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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189087 | Imaging device and photographed image display control method Usually, reduced images of past photographed images are displayed with a live view image. When a still image is photographed, the photographed image (post-view image) is displayed, and then an animation that allows a user to intuitively recognize that the image has ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174605 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method There is provided an image processing apparatus allowing a user to easily process a captured image. This image processing apparatus displays an image generated based on image data and an item representing processing for the image data on a screen, detects a change i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164671 | Imaging apparatus, imaging apparatus body and reporting terminal An imaging apparatus capable of assisting such shooting that a designated subject is accommodated in a predetermined reference range without user's continuing gazing at a display screen. Imaging apparatus 100 has: imaging optical system 310 that forms ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164670 | Remote status monitor for high speed video camera A high speed video camera 10 comprises a camera body 20 and a camera lens 30. The rear of the camera body 20 is formed with a handle 40 adjacent to rear face 50 of the camera. Mounted upon or within the handle 40 is a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154645 | Image pickup system including image pickup device and connection device for connecting to external display device An image pickup system including an image pickup device and a connection device is provided. The image pickup device includes an image pickup unit which picks up a subject image, a display unit, a first character image generation unit, and a first control unit. The ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154644 | System and method for manipulation of a digital image A system for rendering a digital image includes a rendering device for rendering a digital image and a camera for capturing a sequence of images of a user. A conversion module converts the sequence of images into a manipulation command for altering the rendering of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149313 | Photographic apparatus, setting method of photography conditions, and recording medium In a digital camera 1, when a shutter button is pressed halfway, then a photographic scene is evaluated until the shutter button is fully depressed, and based on automatic parameters corresponding to the evaluated photographic scene which are set, each portio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144230 | Camera, storage medium having stored therein camera control program, and camera control method A graph 261, in which “aperture” is configured on the vertical axis, and “shutter speed” is configured on the horizontal axis, is displayed as superimposed on a through image. On this displayed graph 261, at a position of a parameter value corr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139136 | Image pickup apparatus, control method of image pickup apparatus and image pickup apparatus having function to detect specific subject Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus 100 including an image display section 32 to identify and display a face which is detected in an image frame, an operation section 4 having cursor buttons of up, down, left and right and a set button which ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8115853 | Digital camera having input devices and a display capable of displaying a plurality of set information items An LCD (21) for displaying a plurality of set information items is provided for a digital camera (10). When a plurality of input keys disposed around the LCD (21) are depressed, set information which is displayed adjacent to the input key can be... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111314 | Camera-enabled portable terminal and method for taking multi-image photograph using the same The present invention relates to a camera-enabled portable terminal having a function for taking a multi-image photograph. The camera-enabled portable terminal includes a camera module for capturing one or more images of an object; a display unit for displaying a fr... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111315 | Imaging device and imaging control method that detects and displays composition information An imaging device including an image pickup device which converts an optical image of a photographic subject received through an imaging lens into an image signal; a displaying device which displays a through-the-lens image based on the image signal; a person detect... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089549 | Imaging apparatus capable of detecting and displaying information with respect to an incline thereof An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068160 | Imaging apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, printing method, display system, display apparatus, and display method Provided is an imaging device capable of appropriately displaying or printing a combined image including a print image and a captured image. The device includes: an imaging sensor for receiving an optical image of a photographing object and converting the optical im... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059182 | Display apparatus, display method, program and storage medium An apparatus and method provides different animations or effects when screens of different groups of icons are switched. This technique prevents a user for mistakenly assuming that icons on different screens necessarily are related to each other, even if they occupy... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040421 | Image display device, portable device with photography function, image display method and computer readable medium which controls the display based on an attitude angle of the display An image display device includes a display, an attitude angle detection unit and a controller. The display displays an image based on image data with photography information. The photography information includes position information and attitude angle information of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018518 | Device and method for inserting captured image data into a document A mobile device with an integrated camera responsive to signals from a camera activator. The mobile device includes application programs capable of editing documents. The user triggers the device operating system to switch from an active application program in which... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018519 | Camera module and method for personalizing on-screen display interface A camera module capable of allowing personalization of an On-Screen Display (OSD) interface is provided. The camera module includes: a transmitting unit configured for transmitting icons to be used in an OSD interface to the camera module wirelessly or over wire, an... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018520 | Imaging device, imaging method, display control device, display control method, and program An imaging device includes an image obtaining unit configured to capture an image of a subject to obtain video data; an extraction unit configured to extract high-frequency components in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the video da... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018517 | Image capture apparatus having display displaying correctly oriented images based on orientation of display, image display method of displaying correctly oriented images, and program An image capture apparatus capable of generating a mirror image of a captured image and superimposing character patterns on the mirror image. The image capture apparatus includes an image capture device and a display device. The display device is rotatably coupled t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013923 | Picture display controlling apparatus and picture display controlling method Disclosed herein is a picture display controlling apparatus capable of improving the user's ease of operation upon selecting picture data on a small-size screen of digital cameras or the like. Picture data items held in a data holding unit (310) are sorted in... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013922 | Mode selection apparatus and digital camera A digital camera (10) has nine imaging setting items. A plurality of operation modes are assigned to each imaging setting item. An imaging operation is performed according to valid operation modes selected for each imaging setting item one by one. When a mode... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004593 | Digital image apparatus and digital image system including transmission history information A digital image apparatus includes: a storage unit in which digital image information is stored; a display unit that displays the digital image information stored in the storage unit; a setting unit that sets a recipient of the digital image information; and a commu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004592 | Imaging device, through image display control method, and recording medium on which through image display control program is recorded in computer-readable manner A template storage section previously stores a template having a plurality of display areas. A template readout section reads out the template from the template storage section for display. An imaging section images a subject and outputs corresponding image data. A ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995130 | Image-recording device An image-recording device comprises a recording processor recording a common still image, to which an identical frame number (a folder-number/file-number pair, for example) is attached, on a plurality of recording media, respectively. A plurality of images, to which... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990456 | Image quality selecting method and digital camera Selection candidates for number of imaging pixels and for an image compression rate are displayed in a two-dimensional arrangement on a setting screen for setting an image quality, and combinations of selectable number of image pixels and a compression rate can be p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990455 | Image information management system It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device with which a photographing state of image data can be intuitively known. When a subject is photographed, a quadrangular flag mark representing a photographing point of an image, and a triangular ma... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986365 | Electronic apparatus An electronic system comprising an image pickup unit 1, a computer 2, and communication terminals for connecting the unit and the computer, such as infrared communication ports 6, 10, a card slot 8, and serial communication terminals 5... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982792 | Image processing apparatus Provided is an image processing apparatus that judges an in-focus degree of a motion picture related to a motion picture signal based on control information inputted along with the motion picture signal and related to an operation of photographing the motion picture... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7973848 | Method and apparatus for providing composition information in digital image processing device Provided is a method and apparatus for providing composition information in a digital image processing device whereby composition information of a target object displayed in a live-view screen is provided using auditory information or visual information during photo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969496 | Camera image stabilization method, apparatus and computer program A camera comprises a user interface for the input of information indicative of the activity of a user. A control unit controls at least one function of the camera in response to the information. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961241 | Image correcting apparatus, picked-up image correcting method, and computer readable recording medium When picking up an image including an object, an imaging apparatus displays the picked-up image on a display unit, and stores the image in a first storage unit. Then, the imaging apparatus performs such control as to extract the contour of an object image in the ima... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948548 | Digital imaging device with inclination sensor A digital imaging device comprises a screen so that a user can view a shot to be captured. One or more reference inclination lines are displayed on the viewing screen. The device also comprises an inclination sensor and displays on the screen one or more cursors mob... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936390 | Digital camera having input devices and a display capable of displaying a plurality of set information items An LCD (21) for displaying a plurality of set information items is provided for a digital camera (10). When a plurality of input keys disposed around the LCD (21) are depressed, set information which is displayed adjacent to the input key can be... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936391 | Digital camera with communications interface for selectively transmitting images over a cellular phone network and a wireless LAN network to a destination Digital camera includes an image sensor receiving incident light of a scene, the digital camera captures an image corresponding to the incident light; display displays the plurality of captured images and displays a menu of destinations; at least one user input for ... | 05/03/2011 |
| RE42289 | Spatial referenced photographic system with navigation arrangement An image system which captures, along with the images, information defining both the position and the orientation of the camera along with the distance to the subject. A video camera is attached to three accelerometers, two gyroscopes, and a rangefinder. Data gather... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924339 | Image pickup apparatus having a help function, and method and program for controlling the same An image pickup apparatus with a help function has a help mode in which a state or representation illustrating operating conditions is displayed on a display unit without actually applying a state or operating condition selected by operating an operating member to t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920199 | Information processing apparatus that overlays image information with line-drawing information An information processing apparatus provides improved expressive capability during presentations. Image, sound, memo information and other related input data that are recorded in an electronic camera are set to be reproduced in a predetermined order. When reproducin... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7907203 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus having an imaging means for imaging an object is provided, when connected to an external device, the apparatus is capable of setting on a screen a function corresponding to the external device, and also capable of displaying a character or outpu... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903163 | Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method, electronic flash control method and computer program An image pickup device provided with an automatic focusing function includes an image pickup unit, a face detection unit, a receive unit, and an automatic focusing control unit. The image pickup unit is configured to input image data corresponding to a subject. The ... | 03/08/2011 |
