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| 20090015703 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SENSING BASED IMAGE CAPTURE FUNCTION AND IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a portable terminal having a touch sensing based image capture function and image capture method therefore, the method including: displaying a preview image of an object to be captured on a touch screen; recognizing (sensing) a touch input for the preview image; setting an image capture function based on the recognized touch input; and automatically performing an image capture operation according to the set capture function. The image capture function includes setting and change for a focus area, exposure, illumination, lightness, zoom-in/zoom-out and color change. Therefore, the present invention can enable the user to freely set the focus area and to perform a single or continuous image capture operation with a simple touch, thereby being utilized in all portable devices employing the touch screen. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090051802 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device according to the present invention includes: a display section to show a dialog box that allows the user of the device to edit character information, the dialog box including an entry option field where at least one character is proposed as an entry option and a selected character display field where characters that have been selected from those options are presented; a first operating interface that allows the user to move a first cursor, which is located in the entry option field, within the dialog box; and a second operating interface that allows the user to move a second cursor, which is located in the selected character display field, within the dialog box. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090079860 | 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 obtains image data of the subject. The display unit displays an image of the subject based on the image data obtained by the image capturing unit. The face portion detecting unit detects face portion of the subject from the image data captured by the image capturing unit. The face portion selecting device selects a face portion detected by the face portion detecting unit as a main subject to which attention is to be paid. The control unit controls the display unit to display a face image of the face portion selected by the face portion selecting device, in enlargement. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090147123 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing element configured to receive object light and generate image signals representing an object image; a display unit; a phase-difference detector configured to receive the object light using a range-finding sensor and generate a phase-difference detection signal; a first focus detection unit configured to perform focus detection on the basis of the phase-difference detection signal; a display control unit configured to display a preview image before actual image capturing on the display unit on the basis of the image signals that are sequentially generated by the image-capturing element; and a setting unit configured to set whether or not an area display mode in which an area in which focus detection is possible on an image-capturing plane is combined with the preview image and displayed on the display unit should be enabled. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153721 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera has a display, a magnification input device, and a magnification control device. The display simultaneously displays images. The magnification input device is used to input the magnification factor for the images displayed in said display. The magnification control device which simultaneously changes the magnification of the images displayed in said display by substantially the same multiplier according to the magnification factor input by said magnification input device. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153722 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera has a display and a shifting device. The display has display areas and simultaneously displays images in each display areas. The shifting device simultaneously shifts the images in the display area in the same direction in lockstep. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090237549 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - The present invention is an image processing apparatus for changing the resolution of image data in accordance with the distance from a reference point arbitrarily set within a screen showing the image data, including: selection means for selecting, from the image data, calculation-target pixels that are arranged in such a manner that the spacing between pixels becomes larger as the distance from the reference point increases; smoothing processing means for smoothing the calculation-target pixels selected by the selection means using the pixel values of the calculation-target pixels and the pixel values of pixels positioned around the calculation-target pixels; and interpolation processing means for interpolating the pixel values of pixels which have not been selected as the calculation-target pixels by the selection means, from the pixel values of calculation-target pixels positioned around the pixels, the calculation-target pixels having been smoothed by the smoothing processing means. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090251587 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A digital photographing apparatus may include a display unit and a controller electronically coupled to the display unit. The controller may be configured to adjust a moving picture or an image displayed on the display unit based on ambient brightness. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090256947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TOUCH-BASED ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN IMAGING DEVICES - A camera and method which selectively applies image content adjustments to elements contained in the image material. By way of example, the method involves registration of user touch screen input and determination of the arbitrary extent of a specific element in the captured image material at the location at which touch input was registered. Once selected, the element can be highlighted on the display, and additional user input may be optionally input to control what type of adjustment is to be applied. Then the element within the captured image material is processed to apply automatic, or user-selected, adjustments to the content of said element in relation to the remainder of the captured image. The adjustments to the image element may comprise any conventional forms of image editing, such as saturation, white balance, exposure, sizing, noise reduction, sharpening, blurring, deleting and so forth. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090268076 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image taking apparatus is configured to obtain image data by taking an image of an object, recording the image data on a recording medium, and reproducing the image data recorded on the recording medium to display the image. The image taking apparatus includes a scale-up display unit configured to display a partial area of the image in an enlarged scale, a setting unit configured to selectively set a flag indicating a rating for the partial area displayed in the enlarged scale, and a storing unit configured to store, on the recording medium, the flag set for the partial area and position information representing a position of the partial area in relation to the image data. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090284637 | REVISED RECAPTURE CAMERA AND METHOD - In a camera and method, a scene is captured as an archival image, with the camera set in an initial capture configuration. Then, a plurality of parameters of the scene are evaluated. The parameters are matched to one or more of a plurality of suggested capture configurations to define a suggestion set. User input designating one of the suggested capture configurations of the suggestion set is accepted and the camera is set to the corresponding capture configuration. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090290060 | HIGHSPEED IMAGE SELECTING METHOD DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING HIGHSPEED 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. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090295977 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - To provide an image display device capable of carrying out a data reading process in advance on data of a plurality of images in an order according to the likelihood of becoming a display target. There is provided an image display device for displaying on a display device ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303375 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image sensing apparatus includes a display control unit which controls an image display unit to display an image sensed by an image input unit. The image sensing apparatus also includes a signal strength detection unit which detects, from a sensed image, a luminance area formed from pixels satisfying a predetermined luminance condition, and a special area detection unit which detects, from a sensed image, an object area having a predetermined feature. The display control unit controls the image display unit to display an assist image representing the luminance area, so as to be superimposed on a sensed image. The display control unit changes the assist image display method between a case in which the luminance area and object area overlap each other and a case in which they do not overlap each other. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100020225 | 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, as the center, including: a selection processing unit that treats, as a starting point, a coordinate point which is the farthest from the reference point and selects a processing-target pixel from among pixels constituting the enlarged image; a calculation processing unit that calculates a coordinate point of the original image which is mapped to the coordinate point of the processing-target pixel; a reading processing unit that reads the pixel value of a pixel of the original image from the recording medium in accordance with the coordinate point of the original image; an interpolation processing unit that interpolates the pixel value of the processing-target pixel using the pixel value of the pixel of the original image read by the reading processing unit; and a writing processing unit that writes the pixel value of the processing-target pixel which has been interpolated by the interpolation processing unit into an area, on the recording medium, other than a storage area in which the pixel value of each of pixels of the original image has been stored, the pixels of the original image being positioned at the same coordinate points as pixels of the enlarged image, each of which has not been selected as the processing-target pixel. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100033615 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus which makes it possible to set auto bracketing values while confirming a whole range of shooting conditions configurable for correction in which possible shooting condition corrections are taken into account. An exposure correction value is set based on an instruction from a user for correcting a preset value of exposure. Auto bracketing value auto bracketing shooting are set based on an instruction from the user. A process is carried out for displaying a scale for indicating values of the exposure correction value and the auto bracketing values, indicators indicative of a range of exposure correction values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and indicators indicative of a range of auto bracketing values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039548 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and imaging apparatus - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an operation display unit for displaying an image on a display screen and capable of an operation input on the image displayed on the display screen, an operation input detection unit for detecting an operation input in the operation display unit, an approximate straight line derivation unit for deriving first approximate straight line approximately indicating a trajectory of the operation input based on the detection result in the operation input detection unit, and an image correction unit for correcting a tilt of the image displayed on the display screen based on the derived first approximate straight line and a predetermined reference line. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100073545 | Multiposition Handheld Elecronic Magnifier - Disclosed is a magnifier for use by blind or low vision users. The magnifier includes a camera, such as a CMOS image sensor, that displays enlarged images upon a screen for easy viewing. The magnifier further includes a handle that is pivotally interconnected to a housing to allow for handheld use in a variety of different configurations. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073546 | Image Processing Device And Electric Apparatus - A combination processing portion is provided with: an enlargement portion that enlarges a reduced image obtained by reducing an input image to output an enlarged image; a combination portion that combines together a clipped image generated by clipping a portion of the input image and the enlarged image to generate a combined image; an angle-of-view setting portion that sets a playback angle-of-view region; an on-playback clipping portion that clips the playback angle-of-view region from the combined image to generate an angle-of-view resetting image; and an image size adjustment portion that adjusts the size of the angle-of-view resetting image output from the on-playback clipping portion. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100103306 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100141823 | Image Processing Apparatus And Electronic Appliance - An output-image processing portion outputs an output image for display that contains a super-resolution-effect image indicating super-resolution effect—effect obtained when super-resolution processing is applied to an input image. Thus, having checked the output image for display, the user can recognize the degree of super-resolution effect. Accordingly, it is possible to easily judge whether or not the super-resolution processing is required. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100149402 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA BODY - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system to change a focus state of an image of a subject, an imaging unit to capture the image of the subject formed by the optical system and generate image data, an auto focus controller to control the optical system to focus on a partial area in the image indicated by the image data generated by the imaging unit, a manual focus changing unit to be operated manually by a user to change the focus state of the optical system, a display unit to display the image based on the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a display controller to control the display unit. When detecting that the manual focus changing unit is operated by the user while a focus state is maintained after the autofocus controller controls the optical system to the focus state, the display controller determines, as an enlarged area, an area including a partial area in the focused image by the autofocus controller and controls the display unit to display the image of the determined enlarged area. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100157132 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The digital image processing apparatus includes a multi-direction button as a shutter release button which can move an auto focus (AF) region while a first shutter release signal is being applied. The multi-direction shutter release button is operable along the first direction which is an up and down direction, and is operable in the multiple directions which include back, front, right, and left directions. Specifically, the multi-direction shutter release button is operable to apply a first shutter release signal when moved down along the first direction to a first position, to allow for auto focusing operations in accordance with movement in any of the multiple directions, and is operable to apply a second shutter release signal when moved down along the first direction to a second position to control the digital image processing apparatus to operate a shutter to capture an image. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100182482 | IMAGING DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGING DISPLAY DEVICE - An imaging display device of the present invention comprises an imaging element | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100208123 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A photographing device to photograph an object includes a displaying unit to display an image acquired from the object, an image recording unit to record the image, an enlarged image generating unit to extract a portion or whole of the image displayed on the displaying unit to generate an enlarged image from the image, and a display control unit to display the enlarged image instead of the image on the displaying unit or in an overlapped manner with the image before capturing the image into the image recording unit. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100309361 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus comprises a display unit configured to display a captured image; an acquisition unit configured to acquire image captured direction information indicating a direction in which the image was captured; a conversion unit configured to convert a shape of the image in accordance with the image captured direction information; and a control unit configured to control to display the shape-converted image on the display unit. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315544 | IMAGER THAT PHOTOGRAPHS AN IMAGE USING A PUPIL-DIVIDING AUTOFOCUS MECHANISM - An imager is provided having an imaging sensor, a pupil divider and a display. The imaging sensor photographs a subject image obtained through a photographing lens, and outputs image data. The pupil divider has shutters positioned in a light path between the photographing lens and the imaging sensor. The display displays an image using the image data photographed by the imaging sensor. The shutters periodically blocks part of the light path. The imaging sensor outputs multiple image data by photographing a subject image passing through a light path that is not blocked by the shutters. The display displays multiple image data that is compensated for shifts between subject images in the multiple image data. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110025901 | MOVEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD - A movement detection apparatus that detects a shake added by an operator to execute a function of a device, the apparatus comprises an acceleration detection unit configured to detect accelerations caused by a shake in at least three-axis directions; a determination unit configured to determine an axis with a minimum value of acceleration and an axis with a maximum value of acceleration among the accelerations in at least three-axis directions detected by the acceleration detection unit; a decision unit configured to decide a direction of the shake added by the operator based on the axis with the minimum value and the axis with the maximum value determined by the determination unit; and a selection unit configured to select a predetermined function based on the result of the decision unit. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032408 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The system control section | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110058087 | IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image control apparatus which controls a search screen for searching a related image, comprises: an attribute display section setting a reference image and causing to display a specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image; a related image display section causing to display the related image which has been searched by an image search section according to the specific attribute condition selected from among the displayed specific conditions; a search screen display section causing to display the search screen including at least the reference image, the specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image, and the searched related image; and a change screen display section causing to display a change screen for changing the specific attribute condition to be used for the search to a condition except the specific condition in each of the attributes related to the reference image. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110069215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PICTURE USING IMAGE RECOGNITION - A picture control apparatus provides control of a picture displayed on a display of a mobile terminal according to an action detected through image recognition. A picture control method includes detecting an action from images captured by a camera, and controlling a picture displayed on a display if the detected action is a specific action. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110181766 | VIEW FINDER DEVICE, FIXTURE ADAPTER FOR THE SAME - A view finder device for enabling an ordinary video camera to be used for broadcast use. The view finder device includes a control signal input for receiving control signals including a video-select signal; a camera video signal input for receiving a camera video signal from a video camera; an interrupt video signal input for receiving an interrupt video signal from a video interrupt source which is different from the video camera; a video selector for displaying either the camera video signal or the interrupt video signal, according to the video-select signal; a display controller for controlling display of a video selected by the video selector; and a control signal output for outputting the control signals after the video-select signal is removed therefrom. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110194011 | Desktop Electronic Magnifier - A desktop electronic magnifier in a first embodiment includes a monitor and a control panel mounted to the monitor so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a second embodiment, a monitor is positioned atop a flat platform that surmounts the camera so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a third embodiment, the control panel is mounted to the camera and the monitor is supported by a support surface independent of the magnifier. Access to the control panel is blocked only if the user positions the monitor in blocking relation to the control panel. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110267531 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REAL TIME FOCUS/PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT - An image capturing apparatus and method for selective real-time focus/parameter adjustment. The image capturing apparatus includes a display unit, an adjustment unit, and a generation unit. The display unit is configured to display an image. The interface unit is configured to enable a user to select a plurality of regions of the image displayed on the display unit. The adjustment unit is configured to enable the user to adjust at least one focus/parameter of at least one selected region of the image displayed on the display unit. The generation unit is configured to convert the image including at least one adjusted selected region into image data, where at least one focus/parameter of the at least one adjusted selected region has been adjusted by the adjustment unit prior to conversion. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110292269 | Touch Control Image Capturing And Converting Apparatus - A touch control image capturing and converting apparatus is provided. The touch control image capturing and converting apparatus includes a housing, an insertion slot, a touch control screen, and a start switch. The housing defines a substantially enclosed space. The insertion slot is configured extending through the housing from one side of the housing to an opposite side of the housing, and is adapted for allowing an external picture clip to be inserted therein. The touch control screen is provided on an upper surface of the housing. In operation, the touch control operational options of the touch control screen can be turned on by starting the start switch. Then, the touch control operational options can be operated for adjusting displaying of the digital file obtained by photographing the picture with the image capturing lens | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110304761 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WITH ATTITUDE CONTROL - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operation if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with the attitude detecting unit. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120013784 | MEDIA MODULE CONTROL - The technology includes processor-implemented methods, computer program products, and electronic devices for media module control. Media module zoom specifications are requested. Media module zoom specifications comprising zoom range are received. The received zoom range is divided into n discrete steps. A zoom bar is presented comprises an indicator of increasing zoom direction, an indicator of decreasing zoom direction, and a slider bar is presented. The slider bar is disposed substantially between the indicators. The slider bar displays zoom level as one of the n discrete steps from a first step equal to no zoom level, and an nth step equal to full zoom level. User input regarding a zoom level is received. Zoom is performed on the displayed image. The relative zoom level is displayed in the zoom bar. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120026381 | DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON THE METHOD - A digital image signal processing method, a digital image signal processing apparatus, and a computer readable medium having recorded thereon the method, the method including generating a first display image, in which a plurality of first images having a first size are arranged in a single screen image; displaying the first display image; selecting at least one of the plurality of first images in the first display image; generating a second display image, in which a second image that corresponds to the selected first image and has a second size larger than the first size is arranged in a display area of the selected first image; and displaying the second display image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120057064 | CAMERA-BASED ORIENTATION FIX FROM PORTRAIT TO LANDSCAPE - A portable electronic device includes a camera and a display switchable between a portrait mode and a landscape mode in response to an inertial sensor. When it is determined that the display mode should be switched in response to movement of the device, a feature of a user of the device, such as the user's face, is imaged with the camera. If the imaged feature changes orientation with respect to the display by less than a threshold amount, then the switch in display mode is disabled and the display remains in its current mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057065 | FOCUSING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SAME - A focusing image display device is equipped with an autofocus processor, a spatial frequency detector, a magnification determiner and a focusing image display processor. The autofocus processor performs an autofocus operation using an image within a partial area of an effective pixel area. The spatial frequency detector calculates a spatial frequency of a focusing image within the partial area after the autofocus operation is completed. The magnification determiner determines the magnification of the focusing image in accordance to the spatial frequency. The focusing image display processor modifies the resolution of the focusing image with respect to the magnification. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120120296 | Methods and Systems for Dynamically Presenting Enhanced Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - Exemplary methods and systems for dynamically presenting enhanced content during a presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an enhanced content presentation system detecting, within a view acquired by a camera, a display device presenting a media content instance, displaying the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera, and dynamically presenting, within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127358 | MAGNIFYING PLAYBACK/DISPLAY - An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120147246 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Enabling An Efficient Review Of Photographic Images Which May Contain Irregularities - Techniques for use in an electronic device which includes a camera module for producing photographic images are described. An input request for capturing a photographic image is detected via a user interface of the electronic device. In response to detecting the input request, a photographic image is captured via the camera lens using the camera module, and the captured photographic image is produced in a visual display. In addition, a zoomed-in portion of the image is produced in the visual display, simultaneously with the display of the image. The zoomed-in portion of the image may be a picture-in-picture (PIP) window or virtual magnifying glass window overlaid with the image, for example. The image may include a blur characteristic which is only visually apparent from the zoomed-in portion of the image, in which case the image may be manually deleted by the user so that another photographic image may be captured. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154664 | 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 of the extracted image data. According to the detection result, the part of the area of the image data is changed to another part of the area and rotation processing of another part of the area is performed, thereby reproducing the another part of the area which was subjected to the rotation processing. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120169914 | METHOD TO ENLARGE AND CHANGE DISPLAYED IMAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method to enlarge and change an image displayed by a photographing apparatus, and a photographing apparatus using the same. The enlargement method includes adding guide information regarding a zoom-in area and compensating the guide information based on the zoom-in command. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120274833 | Development Processing Device, Development Processing Method, and Storage Medium of Computer Program for Development Process for Developing Undeveloped Image Data - There is provided a development processing device that develops undeveloped image data. The development processing device includes a change screen displaying unit displays a first number line corresponding to a first initial parameter, a second number line corresponding to a second initial parameter, a reference line that intersects the first number line in a position corresponding to the first initial parameter and intersects the second number line in a position corresponding to the second initial parameter, a first marker that represents a position corresponding to the first user parameter on the first number line, and a second marker that represents a position corresponding to the second user parameter on the second number line on the parameter changing screen, and the development processing unit performs the development process based on at least the first user parameter and the second user parameter. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130021512 | Framing of Images in an Image Capture Device - Disclosed are various embodiments of framing and/or reframing an image captured by an image capture device. Framing characteristics associated with an image are identified. A determination is made regarding whether the framing characteristics comply with one or more framing guidelines. The image can be reframed if the framing characteristics do not comply with framing guidelines. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130044251 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. When the composition of a subject displayed on a display of the apparatus is changed during application of a first shutter-release signal, a current auto-focus (AF) region moves along with the subject and displayed on the display at the same time as the subject. The apparatus can further display an initial AF region on the display in a manner distinguishable from the current AF region. After the composition of the subject is changed, while the current AF region moving along with the subject is being displayed on the display, when the application of the first shutter-release signal is interrupted, an AF region is reset as the initial AF region. Also, an image file can be generated and stored after application of a second-shutter release signal which occurs after application of the first shutter-release signal. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130070145 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object via an optical system, a display unit configured to display the image captured by the image capturing unit on a screen, a detection unit configured to simultaneously detect a plurality of touch positions on the screen on which the image is displayed, and a control unit configured to adjust a focus state in accordance with a change in a distance between a first detected touch position and a second detected touch position, so as to change a focus area. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076964 | IMAGE CAPTURE DURING DEVICE ROTATION - 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 |
| 20130107103 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130135511 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a display module which displays a screen; a photographing module which is configured to face substantially the same direction as the screen; a determining module which determines, based on an image photographed by the photographing module, whether a state of a user facing the screen coincides with a predetermined determination condition indicating that the user has difficulty in browsing the screen; and a display changing module which changes a current display manner of the screen to a display manner that enhances visibility of characters displayed on the screen, as compared with the current display manner, based on a determination result by the determining module that the state of the user coincides with the determination condition. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130155310 | 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. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130176475 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH CONTRAST AF, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE WITH CONTRAST AF - According to the present invention, there is provided an imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit for receiving subject light flux, that has been made incident by the photographing lens, on an imaging surface, and photoelectrically converting a formed subject image to output image data; a display unit for carrying out a live view display operation using image data acquired by the imaging unit; a first contrast. AF unit for obtaining contrast information of the subject information from image data acquired by the imaging unit and guiding the photographing lens into a first in-focus permissible range based on the contrast information, and a control unit for, when the live view display operation has started, executing a focus adjustment operation using the first contrast AF unit at a first time interval. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130188087 | 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 of the extracted image data. According to the detection result, the part of the area of the image data is changed to another part of the area and rotation processing of another part of the area is performed, thereby reproducing the another part of the area which was subjected to the rotation processing. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130194480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display control unit that, when an object frame showing an object included in an input image and the input image are displayed on a display unit and a trimming frame showing a trimming region of the input image is further displayed on the display unit, changes display of the object frame. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130208168 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A digital photographing apparatus and a control method thereof is provided for generating and displaying a first image from image data in a first area of an image pickup device and generating and displaying a second image from image data in a second area, which includes the first area and an area except for the first area of the image pickup device, in response to a zoom-out signal. Accordingly, realizing a zoom-out function using an image area projected to an image pickup device may allow a user to capture images at various angles of view, thereby increasing user satisfaction when capturing an image. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130215315 | 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 of the extracted image data. According to the detection result, the part of the area of the image data is changed to another part of the area and rotation processing of another part of the area is performed, thereby reproducing the another part of the area which was subjected to the rotation processing. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130229563 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, CAMERA APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video processing apparatus analyzes an input video input from a video input unit, detects a plurality of moving bodies included in the input video, determines a main moving body and a sub moving body, and determines a sub picture position for superimposing and displaying a sub video in a main video in a picture-in-picture form. This video processing apparatus performs cut-out processing on the main video and the sub video from the input video, and synthesizes the cut-out main video and sub video to generate a picture-in-picture synthesized video in which the sub video is superimposed at the sub picture position of the main video in the picture-in-picture form. The picture-in-picture synthesized video is output in one stream. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130242160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SPECIFYING POSITIONS ON SCREEN - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an obtaining unit which obtains an image; a first display control unit which displays the image on a display region of a display unit, the image being obtained by the obtaining unit; a rendering unit which performs rendering in the image based on an operation for an operation unit by a user, the image being displayed on the display region by the first display control unit; a specifying unit which specifies a first region closed by a boundary line rendered by the rendering unit; and a second display control unit which displays, on the display region, at least either one of an image of the first region specified by the specifying unit and an image of a second region other than the first region in the obtained image in a display mode capable of discriminating the at least either one image. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130271638 | IDENTIFYING PIXELS OF IMAGE DATA - A method for identifying one or more pixels of image data associated with a point in an image includes receiving an indication of a portion of the image as displayed on the display monitor that surrounds the point. The pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor are identified that are located approximately at edges of the portion of the image. One or more inverse transformations are performed to transform the pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor to pixels of image data as captured by an image sensor. A portion of image data as captured by the image sensor is identified that corresponds to a portion of the image that surrounds the point. The portion of the image data as captured by the image sensor is displayed on the display monitor without data transformation. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130314581 | ELECTRONIC MIRROR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MIRROR DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC MIRROR PROGRAM - There is provided an electronic mirror device including a camera unit, a display unit, and a control unit that displays a screen image of a person captured by the camera unit on a first area obtained by splitting the screen of the display unit, displays a light source for lighting the person on a second area, and adjusts a brightness of the light source according to a sex and/or an age of the person detected by analyzing the screen image of the person. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321688 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a technique for providing an image display device enabling a user to understand the entire correspondence relationship between a three-dimensional photographed image and a two-dimensional map image. According to the technique, when a photographed image and a map image in the imaging position are separately displayed on the screen of an image display unit | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130329113 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; performs an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data; generates an image for display by cropping the image data; controls a display to display the image for display; and executes predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329114 | IMAGE MAGNIFIER FOR PIN-POINT CONTROL - A method for image control using magnification comprises selecting, using an electronic device, a portion of an image frame. The selected portion of the image frame is magnified. An action is performed on the magnified selected portion of the image frame for changing a feature of the selected portion of the image frame. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140049679 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging unit images a subject. A contact detection unit detects contact or release of contact by a contacting object on an image displayed on a display screen of a display unit. A tactile sensation providing unit provides a tactile sensation to the contacting object in contact with the contact detection unit. A control unit instructs the tactile sensation providing unit to execute a tactile sensation providing operation when a contact area between the contact detection unit and the contacting object is equal to or greater than a standard area. After instructing the tactile sensation providing unit to execute the tactile sensation providing operation, the control unit controls the imaging unit to shorten the focal length if the contact area between the contact detection unit and the contacting object is less than the standard area and to extend the focal length if the contact area is equal to or greater than the standard area. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055658 | CAMERA-BASED ORIENTATION FIX FROM PORTRAIT TO LANDSCAPE - A portable electronic device includes a camera and a display switchable between a portrait mode and a landscape mode in response to an inertial sensor. When it is determined that the display mode should be switched in response to movement of the device, a feature of a user of the device, such as the user's face, is imaged with the camera. If the imaged feature changes orientation with respect to the display by less than a threshold amount, then the switch in display mode is disabled and the display remains in its current mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063321 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus which is capable of preventing incorrect operation against user's intent during multi-touch operation. When a touch at one point is detected, and then, plural touches are not detected until any touch at one point is not detected, scrolling is performed in response to the touch at one point leaving a display while moving irrespective of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. When touches at a plurality of points are detected, and then, a touch at only one point is detected, scrolling is performed in response to moving of the touch at one point while it is continuously detected irrespective of whether the predetermined condition is satisfied. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, and then, the touch leaves the display while moving, scrolling is performed. When the touch at one point leaves the display without satisfying the predetermined condition, scrolling is not performed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140111679 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AREA CHANGE - An imaging device includes an imaging unit that receives light coming from a subject and thus generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; an angle-of-view setting unit that an angle of view to be changed for the image displayed by the display unit according to a first signal input from the outside; and a control unit that starts control of change to a predetermined angle of view set by the angle-of-view setting unit according to a second signal different from the first signal. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140160341 | Maintaining Distortion-Free Projection From a Mobile Device - A mobile device, such as a smart phone, is provided with a camera and a projector. A user may select a still image or a video sequence and project it onto a viewing surface using the mobile device. Once the viewer selects a preferred perspective view frame, the image frame may be pinned to the viewing surface. After that, the viewer may move the projector to different positions while holding the projector, or sit the projector on a table and the viewed image will be maintained in the same perspective view frame as the initial selected view. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140232924 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display an image in a display region of a display unit in a first display mode for displaying a whole of the image in a state where an area of a part of the image, the area being a processing area of predetermined processing, is identifiable, and in a second display mode for displaying the processing area of the image zoomed according to the display region, and a control unit configured to change, in the first display mode, the processing area by a first movement amount in response to receiving a changing operation, and to change, in the second display mode, the processing area by a second movement amount that is smaller than the first movement amount in response to receiving the changing operation. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DISPLAYING PORTRAIT ON DISPLAY - A method and an apparatus are provided for displaying a portrait on a display by a portable terminal. It is determined whether an image is a character-photographed image. If the image is the character-photographed image, face detection is executed from the image. A character area in the image is set based on a result of the face detection. The character area is enlarged and displayed in a form of a new window. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140285699 | IMAGE-CAPTURE APPARATUS CONTROLLING DISPLAY AT PHOTOGRAPHING TIME - An image-capture unit | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140300793 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140307147 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE SAME - An image display apparatus configured to zoom display an image to be displayed on a display area has a position specifying unit that specifies a position of an object contained in a displayed image, a position deciding unit that decides a positional relationship between an outer frame of the display area and the position of the object, and a zoom speed changing unit that changes a zoom speed in the zoom display depending on the decided positional relationship. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313389 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SPLIT SCREEN IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for generating a split screen image in an electronic device. The method for generating the image includes capturing an image, displaying the captured image on a display, changing one or more of a location, a size, and a shape of the captured image displayed on the display, and displaying a second image outside a region displaying the captured image on the display. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140340559 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM DEVICE - Provided is an image capturing device including: an image capturing element that performs image capturing to generate first image capturing data; a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the image capturing element to output first posture information; a communication unit that wirelessly receives second posture information about a posture of a display unit and size information about a size of an array of pixels from a display device and wirelessly transmits second image capturing data generated from the first image capturing data to a display device; and an image processing unit that generates the second image capturing data by segmenting data, which corresponds to an image area corresponding to the size represented by the size information, from the first image capturing data according to a difference between the posture of the image capturing element and the posture of the display unit. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140354871 | OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a captured image having the first aspect ratio is to be output, the first captured image obtained by imaging the first imaging range is output. When a captured image having the second aspect ratio smaller at the ratio of the length in one of the vertical and horizontal directions to the length in the other direction than the first aspect ratio is to be output, the second captured image with an imaging range in the one direction corresponding to the first imaging range is output. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140375865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SUPER RESOLVE A USER-SELECTED REGION OF INTEREST - Systems, devices, and methods are described for efficiently super resolving a portion of an image. One embodiment involves capturing, using a camera module of a device, at least one image of a scene, and creating a higher resolution image of a user-selected region of interest. The super resolution of the region of interest may be performed by matching a high resolution grid with a grid that is at the resolution of a device camera, populating the high resolution grid with information from an image from the camera, and then populating the remaining points of the grid that are not yet populated. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150103223 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A MANUAL FOCUS GUIDE AND METHOD THEREOF - A photographing device is disclosed. The photographing device includes a display configured to display live view of a subject, a focus adjuster configured to adjust a focus in a manual focus mode according to a user manipulation, a focus calculator configured to automatically calculate a target focus which corresponds to the subject, and a controller configured to display a manual focus guide including a first indicator indicating a current focus and a second indicator indicating the target focus on the display, and in response to the focus being adjusted by the user manipulation, change location of the first indicator within the manual focus guide according to the adjustment state. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150109511 | CAMERA-BASED ORIENTATION FIX FROM PORTRAIT TO LANDSCAPE - A portable electronic device includes a camera and a display switchable between a portrait mode and a landscape mode in response to an inertial sensor. When it is determined that the display mode should be switched in response to movement of the device, a feature of a user of the device, such as the user's face, is imaged with the camera. If the imaged feature changes orientation with respect to the display by less than a threshold amount, then the switch in display mode is disabled and the display remains in its current mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150294447 | IMAGE ACQUISITION USING A LEVEL-INDICATION ICON - During an information-extraction technique, visual suitability indicators may be displayed to a user of the electronic device to assist the user in acquiring an image of a document that is suitable for subsequent extraction of textual information. For example, an imaging application executed by the electronic device may display, in a window associated with the imaging application, a visual suitability indicator of a tilt orientation of the electronic device relative to a plane of the document. When the tilt orientation falls within a predefined range, the electronic device may modify the visual suitability indicators to provide visual feedback to the user. Then, the electronic device may acquire the image of the document using an imaging device, which is integrated into the electronic device. Next, the electronic device may extract the textual information from the image of the document using optical character recognition. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150334290 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing device including an instruction input acquiring unit configured to acquire an instruction input by a user, a trimming frame setting unit configured to set a trimming frame used to trim an image based on the input instruction, and a detection frame setting unit configured to set a detection frame representing a range in which detection of the image is performed to the trimming frame. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150358532 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a display control apparatus including: a display control unit configured to cause a display apparatus to display a live preview image generated based on image data obtained through an image sensor, and one or more processed images generated using respective image processing conditions based on one of the image data which has been obtained at some time point; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined user operation has been recognized. If it is determined that the predetermined user operation has been recognized, the display control unit updates the one or more processed images to be displayed. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150365602 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A management device performs a first determination to determine whether an imaging device can include an imaging area needed by any one of one or more existing applications, and an imaging area needed by a newly operated application in an imaging range determined by a zoom magnification, and if result of the first determination is affirmative, generate information indicating that the newly operated application can be installed in the imaging device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150373257 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PERMANENT COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A storage portion stores ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150381856 | IMAGE-DISPLAYING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT - An image-displaying device includes an image output section, an image data generation section, and a display section. The image output section outputs output data corresponding to an image of a subject. The image data generation section converts the output data to image data by each line and converts image data of a line in a first period. The display section displays the image data the line in a horizontal synchronization period of the display section. The first period is shorter than the horizontal synchronization period. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160021324 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes: a first display section that functions as an electronic view finder; a viewing angle setting section that sets a viewing angle of a live view image; a display image generation section that generates a display image which uses the live view image reduced in accordance the viewing angle; a display timing control section; and a blanking time period setting section. The display timing control section synchronizes the image sensor and the first display section in a delay time shorter than a single frame period. The blanking time period setting section sets a blanking time period at the end of the single frame period in accordance with a size of the live view image to be displayed. By completing reading of the imaging signal before start of the blanking time period, synchronization between the timing of driving the image sensor and the timing of performing display on the electronic view finder is maintained. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160028960 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDABLE MEDIUM - An image photographing method is disclosed. The method includes photographing a subject, displaying a live view with respect to the subject and in response to sensing an inclination of the image photographing apparatus, rotating the subject image in the live view in an opposite direction of the inclination of the image photographing apparatus. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160050362 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A DIGITAL IMAGE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF RECORDING THE METHOD AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A method of processing a digital image in an automatically transforming image display region on a display unit in a digital image processing apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an input image, generating a grip signal by detecting a user's grip, detecting a touch by a user and generating a grip signal, detecting the touch of the user on the display unit and generating a first touch signal, setting an image display region, when the grip signal and the first touch signal are generated at the same time, based on the touch location of the user detected on the display unit, and displaying the input image in the image display region set on the display unit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160073039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-ADJUST RATE OF ZOOM FEATURE FOR DIGITAL VIDEO - An electronic device includes a camera assembly configured to capture a digital video, a display for rendering the digital video, and a controller. The controller is configured to track a target subject matter as the target subject matter moves within the digital video, receive a zoom factor corresponding to a display proportion of the target subject matter in the display relative to an entire display space, and control a zoom function to render the digital video in the display such that the target subject matter is consistently displayed in accordance with the zoom factor. The zoom factor may include a first zoom factor and a second zoom factor. The controller switches from controlling the zoom function in accordance with the first zoom factor to the second zoom factor in response to a trigger event. The control of the zoom function may be performed by automatically adjusting the zoom rate. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160105614 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes: a stability brightness calculation unit for calculating a stability brightness obtained by modifying a temporal change in a brightness of a subject to a slower temporal change on the basis of a change in the brightness of the subject detected by a brightness detection unit; and a display brightness control unit for controlling a following speed of the change in the brightness of a display image with respect to a change in the brightness of the subject on the basis of the calculated stability brightness so that an amount of a change in the brightness related to the display image can become longer than the amount of the change in the brightness of the subject. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160112654 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING COLOR - Methods and apparatuses of operating an electronic device are provided. A display unit of the electronic device displays an image as a preview. A control unit of the electronic device differentiates a reference object and a target object in the image. The control unit determines a reference color of the reference object and a background color of the target object. The control unit adjusts the background color of the target object so as to correspond to the reference color of the reference object. The control unit sets the background color of the target object. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160127636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a display configured to display a captured image and a representative icon, wherein the representative icon indicates a range of a focus area of the displayed image and the range encompasses a center of focus point located at an initial position within the displayed image, and a processor configured to adjust the range of the focus area of the displayed image according to a size of the representative icon. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160142624 | VIDEO DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a video device is capable of displaying a video on a display region of a display provided with a touch panel. The video device includes: an acquisition module configured to acquire an image from a camera configured to image a region opposed to the display region; a detection processor configured to detect a position of a user's face opposed to the display region based on the acquired image; and a display processor configured to display, based on a detection result of the detection processor when a first operation image to operate the video device is displayed on the display region, a second operation image obtained by reducing in size the first operation image on a first region of apart of the display region, the first region corresponding to the position of the user's face. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142641 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit, a memory configured to store image data that is output at a predetermined framerate from the image capturing unit, a write unit configured to write the image data to the memory, a readout unit configured to read out the image data stored in the memory, a display unit configured to display an image based on the image data read out by the readout unit, and a control unit configured to control reading out of the image data by the readout unit, wherein the control unit performs control such that a frame of image data read out by the readout unit differs between when electronic zoom is operating and when electronic zoom is not operating. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160156853 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160191804 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING DATA - Methods and systems for displaying data for use in an electronic device are provided. First, an image corresponding to at least one specific object is captured by an image capture unit. When the distance between the electronic device and the specific object has changed or the presentation manner of the specific object in the display unit has changed, first data is displayed via the display unit. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191808 | 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. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191819 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - An image displaying apparatus comprises, an operation input detector for detecting a touch operation on a display screen of a display, an image position selection section for selecting position of part of an image that has been displayed on the display, an image identification section for recognizing an image region that has been selected based on image position that has been selected by the image position selection section, and a touch operation that has been detected by the operation input detector, as a main subject image region, and a special image processing section for applying special effect image processing to a region other than at least part of the main subject image region that has been selected, wherein the special image processing section varies the special effect processing intensity in accordance with a touch operation that has been detected by the operation input detector. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160381298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME IMAGE VECTORIZATION - Systems and methods for performing real-time image vectorization are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a vectorized base image. The method further comprises displaying the vectorized base image on a display screen of the camera. The method further comprises obtaining a user feedback on the vectorized base image from a user. The user feedback comprises user selection of at least one non-vectorized subsection in the vectorized base image. The method further comprises receiving a subsection image, from the camera, comprising the at least one non-vectorized subsection selected based on the user feedback. The further comprises performing vectorization on the subsection image to obtain vectorized subsections. The method further comprises overlaying the vectorized subsections on the at least one non-vectorized subsection of the vectorized base image. The method further comprises merging the vectorized base image with the vectorized subsections to obtain an output vectorized image. | 12-29-2016 |
