resulting in smoother video.

Why it mattersThis could lead to more stable video recording from drones, cars, or handheld devices without relying solely on external sensors.

In the filing’s own words

Vibration generated in a camera mounted on a mobile body is to be damped more efficiently. An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires vibration information regarding vibration generated in a camera mounted on a mobile body, the vibration information being based on a video image captured by imaging performed by the camera; and a generation unit that generates control information to be used for damping the vibration, on the basis of the vibration information acquired by the acquisition unit.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires vibration information regarding vibration generated in a camera mounted on a mobile body, the vibration information being based on a video image captured by imaging performed by the camera; and a generation unit that generates control information to be used for damping the vibration, on a basis of the vibration information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Facts

Company: Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title: INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number: US20260310210A1
Application number: 19122268
Filed: Sep 19, 2023
Published: Oct 8, 2026
Inventors: 2
Claims: 20

Classified under

G05D 1/495 Physics & computingG05D 1/246 Physics & computingG05D 1/65 Physics & computingH04N 23/6811 Electricity & electronicsG05D 2107/13 Physics & computingG05D 2109/10 Physics & computing

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