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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169527 | Apparatus selectively presenting distortion corrected image data Relative to an image processing apparatus that processes image data containing a distortion of an image pickup optical section, which is obtained by picking up an optical image from a subject through the image pickup optical section giving the distortion, an image p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159591 | Apparatus and method for capturing and viewing images A dual sided viewing panel and a method of capturing and displaying images, is disclosed. The dual sided viewing panel includes a first viewing panel and a second viewing panel. The first and second viewing panels are controllable by a control device to capture an i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154643 | Image pick-up apparatus, an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, for displaying image data on an external display with appropriate color space conversion based on resolution of image data and external display An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device, a storage media which stores an image picked up by the image pick up device, a color space converter which converts a color space of the image; a storage media reader which reads out the image from the sto... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8130308 | Image capture device capable of improved image capturing in electronic viewfinder mode The object is to provide an image capture device capable of carrying out good image capture in electronic viewfinder mode. When the electronic viewfinder mode is set in a single lens reflex digital camera a quick return mirror is driven so as to direct light from a ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125554 | Viewfinder, and control method and imaging apparatus thereof A viewfinder according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit including a display surface on which a picture is displayed based on a picture signal supplied from an imaging apparatus; and an eyepiece unit, which is detachably attached to ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125555 | Image display device Disclosed is a scanning image display device for displaying an image on a plurality of display screens. The image display device includes a light source, a scanner for two-dimensionally scanning with light from the light source, and a controller which is electricall... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120691 | Image capturing appatatus and method for use in a mobile terminal Provided are an image capturing apparatus and method for use in a mobile terminal. The image capturing method includes when an image capturing menu is selected during a preview operation, pausing the preview operation; releasing an image sub-processing of the previe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115852 | Contrast control for use in image display apparatus and image pickup apparatus An image display apparatus includes a display which displays an image based on an image signal. An ambient light measuring unit measures the intensity of ambient light around the display. A brightness distribution measuring unit measures a brightness distribution in... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106990 | Imaging device with output processing module In response to a power-on of a main switch, a composite image comprising a menu image including multiple command icons for device settings, and a source image from a currently set image input source as a background image, is displayed on an internal monitor of an im... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102458 | Tilt direction detector for orienting display information An electronic apparatus having a display function is able to alter the orientation of an image displayed on a display means for displaying images between a first orientation and a second orientation different from the first orientation. A plurality of operating mean... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102457 | Method and apparatus for correcting aspect ratio in a camera graphical user interface A method and system for correcting the aspect ratio of an image captured by a digital camera is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include determining if the image requires cropping, decompressing the image, and cropping the image if the image required ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094228 | Image taking apparatus According to the image taking apparatus of an aspect of the present invention, the switch image included in the acquired image of the subject is extracted and displayed on the display device. The touch panel is provided on the front surface of the display device and... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089547 | Plural-view device An exemplary plural-view device includes a plane mirror, a display panel, a support member connected to the plane mirror or the display panel, and a camera module. The camera module is mounted to the support member and electrically connected with the display panel. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089546 | Camera with interchangeable lens unit In a camera in which a lens unit can be replaced, a camera, which individually grasps lens characteristics corresponding to a picked-up subject image, is provided. The camera is characterized by including a camera main body, a lens unit having an image pickup optica... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089548 | Image processing device, method, and storage medium An image processing device appropriately extracts an entire object from an image even if the object is not completely included in an initial region designated by a user. The image processing device includes: a designation unit designating a position on the image; a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085332 | Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling image pickup apparatus The image pickup apparatus includes an optical viewfinder, a rear touch panel display, a registering part which registers whether an eye of a user viewing an object image through the optical viewfinder is a right eye or a left eye, a setting part which sets a non-en... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077242 | Clock management of bus during viewfinder mode in digital camera device This disclosure describes techniques for managing the clock speed of a bus during viewfinder mode in a digital camera device. The techniques involve determining a frame rate of frames displayed on a viewfinder, determining whether to adjust a clock speed of a bus ba... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8063969 | Imaging device An image pickup apparatus in which a display surface of a display device can be looked at favorably when imaging a subject and in which it never happens that the display device becomes obstructive during imaging and it is possible to carry out an imaging operation w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059181 | Apparatus and method for data transmission/reception Disclosed is an apparatus and method for data transmission/reception for transmitting/receiving data, which can transmit and receive data by using a transmitter (display device) capable of receiving and displaying digital data, and a receiver capable of receiving di... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054367 | Image display device, image pickup device, image display controlling method, and program storing medium therefor with stopping operation for stopping high-speed frame advancing An image display device has a function that displays plural frame images by high-speed frame advancing, and includes: an operation portion for a high-speed frame advancing display operation for carrying out high-speed frame advancing display, and a stopping operatio... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054366 | Auto-focusing optical apparatus with focus detection area setting capability and focus detection area changing capability An optical apparatus is disclosed, with which focus detection areas of different size and/or position can be stored. The optical apparatus includes a first operating member which is operated changing at least one of a size and a position of a focus detection area, a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8040419 | Image reproducing device capable of zooming in a region of an image, image reproducing method and recording medium for the same According to the image reproducing device, the image reproducing method, the image reproducing program and the image capturing device of the present invention, if a face image is not detected in an image, a main object can be zoomed by detecting the center part of t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040420 | Camera The camera according to this invention comprises an L-shaped frame that is capable of changing the size or aspect ratio of the viewfinder by relative movement, a back-face image-pickup device for photographing an image of the eye of the photographer, and a photograp... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031462 | Molded component, electronic apparatus, and method of producing a molded component A molded component includes: a primary molded layer including a boxlike base portion that has a width direction in a first direction, a length direction in a second direction, and a height direction in a third direction and includes a first surface protruding in the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023029 | Digital camera-projector hybrid A camera-projector assembly for viewing captured images in a near-view mode and in a distal-view projection mode. The assembly includes a camera housing and an image capture assembly within the housing collecting image data. The camera-projector assembly includes a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009219 | Image display system, display apparatus, and display method Disclosed herein is an image display system including a display apparatus, an imaging apparatus placed on a movable body; and a server apparatus. The display apparatus and the imaging apparatus are capable of communicating with the server apparatus. The imaging appa... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999872 | Image display device, image pickup apparatus, image display control method, and program An image display device includes a display unit configured to display at least an image and an icon relating to a predetermined setting, a touch panel which allows input of operations, and on which a predetermined inhibited area is set, and a control unit configured... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986364 | Digital image processing method capable of focusing on selected portions of image A digital image capture device includes an image capture unit, a display unit, a selection unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit is configured to capture an image. The display unit is configured to display the captured image and allow determination of ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982791 | Controlling operations of a camera to improve backlit scenes There is disclosed a camera in which, in a case where luminance of an acquired image signal is corrected and raised in accordance with luminance of each region, a correction amount of an image signal for use as a photographed image is smaller than a correction amoun... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978246 | Electronic mirror An Electronic Mirror is described that can capture and display, using a digital/video camera or cameras, the image of a subject as they look when viewing themselves in a mirror. The captured image is displayed on a video monitor or TV set. A widescreen flat panel mo... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969721 | Portable computer A portable computer includes a host, a display portion and a plurality of functional modules. The display portion is pivotally connected with the host and has an accommodation concave space. Each of the functional modules has the same connecting structure to be enga... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956921 | Imaging apparatus including a separable monitor and capable of wireless communication, and method for controlling the imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a first part and a second part separable from each other. If the first part and the second part are in a united state, the imaging apparatus stores image data into a storage medium of the first part or a storage medium of the second par... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952638 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable storage medium for acquiring state information from a photographing apparatus An information processing apparatus that acquires, from a photographing apparatus that photographs a subject and records image data obtained as a result of the photographing, state information indicating a present state of the photographing apparatus includes: a sta... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952637 | Display apparatus and method for display backlight control thereof A display apparatus in which a long-time depression of a button for predetermined operations is discriminated, and a light-intensity of a display apparatus is modulated to a maximum or minimum intensity when a long-time depression is identified. This allows for sett... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948547 | Apparatus and method for capturing and viewing images A dual sided viewing panel and a method of capturing and displaying images, is disclosed. The dual sided viewing panel includes a first viewing panel and a second viewing panel. The first and second viewing panels are controllable by a control device to capture an i... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940321 | Display control apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, computer readable medium, and program An image pickup apparatus allows a user to select and set a desired item to be displayed together with an image with a few operations. The user selects a desired item to be displayed together with an image, and stores the selected item as a setting for a display mod... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929037 | Digital camera An digital camera includes a storage medium for connecting a storage medium having image information stored thereon and a display unit that displays the image information stored on the storage medium. The digital camera displays characteristic images symbolizing one... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929038 | Current drive-type apparatus and display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display area, in which pixels each including an EL device and a pixel circuit are arranged in a matrix on a substrate, and a column control circuit for controlling the pixel circuit column by column. The EL device is disposed between a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7907199 | Image input apparatus, program executed by computer, and method for preparing document with image A digital camera inputs an image capture guide list including at least one of image titles as targets to be recorded, and displays the image title(s) included in the image capture guide list on its display part. User takes a picture or pictures while checking the im... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907202 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus with a specific operation member for accepting an operation input includes a image pickup unit configured to receive a light image of a subject and generate an image signal, a display unit configured to display an image on the basis of the ... | 03/15/2011 |
