| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348333050 | Display of multiple images (e.g., thumbnail images, etc.) | 77 |
| 20080225155 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing image, includes an input unit for inputting user operation information, a recording medium for recording moving image data, a data processor for retrieving data recorded on the recording medium and generating display data in response to an input to the input unit, and a display unit for displaying the display data. The data processor selects a frame containing an image of a person's face from a scene as a moving image recording unit recorded on the recording medium, generates a thumbnail image of a face region extracted from the selected frame and displays on the display unit a list of generated thumbnail images arranged in a time-series order. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080239133 | IMAGE MANIPULATOR FOR A CAMERA - A method and system for editing an image with a camera includes simultaneously displaying a first image and a second image separate from each other on a display screen of the camera and modifying the first image, via a user interface of the camera, using a portion of the second image. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080273110 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image which has not yet undergone image data processing and an image which has undergone image data processing are displayed so that a difference between the images can be readily recognized. An image obtained by means of a lens and an imaging element is subjected to specific processing, such as correction of red eyes, correction of soft focusing, and the like, in an image processing block. The image processing block displays the image data which have not yet undergone image processing and the image data which have undergone image processing, on an LCD side by side or alternately in time sequence. When a user has operated a joystick, the unprocessed image and the processed image, which are displayed side by side, are concurrently scrolled while maintaining a relationship of a parallel display. A control block synthesizes a message showing specifics image processing and a message showing a processed area with the processed image, and displays the thus-synthesized image on the LC | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080297639 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297640 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090002540 | 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 to perform control so that, after the control unit sets the predetermined inhibited area, when an operation has been input by the touch panel, the control unit determines whether or not the operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area, and, in a case where the operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area, by erasing the icon displayed by the display unit, a user is allowed to recognize that an unintended operation has been input within the predetermined inhibited area. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090027540 | MULTI-MAGNIFICATION COLOR IMAGE SENSOR - A color image sensor has imaging elements each structured to form, at an image plane, an image of a subject having a respective magnification. Ones of the imaging elements forming respective ones of the images with the same magnification in light of mutually different colors constitute a set characterized by the magnification of the images. The sets having mutually-different magnifications. The color image sensor additionally has a light sensor located in the image plane and comprising a region of sensor elements disposed opposite each of the imaging elements. The regions of sensor elements opposite each of the sets of imaging elements are operable to generate, in response to light incident thereon, a respective color image signal representing the image of the subject at the respective magnification. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090268075 | CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA BODY, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT, AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device that is able to display an image with an aperture value at the time when actually photographing on a liquid crystal display monitor for displaying an image, in a single-lens reflex digital camera is provided. In a depth-of-field preview mode, a quick return mirror ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100026873 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD(S) - Digital image processing apparatuses, methods of controlling the same, and computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions for executing the method(s). The digital image processing apparatus is configured to simultaneously display a quick view image and a preview image on a display device. The digital image processing apparatus may have the advantage of reducing a time interval between photographing operations. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100079655 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS OPERATED BY THE SAME - An exemplary digital image signal processing apparatus which performs image signal processing on an input image to generate a captured image includes first and second displays. The digital image signal processing apparatus may be operated by a method in which the first display displays a first image corresponding to the input image, an exposure correction is performed on the input image to generate a second image, and the second display displays the second image. An exposure determiner may determine an exposure degree of the first image, a gain may be determined according to the exposure degree, and the exposure correction may be performed by applying the gain to the first image. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100110268 | Imaging apparatus and display control method thereof - An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100118175 | Imaging Apparatus For Image Integration - A method and imaging apparatus is provided for integrating a first image into a second image. An image capture device comprising at least one first lens and at least one second lens is provided. An image integration software application is provided which utilizes an interface on the image capture device. The image integration software application supports the first lens and the second lens for providing the first image and the second image from different directions. The operator previews the second image using the image capture device, and selects a location in the previewed second image on the interface for the integration. The operator captures the previewed second image and the first image using the second lens and the first lens respectively. The image integration software application integrates the captured first image and the captured second image at the selected location to facilitate combination of image effects in a composite image. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A THUMBNAIL OF A MOVING PICTURE - A system and associated method provide for generating a thumbnail of a moving picture, where the method includes detecting face areas from input frames, detecting a face feature from each of the input frames based on a detected face area, determining a predetermined characteristic based on the face area, determining candidate frames for generating a thumbnail image of the input frames, using a detected face feature and a determined characteristic, and generating one of the candidate frames meeting a set thumbnail image condition, as a thumbnail image. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100194962 | 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 along a first direction with respect to a display face and so as to allow the user to observe the second screen image when viewed along a second direction that differs from the first direction; and a control unit that instructs the display device to display the first display image data as the first screen image, and the second display image data as the second screen image. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100225798 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a digital photographing device is provided. In the digital photographing device, in a display mode, at least one set display value is set. The method includes displaying a first image file, and in response to a direction key signal, displaying a second image file while the set display value is maintained. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100245651 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes an operation receiving unit configured to receive a selection operation for selecting, in a case where index images for allowing selection of content to be reproduced are displayed in list form on a display unit, an index image from among the index images displayed in list form, an image processing unit configured to sequentially scale up an image related to content corresponding to the selected index image from a size of the selected index image to a certain size, and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display the image that is being sequentially scaled up, with an arrangement position of the selected index image serving as a reference position, and cause the display unit to display the content corresponding to the selected index image when a size of the image that is being sequentially scaled up reaches the certain size. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100302429 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image analysis unit analyses information appended to an image and calculates the image capture time for each of the images. A time difference calculating unit calculates the image capture time difference between images arranged by an image managing unit by referring to the image capture time for each of the images calculated by the image analysis unit. A user instruction information managing unit sets a threshold that is used in the selection of images to be displayed in one screen and that serves as a determination reference for time differences based on input information of the user. The display determination unit compares an image capture time difference calculated by the time difference calculating unit and a threshold set by the user instruction information managing unit, and selects the images that satisfy this threshold as images to be display in the screen. A display processing unit displays thumbnails of images selected by the display determining unit in an index display in one screen in an image capture time sequence. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309360 | Electronic camera for producing quickview images - An electronic camera according to the present invention includes: an image pickup part for picking up a subject image to produce image data; a processing part for processing the image data outputted from the image pickup part to produce a quickview image for monitor display and also produce image data for record on a recording medium; and a monitor part for displaying the quickview image. The processing part commences displaying the quickview image on the monitor part prior to the production of the image data for record. This processing allows the display of the quickview image to be commenced without waiting for completion of the production of the image data for record. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time lag occurring at displaying the quickview image, thereby improving the convenience of the electronic camera. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100328514 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND THUMBNAIL IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - An imaging apparatus generates display data and index data. The display data includes compressed image data and thumbnail image data. The index data indicates the locations of the thumbnail image data in the display data. The imaging apparatus outputs the display data that is appended with the index data. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110032407 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes: a display section that displays an image; and a control section that allows the display section to display a plurality of images, which are included in a predetermined group, in series on the basis of a predetermined operation performed on an input section, and allows the display section to display predetermined information while allowing the display section to display an endmost image in the corresponding predetermined group. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110090391 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110234881 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that allows viewing a plurality of plane images in different photographing ranges with high visibility. Two images in different photographing ranges (an image of the telephoto side and an image of the wide side) are taken in a tele/wide simultaneous shooting mode, and the two images are stored in one image file (for example, MP file). The display apparatus acquires the image file and displays the two images on a monitor by a display method stored in ancillary information of the image file. A change in the display method can be inputted from an designation device. If the display method is inputted, a CPU causes the monitor to display the images by the changed display method. If the display method is inputted, the ancillary information of the image file is overwritten by the inputted display method and stored in a main memory. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110279726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which acquires, from another information processing apparatus, data stored in the other information processing apparatus, comprising, a storage unit storing data, a selection unit selecting data stored in the storage unit, a generation unit generating, based on the selected data, condition information that determines a condition for specifying data to be requested to the other information processing apparatus, and a communication unit transmitting the condition information to the other information processing apparatus and receiving, from the other information processing apparatus, data that satisfies the determined condition. The storage unit stores information about a generation location of the data in association with the data, and the generation unit generates, based on information about generation locations of the selected data, condition information that determines a condition regarding a range of locations where data to be acquired from the other information processing apparatus were generated. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110304760 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH DUAL-DISPLAY UNIT HAVING FUNCTION OF EDITING CAPTURED IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile communication device, and which includes allowing, via a wireless communication unit, wireless communication with at least one other terminal, displaying, via a camera, a real-time image on a first display portion of a display of the device, receiving an image capture command signal to obtain one or more captured images of the real-time image displayed on the first display portion, and displaying the one or more captured images on a second display portion and displaying the real-time image on the first display portion such that a user is allowed to view the one or more captured images and the real-time image together. Further, the one or more captured images is minimized and moved toward the second display portion and is displayed in a thumbnail format on the second display portion in response to the image capture command signal. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120026380 | IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, INDEX DISPLAYING METHOD BY IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image recording/reproduction apparatus reads image data from a recording medium storing plural image data to display the read image data on a TV monitor or the like, and selects image data of a same aspect ratio to simultaneously index display plural small images of thus selected image data on the TV monitor. Reduced images of an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 16:9 are formed respectively from image data of an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 16:9, and the number of displayed small image is changed according to the aspect ratio, thereby displaying a larger amount of information within a limited display space in an easily recognizable manner. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120133817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ASPECT RATIO IN A CAMERA GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A device and method are provided that retrieves a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of images captured by the digital camera and rotates each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails into an upright position. The method and device also crops each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails to a uniform size which is an overlap of a portrait and landscape image and displays each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails having the uniform size such that the plurality of thumbnails has a uniform appearance while the digital camera is in a review mode. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120200760 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system to generate an image, a control unit configured to perform focusing control of the imaging optical system, an object detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of object regions based on the image generated by the image generation unit, and a display unit configured to display the plurality of object regions detected by the object detecting unit. The object detecting unit sequentially detects the object regions at a plurality of positions to which the imaging optical system is moved, and the display unit juxtaposes and displays the object regions detected by the object detecting unit with respect to the image. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206638 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A liquid crystal display device ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212658 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH SIDE BY SIDE IMAGE DISPLAY - A camera system has an imaging optical system, an imaging component, a liquid crystal monitor, an aperture setting component, and an image display controller. The liquid crystal monitor has a first display region and a second display region. The aperture setting component adjusts the aperture in a specific period so that the actual aperture value will be a preset value. The image display controller displays, in the first display region, a reference image acquired by the imaging component under conditions in which the aperture value is the preset value, and displays, in the second display region, a comparative image acquired by the imaging component at a different timing from that of the reference image. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120274831 | IMAGING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR A CO-EXISTENT SHOOTING AND REPRODUCTION MODE - A currently captured image of an object is displayed at a center of a display frame on a display screen in a shooting mode. When a dial is rotated, the currently captured image is moved rightward. A reproduced image captured before the currently captured image is displayed on the left thereof. Another reproduced image captured before the reproduced image is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image and the reproduced images are displayed simultaneously on the display screen as a co-existent shooting and reproducing mode. When the dial is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images are displayed in a reproducing mode. The reproduced images are displayed along a time axis. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120320249 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120327285 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA FOR PRODUCING QUICKVIEW IMAGES - An electronic camera according to the present invention includes: an image pickup part for picking up a subject image to produce image data; a processing part for processing the image data outputted from the image pickup part to produce a quickview image for monitor display and also produce image data for record on a recording medium; and a monitor part for displaying the quickview image. The processing part commences displaying the quickview image on the monitor part prior to the production of the image data for record. This processing allows the display of the quickview image to be commenced without waiting for completion of the production of the image data for record. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time lag occurring at displaying the quickview image, thereby improving the convenience of the electronic camera. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130033634 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PACKING MULTIPLE IMAGES - A method and apparatus are provided for packing a plurality of images. A number of cells of a canvas on which the plurality of images having different aspect ratios are to be packed is determined. The cells on the canvas are merged such that a number of the plurality of images is equal to the number of the cells. Each of the plurality of images are placed in a corresponding one of the plurality of cells of the canvas, according to respective aspect ratios of the plurality of images, when the number of the plurality of images is equal to the number of the cells. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130070143 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus includes a control unit for displaying a first content in a first area of a display screen, and a multi-contents generation unit for generating a plurality of second contents, wherein the control unit divides a second area of the display screen into a plurality of areas, and the plurality of second contents are respectively displayed in areas of the second area. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076963 | IMAGE CAPTURE MODES FOR DUAL SCREEN MODE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface during an image capture. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device for a first screen and a second screen when capturing the image. The change in the display mode may be made in response to one or more actions conducted by a user. The image capture function includes different modes that display different information on the first and/or second screens. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130120634 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SELECTING IMAGE DATA USING A DISPLAY - An image recording apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a recording unit configured to record one of still image data and video image data captured by the image capturing unit on a storage medium in the form of an image file, a generating unit configured to generate a management file used for managing the image file recorded on the storage medium, and a registering unit configured to register an identifier of the image file recorded on the storage medium in the management file on a capture date basis in the order of capture time. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130155308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE DETAILS IN AN IMAGE - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media enhance details in a preview image for an imaging device. In one method, an image of a scene is captured with an image sensor, one or more objects of interest may be detected in the scene, a window layout for a preview window can be displayed, a composite image is generated, the composite image is displayed on a preview display. The composite image may include the captured scene along with an enhanced detail window containing the object of interest. The object of interest may be a face. The apparatus may include a touch screen display, with the position or size of the enhanced detail window changeable via gesture inputs detected on the touchscreen display. Which object of interest is displayed in the detail window may be changed from one object of interest to another through gesture inputs. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130162878 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The method including setting a division frame configured by dividing a display screen; displaying a first input image in a first region of the set division frame; displaying the first input image captured according to a first photographing signal, in the first region; displaying a second input image in a second region of the set division frame; and displaying the second input image captured according to a second photographing signal in the second region. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130182167 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT IN A SUBSTRATE - A method and device for detecting an object in a substrate is disclosed. The device has a sensor unit having a sensor element and at least one further sensor element, a control and evaluation unit, and a display unit. The method for detecting an object in a substrate includes simultaneous reception of a receive signal and at least one further receive signal and simultaneous calculation of a depth cross-sectional image from the receive signal and at least one further depth cross-sectional image from the at least one further receive signal by the control and evaluation unit. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130208165 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING A CAMERA - An image-taking method of a portable terminal apparatus includes acquiring images from a camera sensor at every frame period in a camera operation mode; converting the acquired images to viewing images and compressed images; and buffering the compressed images while displaying the viewing images on a display unit of the portable terminal. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130300910 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING BURST IMAGES - An apparatus, method and computer program product for presenting burst images are provided. The apparatus may include a processor that may be configured to receive a plurality of burst images. Each burst image may differ from the other burst images based on a variable parameter. The processor may also be configured to provide for a presentation of a sample burst image. In this regard, the sample burst image may be one of the plurality of burst images. The processor may be further configured to receive a selected location within the presentation of the sample burst image and provide for a presentation of a plurality of burst image fragments associated with each of the plurality of burst images. In this regard, the burst image fragments may be portions of each of the burst images, where the areas of each burst image may be determined based on the selected location. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140036130 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140098274 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Included is a flat box shaped housing | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140104477 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of displaying a thumbnail image and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method of displaying the thumbnail image of the electronic device includes detecting meta data and object information for an image, determining an aspect ratio of the thumbnail image with respect to the image on the basis of the detected meta data and object information, and displaying the thumbnail image with respect to the image according to the determined aspect ratio. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104478 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a position specifying unit, a first display control unit, and a second display control unit. The position specifying unit specifies a retrieval start position indicating an arbitrary place within a predetermined order of images based on a user operation. The first display control unit controls displaying an image corresponding to the retrieval start position. The second display control unit changes the displayed image in the predetermined order. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140176775 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device, capable of shooting a combined photograph that is a single image made up of a plurality of images, and capable of live view display, comprises a first display section, a second display section, an imaging section for converting a subject image to image data, an image processing section for subjecting the image data to image processing, and a combined photograph processing section, for combining a plurality of image data subjected to image processing by the image processing section to create a single image, wherein, when a live view image is to be displayed on the first display section an image that has been subjected to processing by the combined photograph processing section is displayed, while when a live view image is to be displayed on the second display section an image that has been subjected to image processing by the image processing section is displayed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140192245 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR IMPLEMENTING PREVIEW CONTROL - A method for controlling the preview of images taken by multiple cameras includes displaying a first preview image of a first camera on a screen, detecting a first user gesture through a second camera and a second user gesture on a touch panel mounted on the screen, and displaying a second preview image of the second camera along with the first preview image of the first camera in response to the first and second user gestures. A mobile terminal includes a first camera and a second camera, and a control unit configured to detect a first user gesture through a second camera and a second user gesture on a touch panel in a state of displaying the first preview image. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140232921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A method in an electronic device, the method comprising displaying a first picture acquired from a first image sensor on a display functionally connected to the electronic device, and displaying a second picture acquired from a second image sensor on display, wherein the first picture and the second pictures are simultaneously displayed as a preview image on the display. An electronic device for processing an image comprises at least one memory configured to store image information and an image processing module, and at least one processor configured to execute the image processing module, wherein the image processing module comprises instructions of displaying a first picture acquired from a first image sensor on a display functionally connected to the electronic device, and according to a first input, displaying a second picture acquired from a second image sensor on the display, wherein the first picture and the second picture are simultaneously displayed as a preview image on the display. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232922 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of images, a processing unit that creates a plurality of composite images having a sequential relationship based on a predetermined rule using at least a portion of each of the acquired images, and selects a representative image corresponding to the plurality of composite images. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240577 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section configured by an image pickup optical system, and an image pickup device for a storage section for temporarily storing image data, a display section, a dividing operation section for instructing that a region to be displayed on the display section is to be divided, and a signal processing control section including at least a display control section, and an image processing section, wherein the signal processing control section performs display control of displaying, on the display section, an image based on the image data, dividing a display region of the display section after receiving a division instruction from the dividing operation section, and causing a second image to be displayed in one of regions obtained by the division, and repeatedly updating/displaying a first image in a display region, of the display section, different from an image display region. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140267870 | MIXED MEDIA FROM MULTIMODAL SENSORS - Methods and systems a mixed media communication from multimodal sensors are disclosed. A first data is captured at a first image capturing device associated with a first communication device. A second data is captured at a second image capturing device associated with the first communication device. The first data and the second data are simultaneously sent to a second communication device to be displayed simultaneously on a display of the second communication device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267871 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An electronic device includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, one or more image processing modules, and a display. The first image sensor generates first image data. The second image sensor generates second image data. The one or more image processing modules process one or more image data among the first image and the second image data. The display displays the one or more image data among the first image data or second image data processed by the one or more image processing modules. The thumbnail generation module generates thumbnail data using the one or more image data among the first image data and second image data processed by the one or more image processing modules. A method includes converting the plurality of image data into a format displayable on a display, and generating thumbnail data using the image data of the displayable format. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285698 | Viewfinder Display Based on Metering Images - An image capture device may capture a series of images. The series of images may include a plurality of metering images interleaved with a plurality of preview images. The preview images may be captured using respective total exposure times (TETs) that are based on characteristics of at least one previously-captured metering image. A viewfinder of the image capture device may display a stream of display images. Each display image in the stream of display images may be derived from at least one of the preview images, and at least part of the capturing may occur contemporaneously with at least part of the displaying. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140313388 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for processing information is provided, to reduce the workload of an electronic device. The method includes: determining M images with a first correlation attribute in N images, where M is an integer in a range of 1≦M≦N; displaying by the display unit a first interactive object to enable the M images as a whole to be browsed by the user when the user is browsing the N images, where the first interactive object includes a first image and a first identifier representing one or more of the M images. Another method for processing information and a corresponding electronic device are further provided. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320723 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a camera apparatus and a wireless communication terminal including the camera apparatus. The camera apparatus includes: a transparent rear monitor disposed on a back side of the camera apparatus; an electronic viewfinder disposed in front of the rear monitor and overlapping the rear monitor; and a control unit configured to control displaying of preview images on one of the rear monitor and the electronic viewfinder at a time. The control unit controls the rear monitor to display preview images at a first time when the rear monitor is used, and controls the electronic viewfinder to display preview images to transmit the preview images through the rear monitor at a different time when the rear monitor is not used. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327806 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE - A device and a method for generating a thumbnail image in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying an image, setting coordinates for at least one object in the image, and generating some areas of the at least one object as a thumbnail image according to the coordinates. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140333818 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING MOVING OBJECT IN ONE IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for composing a moving object in one image. The method includes: detecting one or more movement areas from one or more continuously input images; determining whether the detected one or more movement areas are usable for composing; storing location information of the one or more movement areas together with images corresponding to the detected one or more movement areas when the one or more movement areas are usable; generating a composite image by using images corresponding to the stored one or more movement areas and the location information of the one or more movement areas; and displaying the generated composite image on a preview screen area located in a display screen. The method reduces storage space required for image composing and rapidly composes in a smaller amount of processing time. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140375863 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING IMAGES - An example device includes at least one camera and a touchscreen user interface including thumbnail images for a plurality of stored pictures and a first button for a communication operation for sending a picture corresponding to a selected thumbnail image to another device. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009391 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure may provide a mobile terminal including a camera unit configured to acquire a plurality of images for which focuses are formed at different regions at the same time, a memory unit configured to store the plurality of images, a display unit configured to display a representative image among the plurality of images, and a controller configured to control the display unit such that the representative image among the plurality of images is converted to another image based on a touch input applied to the display unit. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015762 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for generating a photograph image by using any of the preview images captured by multiple image sensors on the electronic device and displayed in a multi-preview mode on the device is provided. The method includes displaying a first preview image obtained from a first image sensor in a first preview area; displaying a second preview image obtained from a second image sensor in a second preview area; and upon detection of a predetermined first user input in the second preview area, generating a photograph image by using the second preview image. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015763 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying an image and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an image generation unit configured to capture an image; a display unit configured to display the captured image; and a controller configured to capture a first image at a first point in time at which an image generation control command is received and capture a second image at a second point in time which is a point in time subsequent to the first point in time at which the image generation control command is received, and automatically capture and store at least one image between the first and the second points in time in a preset specific condition. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150049234 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first camera on a first surface of the mobile terminal; a second camera on a second surface of the mobile terminal; a display unit; and a controller configured to control the first camera to obtain a first image, control the second camera to obtain a plurality of second images, and display the first image and the plurality of second images on the display unit. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus capable of being opened and closed includes storage means, display means, and taken image display control means. The storage means stores a taken image therein. The display means has a display screen provided in a surface which is located inside when the information processing apparatus is closed and which is located outside when the information processing apparatus is opened. The taken image display control means displays a taken image on the display screen, and changes a taken image to be displayed between before and after closing and opening the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus is closed and opened again. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150070560 | HIGH SPEED IMAGE SELECTING METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING HIGH SPEED IMAGE SELECTING FUNCTION - In a digital camera operation method, photographic images are taken with the camera and a corresponding compressed high resolution image and also a corresponding lower resolution image is stored for each. A fast display mode of the camera sequentially displays individual lower resolution display images, using the data of one of the lower resolution images. A normal display mode displays high resolution display images by expanding and displaying one of the compressed high resolution images. When changing from the fast display mode to the normal display mode, the lower resolution display image currently displayed can be replaced with the corresponding high resolution display image. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150077616 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and an image displaying method are disclosed. The electronic device mainly comprises a sensing module, a signal processor and a display. The sensing module catches a plurality of first images with a first frequency or a first period or catches a plurality of second images with a second frequency or a second period. The signal processor receives the second images and outputs a plurality of third images correspondingly. The display presents the first images or the third images. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150103222 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PREVIEW AREA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An operating method of adjusting a preview area of images of an electronic device equipped with a dual camera is provided. The method includes determining whether a coordinate value of a current frame and an immediately previous frame among a plurality of frames configuring a first image has a change of less than a set value, adjusting a preview area of the first image to match a preview area of the current frame and a preview area of the immediately previous frame when it is determined that the there is the change of less than the set value, and adjusting a preview area of a second image by using a coordinate value adjusting the preview area of the first image. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150124145 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system that acquires a first captured image; acquires a plurality of second images; and generates display data including the first captured image and at least a subset of the plurality of second images based on an evaluation parameter corresponding to each of the plurality of second images. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150304565 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SETTING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A transmission apparatus includes a reception unit and a superposition unit. The reception unit receives a parameter for setting a superposition mode in which superposition information is superposed on an image picked up by an image pickup unit from a setting apparatus. The superposition unit (i) selects, in accordance with the parameter received by the reception unit, one of a first superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a predetermined position on a display screen of the picked-up image and a second superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a position of the picked-up image in accordance with a change in the picked-up image displayed on the display screen and (ii) superposes the superposition information on the picked-up image. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150319367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STILL IMAGE CAPTURE FROM VIDEO FOOTAGE - A method of providing one or more snapshots extracted from video footage includes displaying a first image in a first display area. The first image is associated with a first capture time. The method also includes displaying a first plurality of preview images in a second display area. The first plurality of preview images are associated with times prior to the first capture time. The method further includes displaying a second plurality of preview images in a third display area. The second plurality of preview images are associated with times subsequent to the first capture time. Moreover, the method includes selecting at least one of the first image, one of the first plurality of preview images, or one of the second plurality of preview images and saving the selected image to a memory. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150326790 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup device includes a display unit that includes a plurality of display areas, a display control unit that controls the display unit so that an image displayed in one of the plurality of display areas is changed from a live view image to an image obtained by an image pickup unit in accordance with a shooting instruction when a first reception unit has received the shooting instruction and so that an image displayed in a display area specified by a display position changing instruction is changed to a live view image when a second reception unit has received the display position changing instruction, and an image process unit that synthesizes image data of a plurality of images being displayed in the plurality of display areas and generates image data of a combined image in which the plurality of images are laid out as displayed in the display unit. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150341563 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of displaying a thumbnail image and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method of displaying the thumbnail image of the electronic device includes detecting meta data and object information for an image, determining an aspect ratio of the thumbnail image with respect to the image on the basis of the detected meta data and object information, and displaying the thumbnail image with respect to the image according to the determined aspect ratio. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150373264 | DIGITAL MIRROR APPARATUS - Provided is a digital mirror apparatus including: a camera that captures an image of a user; a display having a display surface located at a position that allows the user to visually identify the display; a controller; a memory; and a control panel operable by the user, wherein the controller: horizontally flips a live image of the user that is being captured by the camera to generate a mirror image; reads a reference image to be compared with the mirror image; superimposes the reference image on the mirror image to display on the display a display image in a region of the display in which the reference image and the mirror image overlap one another; and stores one frame of the live image in the memory, based on an operation performed on the control panel by the user while the display image is displayed on the display. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160037074 | CHARACTERISTIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A characteristic image display apparatus includes a characteristics extraction unit that divides a captured image into a plurality of blocks and extracts a characteristic color from each block, a band-like image creation unit that creates a band-like image that is obtained by arranging in a line small single-color images based on characteristic colors of blocks of the captured image, and a display control unit that displays a band-like image sequence that is obtained by arranging the plurality of created band-like images. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160044235 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method therein are disclosed, by which photos/videos can be conveniently taken/made using a plurality of different preview images taken with at least two cameras. The present invention includes a 1 | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160065858 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING VIEWS - A method at a first device with a display includes: receiving image information from a camera device, the image information corresponding to a first field of view associated with the camera device; receiving sensory information from a second device, the sensory information corresponding to a second field of view associated with the second device; and displaying on the display the image information and a visualization of at least one of the first field of view and the second field of view. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160120491 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a dynamic image acquiring unit acquiring a dynamic image; a time range setting unit setting a first time range and a second time range in an overall time of the dynamic image; a thumbnail generating unit generating a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image that are still images obtained by performing statistical processing on frame images in the first time range and frame images in the second time range, respectively; and a display unit displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image so that they can visually be compared with each other. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20180027186 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 01-25-2018 |
