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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125557 | Image evaluation method, image capturing method and digital camera thereof for evaluating and capturing images according to composition of the images An image evaluation method for a digital camera includes analyzing the composition of an image for obtaining a characteristic of the composition of the image, computing an ideal characteristic value, a real characteristic value, and a difference value between the id... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125556 | Device having camera function including error detection and display method and medium therefor When an error occurring in a terminal (device) is detected, one or more solutions for removing the detected error are displayed to a user, so that the detected error can be easily removed by the user even though the user is not familiar with operations or detailed f... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8077243 | Video output device and OSD forced display method of video output device A video output device includes an OSD generation means for generating OSD (On Screen Display) for controlling the device itself, a detection means for detecting a connected state in which the device is connected to a prescribed external display device in a state rea... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059183 | Image sensing apparatus and method for controlling the same When a chart is used as a subject, whether or not the chart can be captured for storage is determined based on the result obtained through distance measurement at a plurality of locations in a field captured for temporary display on a viewfinder. For example, a maxi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045037 | Image sensing apparatus and control method for relaxing red-eye effect in sensed image data This invention makes it possible to execute photography with a sufficient red-eye relaxation effect. To do this, in this invention, the amount of a red eye is detected on the basis of a signal obtained by reading an object image under light projection by a light pro... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023031 | Image pickup apparatus with display apparatus, and display control method for display apparatus In an image pickup apparatus having a display unit that displays an image, an operation member to which a plurality of functions are assigned, and a detection unit that detects touching to the operation member, a display control for the display unit judges with use ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7978247 | Focusing information visualization device, and corresponding method, program and recording medium The focusing information visualization system of the invention extracts an edge having an edge intensity of not less than a first reference value Th1 and an edge width of not greater than a second reference value Th2 in a photographic image and display... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7667758 | Image pickup apparatus for displaying images and information of states and method for controlling the same A digital single-lens reflex camera determines whether a predetermined time has passed since the start of display. If the predetermined time has not passed yet, the camera performs face detection to determine if a user is looking into an optical finder of the camera... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7570294 | Digital camera A digital camera which has a plurality of modes including shooting mode and enables shooting, when the shooting mode is selected, in macro shooting mode or other shooting modes, comprising: a subject decision device which decides w... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7551218 | Digital camera with a mode selectable structure A digital camera has a shutter release button. A mode selector sets a selected one of a regular photographing mode and a macro photographing mode adapted to image pickup at a nearer distance of close-up than the regular photographing mode. An LCD display panel as a ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7515191 | Digital camera and solid-state image pickup unit A digital camera comprising: a solid-state image pickup device having an image pickup region; a signal processing unit for generating a through-image on a basis of an image signal read from a region extracted from a through-image extraction frame of said image picku... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7432972 | Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus, and digital photographing apparatus utilizing the method Provided are a method for controlling a digital photographing apparatus that informs a user when a flash is set to go off when photographing, and photographs with the flash according to user manipulation, and a digital photographing apparatus utilizing the method. I... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430369 | Image capture apparatus and control method therefor An image capture apparatus, such as a digital camera or a digital still camera, is capable of easily capturing an optimal image by determining a state of a subject via image processing during capturing, and executing re-capturing or giving a warning to prompt re-cap... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424218 | Real-time preview for panoramic images A “Panoramic Viewfinder” provides an intuitive interactive viewfinder display which operates on a digital camera display screen. This interactive viewfinder provides real-time assistance in capturing images for constructing panoramic image mosaics. The Panoramic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424217 | Method of evaluating image information, photographing device, and storage medium having program stored thereon An evaluation on image information is indicated before operating a shutter operating section. For example, a method of evaluating image information includes: (a) a step of converting an optical image of an object to be photographed into electrical image information;... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7379111 | Imaging apparatus displaying images in recording and standby modes with different luminances An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a recording unit for recording image data obtained by the image pickup unit on recording unit, a display unit for displaying images relating to the image data obtained by the image pickup unit, and a control unit ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365789 | Autofocus method and apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an autofocus method and apparatus capable of always performing proper focusing operation. To achieve this object, a control device drives a focus lens in accordance with the operation of an operation device, and stores the s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362354 | Method and system for assessing the photo quality of a captured image in a digital still camera A method for assessing the photo quality of a captured image in a digital camera comprises the steps of checking in-camera the photo quality of the captured image to determine if the photo quality is acceptable, and providing a corresponding photo quality feedback t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358994 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium thereof, and program thereof In image processing apparatus and method for displaying and printing a person image photographed by a digital camera, it is possible to automatically correct image data and output the person image of an optimum characteristic. In this apparatus, an image obtaining p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7339613 | Method of monitoring digital camera capable of informing user of inadequate photographing A method of controlling a digital camera includes performing photographing of an object, determining whether the amount of exposure is appropriate and shakiness is present, and notifying a user of such information if the amount of exposure is not appropriate or shak... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339649 | Lens barrel and imaging device A lens barrel and imaging device advantageous for making unnatural brightness variation in an image, due to a liquid-crystal light control element, less noticeable, while reducing the size of an optical system, are disclosed. A lens barrel comprises an optical syste... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327391 | Automatic image quality adjustment according to brightness of subject The image processing device performs image processing using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data where the image generation record information includes at least operating informati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324136 | Electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method therefor The electronic camera, and image display method and image recording method applied thereto are capable of eliminating discontinuity in moving image caused by a camera control such as interruption by still image recording in moving image capturing and aperture switch... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304664 | Digital camera having a display unit to display the print status of a connected printer A digital camera and a printer are directly connected to each other, and a printing progress situation is displayed on a display unit of the digital camera while an image taken by the digital camera is being printed. Further, when a printing mode is changed to a pho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295239 | User interface illumination system A user interface illumination system provides a user with information regarding the operation of a digital camera. The system may provide a user interface for informing the user of the ability to select a particular function to be performed on the camera. The user i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295232 | Camera and program A camera which can obtain an image without image blur is disclosed. The camera which obtains a synthesized image whose exposure has been corrected by synthesizing a plurality of images obtained through successive image-taking, comprising: a detection unit which dete... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286177 | Digital camera A digital camera is incorporated into a mobile telephone handset. An image window, used as a viewfinder, includes an indicator in the form of a three-part bar for showing whether an optimal image can be captured. Exposure, white balance and dark reference are determ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274830 | System for multi-sensor image fusion A method and system for fusing image data includes an electronic circuit (L) for synchronizing image frames. An adaptive lookup table unit (302a, 302b) receives the image frame data sets and applies correction factors to individual pixels... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7248287 | Method for examining shooting direction of camera apparatus, device thereof and structure for installing sensor In a test method in which an image photographed by a camera apparatus 1 attached to a body of a vehicle is displayed on a display device 17 and an examiner examines compliance or non-compliance of the shooting direction of the camera apparatus 1... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248301 | System and method for providing camera focus feedback Disclosed are systems and method for providing feedback to a user. In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to analyzing levels of focus of discrete portions of an image, evaluating a relative focus of the image portions, and identifying to a user the image ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233357 | Image pickup apparatus with image evaluation An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit adapted to capture an image using an image pickup element, a switch adapted to instruct the image capture apparatus to start a recording process of recording a captured image to a recording medium, and a cont... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221865 | Electronic camera, information device and portable information apparatus An electronic camera comprising an LCD panel for image reproduction and an imaging device is disclosed, in which private information attaching a predetermined attribute to a designated photographed image can be input, and in accordance with the private information, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215373 | Object distance display apparatus to display an object distance based on measured object distance data The object distance display apparatus displays object distances according to actually measured object distance data entered in advance, matched with focusing lens positions acquired from a television lens device, and enables, when the apparatus is connected to the t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209174 | Movable status display within a camera-back display of an image capturing device An image capturing device includes a camera-back display and a status display provided within the camera-back display. The status display displays one or more status information items of said image capturing device. A user is able to turn the status display on and o... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7161618 | Camera system including camera and computer having inter-device control capability and camera thereof A camera system includes a camera for photographing an object and acquiring image data of the object, and a computer connectable to the camera. The camera is provided with a manipulation member and a camera controller for detecting an operation of the manipulation m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7133068 | System and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera device A system and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera comprises a cradle device that transports the video camera across a target object during a scanning procedure that captures and stores video data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129980 | Image capturing apparatus and automatic exposure control correcting method When a shutter release button of an image capturing apparatus is half pressed, an exposure time t is determined by a normal AE function. Then, if a shutter release button is fully pressed, an image is captured with the exposure time t, and the captured image is stor... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7098946 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus having function for synthesizing image signals corresponding to a plurality of frames of different exposure amounts to generate wide dynamic range, synthesized image is provided with: at least two control means among a taking control means ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079707 | System and method for horizon correction within images The present invention includes a system and method for the correction of user induced inadvertent orientation errors in captured digital images before the digital image is saved to a storage media or memory. A system of the present invention checks a user-selectable... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071456 | Camera module with ambient light detection A camera module forms digital images and measures an ambient light level. A device such as a digital camera, a telephone, or a PDA containing the camera module can set lighting levels of I/O systems such as keypads or displays according to the ambient light level to... | 07/04/2006 |
