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US 2009/0153709 A1Published application
Digital camera
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorsTomohiko KANZAKI, Toshihiro HAMAMURA
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Abstract
A digital camera has an image-capturing device, an image processor, and a display. The image-capturing device creates a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor. The image processor creates an inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image provided on the image sensor match the top and bottom of a subject image included in the cleaning image. The display displays the inverted cleaning image.
Claims9
A digital camera comprising:
- an image-capturing device that creates a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor;
- an image processor that creates an inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image provided on the image sensor match the top and bottom of a subject image included in the cleaning image;
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- a display that displays the inverted cleaning image.
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A single-lens reflex camera comprising:
- an image-capturing device that creates a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor;
- an image processor that creates an inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image provided on the image sensor match the top and bottom of a subject image included in the cleaning image;
- a display that displays the inverted cleaning image;
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- an image-composing device that creates a combined cleaning image by combining the cleaning image and a lens mount image which illustrates a lens mount as seen from a lens of said single-lens reflex camera and is used for discriminating the top, bottom, right, and left of the cleaning image;
- said image processor creating the inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image provided on the image sensor match the top and bottom of a subject image included in the combined cleaning image;
- said display displaying the inverted cleaning image.
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A digital camera system comprising:
- a digital camera that comprises an image-capturing device that takes a cleaning image which is used for pinpointing dust particles attached to an image sensor, and an image processor that creates an inverted cleaning image so that the top and bottom of a subject image provided on the image sensor match the top and bottom of a subject image included in the cleaning image;
- an external receiver device that is provided on the exterior of said digital camera, and that receives the inverted cleaning image from said digital camera;
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- an external display that is provided on the exterior of said digital camera, and displays the inverted cleaning image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.