US5392069A
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Image processing apparatus which can process a plurality of kinds of images having different aspect ratios
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1993-06-07
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Granted: 1995-02-21
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Expires: 2013-06-07
Abstract
Abstract There is provided an image processing apparatus having an input unit for inputting a video signal, a detection unit for detecting the aspect ratio of the video signal input by the input unit, an image output unit for outputting an image having an aspect ratio corresponding to the aspect ratio detected by the detection unit, and a synthesizing unit for synthesizing the output from the image output unit with the video signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichi Koyama
- 👤 Hiroyuki Takimoto
- 👤 Taizou Hori
- 👤 Takashi Kobayashi
- 👤 Hiroyuki Fukuoka
- 👤 Yoshihiro Nakatani
- 👤 Jun Makino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 03:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/7824; H04N5/7826; H04N25/00; H04N5/222; H04N5/262; H04N5/272; H04N5/278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a video signal on which aspect ratio information as to an aspect ratio of said video signal is superimposed; b. detecting means for detecting the aspect ratio information: c. image output means for outputting an image having an aspect ratio corresponding to the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a video signal on which aspect ratio information as to an aspect ratio of said video signal is superimposed; b. detecting means for detecting the aspect ratio information: c. image output means for outputting an image having an aspect ratio corresponding to the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means includes image pickup means for converting an optical image into an electrical signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said input means includes conversion means for compressing or expanding images having various aspect ratios into an image having a predetermined aspect ratio.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said input means further includes superposing means for superposing conversion information associated with aspect ratio conversion of said conversion means on the video signal output from said input means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image signal output from said image output means is a title signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image signal output from said image output means is a signal associated with image pickup information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising recording means for recording the video signal output from said synthesizing means on a recording medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising reproduction means for reproducing the video signal recorded by said recording means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said input means alternatively inputs a first video signal obtained by said image pickup means, and a second video signal reproduced from the recording medium by said reproduction means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
118 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising recording means for recording the video signal output from said synthesizing means on a recording medium, and reproduction means for reproducing the video signal recorded by said recording means, and said reproduction means including: a) read-out means for reading out the recorded video signal from the recording medium; b) output detection means for detecting an output state of an output signal output from said read-out means; and c) output means for alternatively outputting the video signal output from said read-out means and a predetermined video signal having an aspect ratio corresponding to the signal read out from the recording medium in accordance with an output from said output detection means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said output means detects the aspect ratio of the video signal read out from the recording medium by said detection means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
83 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a first video signal; b. reproduction means for reproducing a second video signal from a recording medium; c. selecting means for selecting the first video signal or the second video signal; and d. detecting means for detecting an aspect of the selected video signal, outputting means for outputting an image having an aspect ratio corresponding to the detected aspect ratio, and synthesizing means for synthesizing the output image with the selected video signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
83 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a first video signal; b. reproduction means for reproducing a second video signal from a recording medium; c. selecting means for selecting the first video signal or the second video signal; and d. detecting means for detecting an aspect of the selected video signal, outputting means for outputting an image having an aspect ratio corresponding to the detected aspect ratio, and synthesizing means for synthesizing the output image with the selected video signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising recording means for recording the first video signal synthesized by said synthesizing means on the recording medium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said input means includes image pickup means for picking up an object image, generating the first video signal, and conversion means for compressing or expanding images having various aspect ratios into an image having a predetermined aspect ratio.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising superposing means for superposing conversion information associated with aspect ratio conversion of said conversion means on the first video signal output from said image pickup means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said synthesizing means detects the conversion information superposed by said superposing means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a) read-out means for reading out a video signal recorded on a recording medium; b) detection means for detecting an output state of the video signal read out by said read-out means; and c) output means for alternatively outputting the video signal output from said read-out means and a predetermined video signal having an aspect ratio corresponding to the video signal read out from the recording medium in accordance with an output from said detection means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a) read-out means for reading out a video signal recorded on a recording medium; b) detection means for detecting an output state of the video signal read out by said read-out means; and c) output means for alternatively outputting the video signal output from said read-out means and a predetermined video signal having an aspect ratio corresponding to the video signal read out from the recording medium in accordance with an output from said detection means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined video signal is a blue back signal.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
58 words
An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the video signal read out from the recording medium is superposed with aspect ratio information indicating an aspect ratio, and said output means includes aspect ratio detection means for detecting the aspect ratio of the video signal read out from the recording medium on the basis of the aspect ratio information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising recording means for converting video signals having various aspect ratios into a video signal having a predetermined aspect ratio, and recording the converted video signal on the recording medium.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said recording medium comprises superposing means for superposing conversion information associated with aspect ratio conversion of the converted video signal having the predetermined aspect ratio, and recording the video signal output from said superposing means on the recording medium.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
74 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a video signal on which aspect ratio information as to an aspect ratio of said video signal is superimposed; b. detecting means for detecting the aspect ratio information; c. image output means for outputting an image in accordance with the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
74 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a video signal on which aspect ratio information as to an aspect ratio of said video signal is superimposed; b. detecting means for detecting the aspect ratio information; c. image output means for outputting an image in accordance with the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said input means includes image pickup means for picking up an object image and generating the video signal.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said input means includes conversion means for compressing or expanding images having various aspect ratios into an image having a predetermined aspect ratio.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said input means further includes superposing means for superposing conversion information associated with aspect ratio conversion of said conversion means on the first video signal output from said image pickup means.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said input means includes reproduction means for reproducing the video signal from a recording medium.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising recording means for recording the video signal output from said synthesizing means on a recording medium.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising reproduction means for reproducing the video signal recorded by said recording means.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
69 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. reproduction means for reproducing a video signal from a recording medium; b. detecting means for detecting an aspect ratio of the video signal reproduced by reproduction means; c. image output means for outputting an image in accordance with the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
69 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. reproduction means for reproducing a video signal from a recording medium; b. detecting means for detecting an aspect ratio of the video signal reproduced by reproduction means; c. image output means for outputting an image in accordance with the aspect ratio detected by said detecting means; and d. synthesizing means for synthesizing the output from said image output means with the video signal.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the video signal reproduced by said reproduction means is superposed with aspect milo information indicating an aspect ratio.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising recording means for recording a video signal and aspect ratio information indicating an aspect ratio of the video signal on the recording medium.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein said recording means superimposes said aspect ratio information on said video signal to record the superimposed video signal on said recording medium.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a first video signal; b. reproduction means for reproducing a second video signal from a recording medium; c. selecting means for selecting the first video signal or the second video signal; and d. detecting means for detecting an aspect ratio of the selected video signal, outputting means for outputting an image in accordance with tile detected aspect ratio, and synthesizing means for synthesizing the output image with the selected video signal.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a. input means for inputting a first video signal; b. reproduction means for reproducing a second video signal from a recording medium; c. selecting means for selecting the first video signal or the second video signal; and d. detecting means for detecting an aspect ratio of the selected video signal, outputting means for outputting an image in accordance with tile detected aspect ratio, and synthesizing means for synthesizing the output image with the selected video signal.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein said input means includes image pickup means for picking up an object image and generating the first video signal.
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