Imaging apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsKo Yokokawa, Osamu Nonaka
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an image comparing unit that compares a shot image shot by a photographer with a sample image selected by the photographer; an operation comparing unit that compares an operation performed when the shot image was shot with an operation performed when the sample image was shot; and an advising unit that gives the photographer advice on an image shooting method to make the shot image close to the sample image according to comparison results provided by the image comparing unit and the operation comparing unit.
Claims6
An imaging apparatus that includes at least an imaging unit and an operation unit, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- an image comparing unit that compares a shot image shot by a photographer with a sample image;
- a device comparing unit that compares a device used when the shot image was shot with a device used when the sample image was shot;
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- an advice unit that gives the photographer advice on device information to make the shot image close to the sample image according to comparison results provided by the image comparing unit and the device comparing unit.
A server that communicates with a smartphone including at least an image comparing unit that compares a shot image shot by a photographer with a sample image, a device comparing unit that compares a device used when the shot image was shot with a device used when the sample image was shot, and an advice unit that gives the photographer advice on device information to make the shot image close to the sample image according to comparison results provided by the image comparing unit and the device comparing unit, wherein
- information of at least one of the sample image used by the image comparing unit of the smartphone, the information of the device used when the sample image was shot used by the device comparing unit of the smartphone, and the information of the advice used by the advice unit of the smartphone is transmitted to the smartphone.
A control method to be used for an imaging apparatus that includes at least an imaging unit and an operation unit, the control method comprising:
- an image comparing step of comparing a shot image shot by a photographer with a sample image;
- a device comparing step of comparing a device used when the shot image was shot and a device used when the sample image was shot;
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- a step of giving the photographer advice on device information to make the shot image close to the sample image according to comparison results provided by the image comparing step and the device comparing step.
A control method of a server that communicates with a smartphone including at least an image comparing unit that compares a shot image shot by a photographer with a sample image, a device comparing unit that compares a device used when the shot image was shot with a device used when the sample image was shot, and an advice unit that gives the photographer advice on device information to make the shot image close to the sample image according to comparison results provided by the image comparing unit and the device comparing unit, wherein
- information of at least one of the sample image used by the image comparing unit of the smartphone, the information of the device used when the sample image was shot used by the device comparing unit of the smartphone, and the information of the advice used by the advice unit of the smartphone is transmitted to the smartphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.