Imaging apparatus capable of switching display methods
AssigneeMaxell, Ltd.
InventorsShinichiro Hirooka, Hiroshi Chiba
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit.
Claims8
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imager configured to perform image pickup and obtain a pickup image;
- an image display configured to display the pickup image;
- a touch panel configured to enable a user to select a subject included in the pickup image displayed on the image display;
- a controller configured to control the image display to display the pickup image or a superimposed image including the pickup image and a cutout image which is cut out and generated for displaying a part of an area of the pickup image with magnification;
- an operation input interface configured to switch an image displayed on the image display from the pickup image to the superimposed image in accordance with an operation of a user;
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- a recording button configured to operate a start and an end of a recording of the pickup image obtained by the imager when a moving picture is recorded,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- when the subject included in the pickup image displayed on the image display is selected via the touch panel, recognize and chase the selected subject in the pickup image,
- in a case that a position of the selected subject that is recognized and chased in the pickup image is changed, automatically change the area which is cut out as the cutout image from the pickup image in accordance with the changed position of the subject selected in the pickup image, and
- when the superimposed image including the pickup image and the cutout image including the selected subject is displayed on the image display in accordance with the operation via the operation input interface and an operation of the start of the recording for recording the moving picture by the recording button is detected, switch from displaying the superimposed image to displaying the pickup image on the image display.
A method of operating an imaging apparatus comprising:
- picking up and obtaining a pickup image;
- displaying, on an image display of the imaging apparatus, the pickup image;
- receiving, via a touch panel of the imaging apparatus, a selection of a subject included in the displayed pickup image;
- when the subject included in the pickup image displayed on the image display is selected via the touch panel, recognizing and chasing the selected subject in the pickup image;
- switching, in accordance with an operation of a user via an operation input interface of the imaging apparatus, from displaying the pickup image to displaying a superimposed image including the pickup image and a cutout image which is cut out and generated for displaying a part of an area of the pickup image with magnification;
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- in a case that a position of the selected subject that is recognized and chased in the pickup image is changed, automatically changing the area which is cut out as the cutout image from the pickup image in accordance with the changed position of the selected subject in the pickup image;
- when the superimposed image including the pickup image and the cutout image including the selected subject is displayed on the image display in accordance with the operation via the operation input interface and an operation of a start of recording of the pickup image for recording a moving picture is input via a recording button of the imaging apparatus, switching from displaying the superimposed image to displaying the pickup image on the image display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.