EP1521455A2
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Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2004-09-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2024-09-28
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is intended to let users easily and properly select desired imaging modes. A control section controls an image processing section to display icons indicative of imaging modes onto a monitor. When an icon is specified, the control section reads setting values corresponding to the imaging mode corresponding to the specified icon from a setting value storage section. The control section controls the image processing section to generate a reference image based on the read setting values and displays the generated reference image on the monitor. Namely, specifying an icon allows the user to look up a reference image which would have been obtained if a scene appearing on a stored image already taken were imaged in a specified imaging mode. This novel configuration allows the user to easily and properly confirm the effects of a selected imaging mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Daisuke Kuruma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/60; H04N23/63; H04N23/633; H04N23/631; H04N23/667
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a display section; an imaging condition storage section for storing an
imaging condition for each of a plurality of imaging
modes; a setting value storage section for storing a
setting value for each of said plurality of imaging
modes; a detection section for detecting a predetermined
imaging mode from among said plurality of imaging modes; a display control section for performing image
processing on one of images being taken and already taken
on the basis of a setting value corresponding to said
predetermined imaging mode detected by said detection
section from among setting values stored in said setting
value storage section and displaying a reference image
obtained as a result of said image processing onto said
display section; an operating section for accepting an operation
input; and a setting section for setting, among imaging
conditions stored in said imaging condition storage
section, those image conditions of an imaging mode
corresponding to said reference image selected by an
operation input from said operating section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control section displays an icon
corresponding to said predetermined imaging mode detected
by said detection section onto said display section and
performs image processing on the basis of said setting
value corresponding to said icon selected by an operation
input from said operating section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control section displays a working
image in a predetermined area of said display section and
said reference image in a different area of said display
section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,
further comprising: a storage section for storing identification
information of said imaging mode corresponding to said
imaging condition set by said setting section; wherein said detection section at least detects
said imaging mode corresponding to said identification
information stored in said storage section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detection section at least detects an
imaging mode corresponding to a subject of imaging and
environment of an imaging operation to be executed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control section, if performing said
image processing on an image already taken, determines
beforehand whether or not a predetermined period has
passed since the taking of said image and performs said
image processing on said image only when said
predetermined period is found not having passed since the
taking of said image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a mode other than the mode corresponding to said
reference image is selectable by an operation input
through said operating section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2,
further comprising: a storage section for storing identification
information of said imaging mode corresponding to said
imaging condition set by said setting section; wherein said detection section detects said imaging
mode corresponding to said identification information
stored in said storage section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said detection section at least detects an image
mode corresponding to a subject of imaging and
environment of an imaging operation to be executed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim
8, wherein said display control section displays an icon
corresponding to said imaging mode corresponding to said
identification information stored in said storage section
in a different manner from that in which other icons are
displayed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The image pickup apparatus according to claim
9, wherein said display control section displays an icon
corresponding to an imaging mode corresponding to a
subject of imaging and environment of an imaging
operation to be executed in a different manner from that
in which other icons are displayed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
128 words
An image pickup method comprising the steps
of: storing an imaging condition for each of a
plurality of imaging modes; storing a setting value for each of said plurality
of imaging modes; detecting a predetermined imaging mode from among
said plurality of imaging modes; performing image processing on one of images being
taken and already taken on the basis of a setting value
detected in the detection step from among setting values
stored the setting value storage step and displaying a
reference image obtained as a result of said image
processing; accepting an operation input; and setting those image conditions of an imaging mode
corresponding to said reference image selected by an
operation input in the operating step among imaging
conditions stored by the imaging condition storage step.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12, wherein said display control step displays an icon
corresponding to said predetermined imaging mode detected
in said detection step and performs image processing on
the basis of said setting value corresponding to said
icon selected by an operation input in said operating
step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12, wherein said display control step displays a working
image in a predetermined area of a display section and
said reference image in a different area of said display
section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12,
further comprising the step of: storing identification information of said imaging
mode corresponding to said imaging condition set by said
setting section; said detection step at least detects said imaging
mode corresponding to said identification information
stored by said storage step.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12, wherein said detection step at least detects an imaging
mode corresponding to a subject of imaging and
environment of an imaging operation to be executed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
63 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12, wherein said display control step determines beforehand
whether or not a predetermined period has passed since
the taking of said image and performs said image
processing on said image only when said predetermined
period is found not having passed since the taking of
said image if performing said image processing on an
image already taken.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The image pickup method according to claim 12, wherein an imaging mode other than the imaging mode
corresponding to said reference image is selectable by an
operation input in said operating step.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
48 words
The image pickup method according to claim 13,
further comprising the step of: storing identification information of said imaging
mode corresponding to said imaging condition set by said
setting step; wherein said detection step detects said imaging
mode corresponding to said identification information
stored in said storage step.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The image pickup method according to claim 13, wherein said detection step at least detects an image
mode corresponding to a subject of imaging and
environment of an imaging operation to be executed.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
The image pickup method according to claim 19, wherein said display control step displays an icon
corresponding to said imaging mode corresponding to said
identification information stored in said storage step in
a different manner from that in which other icons are
displayed.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
48 words
The image pickup method according to claim 20, wherein said display control step displays an icon
corresponding to an imaging mode corresponding to a
subject of imaging and environment of an imaging
operation to be executed in a different manner from that
in which other icons are displayed.
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