Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149318 | Reproducing apparatus, image data reproducing method, program, and storage medium A reproducing apparatus, an image data reproducing method, a program, and a storage medium each detects an attitude state of the reproducing apparatus, extracts a part of an area of image data obtained by an image pickup device, and reproduces the part of the area o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8106991 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a display screen displaying a first image included in a continuously taken image group, a friction position detector detecting a friction position on the display screen rubbed by a user, and an image synthes... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094230 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program The present invention is an image processing apparatus for converting an original image into an enlarged image on which enlargement processing has been performed with respect to a reference point. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085333 | Digital camera A digital camera includes: an image processing unit that creates first display image data and second display image data; a display device that displays a first screen image and a second screen image so as to allow a user to observe the first screen image when viewed... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081252 | Image displaying apparatus The image displaying apparatus of the present invention provides a first display mode in which a first display region for one screen image is formed in a display screen, with the short side direction of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction; and a s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8059184 | Image display apparatus Disclosed is an image display apparatus, including: a first image pickup unit; a second image pickup unit; a display unit for displaying a first image picked up by the first image pickup unit and a second image picked up by the second image pickup unit; a detecting ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035720 | Image display apparatus and photographing apparatus Provided is an image display apparatus whose display images can be viewed regardless of an orientation or an aspect ratio of a display image. When a user sets the orientation and the aspect ratio of a live view display, a background frame corresponding to the orient... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7990458 | Digital camera A digital camera has an image-capturing device, an image processor, and a display. The image-capturing device creates a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor. The image processor creates an inverted cleaning image so... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7965332 | Method and device for dynamically displaying image by virtual plane coordinate conversion Device and method capable of dynamically displaying digital images by coordinate conversion on a virtual plane are provided. The device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The display unit includes a screen. The storage unit stores a digi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961242 | Imaging device, display controller, and display apparatus An imaging device includes a display unit for displaying an image, an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, a posture detector for detecting a posture of the imaging device in shooting, a recording unit for recording a reduced image of a shot image, and posture i... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956923 | Mobile terminal having image corrector A mobile terminal has an image corrector which includes a comparator for receiving a first image signal photographed by a camera in a camera mode and a second image signal displayed in a normal mode, and for comparing them with a reference signal to generate a devia... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7903166 | Methods and systems for display viewer motion compensation based on user image data Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for compensating for motion of a viewer relative to a display device. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7893984 | Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit which causes an image sensor to photoelectrically convert an object image to generate an image signal, a display unit which displays the image signal generated by the image capturing unit, a storage unit ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7884874 | Digital still camera and method of controlling same The image of a subject is attained by image sensing and the image of the subject is displayed on the display screen of a digital still camera. The image of a face is detected from within the image of the subject and a face frame is displayed so as to enclose the det... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7839447 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and m... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7825980 | Electronic device, display method thereof, and storage medium storing program for executing the method An electronic device for allowing a viewer to view still pictures according to the intention of a photographer or drafter of the still pictures when the still pictures are successively displayed, a display method thereof, and a storage medium storing a program for e... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821563 | Image processor and control method A control method for an image processor having an operation member and an image display unit that displays images, wherein it is determined whether a touch wheel button has been operated according to a first operation method or whether it has been operated according... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7808541 | Image pickup apparatus, image pickup lens, and data writing method to image pickup lens To enable to display a scale indicative of a reference length on a screen of a display at an accurate length even when exchanging the lens in an image pickup apparatus to any lens. In a case of mounting an exchange lens (4F, 4Z) to an image pick... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7760263 | Image photographing/reproducing system and method, photographing apparatus and image reproducing apparatus used in the image photographing/reproducing system and method as well as image reproducing method The image photographing/reproducing system includes an photographing apparatus for photographing an image, first communication unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from second communication unit at a communication point installed in a predetermined... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7742095 | Information processing apparatus, method and storage medium Provided is a display technique whereby it is possible for an area, which an operator desires to zoom and display, to be zoomed and displayed in conformity with the size of the screen through a simple operation. This is achieved by an information processing apparatu... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7724296 | Device and method for adjusting image orientation A camera device (1) comprising a support structure (10), a primary camera (16) carried by the support structure, and a secondary camera (15) carried by the support structure. When the primary camera (16) is operated to capture an i... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719596 | Display apparatus, burn-in correction system and burn-in correction method A burn-in correction system including a display unit equipped with a display panel displaying an image according to input image data, and an imaging unit acquiring imaged image data by imaging the display panel from a viewing side, the system correcting burn-in on t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7667760 | Image sensor output correction device An output compensating device capable of effectively correcting pixel signals composing an image taken and output by the image sensor having a wide dynamic range to be adaptively displayed with high quality and high contrast on a viewable screen area by using means ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7659934 | Recording/reproduction apparatus, and recording/reproduction method as well as stereoscopic images visual effects confirmation apparatus and stereoscopic image visual effects confirmation method The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for recording/reproduction of images with which the visual effects of a plurality of images can be visually confirmed with ease. The apparatus includes a recording/reproduction section that records a plurali... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7639300 | Imaging device, display controller, and display apparatus An imaging device includes a display unit for displaying an image, an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, a posture detector for detecting a posture of the imaging device in shooting, a recording unit for recording a reduced image of a shot image, and posture i... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7619677 | Electronic camera adjusting size of image to fit display area A rear side of an electronic camera is provided with an LCD to display a taken image. When a user does not touch the LCD, the taken image is displayed on an entire screen of the LCD. When the user touches the LCD, a contact position is detected by a touch sensor. A ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7525589 | Video outputting method and device A video outputting method is provided, in which a standard image is displayed, and has a standard aspect ratio. A widescreen (wide) image is displayed, and has a widescreen aspect ratio that is horizontally longer than the standard aspect ratio. Upper and lower blan... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7486323 | Portable electronic device for changing menu display state according to rotating degree and method thereof A video pick device for displaying a menu in a fixed position regardless of its rotation state. The photographing device comprises a geomagnetic sensor for detecting a predetermined output value corresponding to a geomagnetism; a display unit for displaying a predet... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7471328 | Apparatus and method for rotating image in digital camera A camera operating apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a signal processor for rotating and storing a shot image so that a storage direction of the image shot with the camera rotated 90° or 180° may be a reference storage direction. The shot i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463300 | Image sensing apparatus, display control method, and display control program The sizes of objects indicating photographing conditions and/or the state of an image sensing apparatus displayed on a display unit of the image sensing apparatus can be changed by simple operation. When the operation of a zoom operation unit is detected, it is dete... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7453506 | Digital camera having a specified portion preview section A digital camera has an image capturing unit, a display unit, a face portion detecting unit, face portion selecting device and a control unit. The image capturing unit photoelectrically captures an image of a subject including a face portion of the subject and obtai... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7430008 | Digital still camera and method of inputting user instructions using touch panel A microcomputer detects tracing on a touch panel, detects the traced pattern and controls each unit to execute advancing/backing or deleting the image according to the detected pattern. The microcomputer also changes the display mode from standard play mode to magni... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7420601 | Digital camera and method of controlling a digital camera to determine image sharpness Provided is a method of controlling a digital camera to enlarge part of an object included in a captured image and display the enlarged part of the captured image on a screen so that the user determines sharpness of the image, which includes determining whether a hu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417671 | Image processing system capable of providing color correction An electrical signal output from an image sensing device is converted into digital image data and stored in a non-compressed form or a lossless-compressed form, in a storage medium. A user sets parameters associated with a white balance via a setting screen. The set... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411623 | Photographed image recording and reproducing apparatus with simultaneous photographing function A still image is photographed by a still image photographing operation performed during a moving-image photographing operation and a moving image is photographed during the moving-image photographing operation. The still image is recorded together with link informat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408580 | Image display apparatus, image display method and computer program Each of image display apparatus, an image display method and a computer program is arranged to select one of a first display mode of displaying an image of an image signal having a first aspect ratio in the image display area and a second display mode of displaying ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403227 | Digital camera that automatically adjusts LCD brightness according to ambient light A digital camera includes a LCD that has a back light whose intensity level is set at a point midway between a maximum intensity setting and a minimum intensity setting. The back light level is then adjusted automatically from this default setting to a brightness le... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391444 | Image pickup apparatus capable of selecting output according to time measured by timer In an image pickup apparatus, timer 2 starts a time measuring operation when a shutter button is pressed. When a time T1 is measured by timer 2, the image from CCD 1 is output as a background image to a background image buffer 4. I... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388612 | Image pickup apparatus and method, recording medium, and program providing user selected hue and white balance settings An image pickup apparatus permits easy setting of an optimum hue of an image to be shot by displaying a hue chart in the image pickup apparatus, thereby enabling the user to visually check each hue set in the process of selecting an optimum hue according to the tast... | 06/17/2008 |
