# US 2014/0152812 A1 · Image pickup apparatus with inclination guide display

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- Number: US 2014/0152812 A1
- Document ID: US20140152812A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/173,630
- Filed: 2014-02-05
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2005-09-09
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Tatsuya Yamazaki; Masahiro Shibata; Yoshikazu Ishikawa; Kazunori Ishii; Hideo Kawahara; Hitoshi Yasuda; Daisuke Ishikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152812A1

## CPC

- G01B 11/272: {using photoelectric detection means}
- G03B 5/00: Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing
- G03B 17/18: Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light (indicating depth of field G03B13/30)
- H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera
- H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure}
- H04N 7/025: Systems for the transmission of digital non-picture data, e.g. of text during the active part of a television frame {(transmission of digital non-picture data during the vertical blanking interval only H04N7/088)}
- H04N 23/531: {being rotatable or detachable}
- H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators}
- H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image}
- H04N 23/68: for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations
- H04N 23/6811: {based on the image signal}
- H04N 23/6812: {based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors}
- H04N 23/682: {Vibration or motion blur correction}
- H04N 5/907: using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories (H04N5/91 takes precedence)
- H04N 9/7921: {for more than one processing mode}
- G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminary set depending on the specific image-pickup scene;
an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus;
a display processor for showing, on a display device, an inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detector; and
a display controller which controls display of the inclination guide display in accordance with an image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, which is set by the image-pickup mode setter.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of image-pickup mode for each specific image-pickup scene includes at least one of a scenery image-pickup mode, a portrait image-pickup mode, a sports image-pickup mode, a new green leaves/autumn leaves image-pickup mode and a firework image-pickup mode.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs different controls between when the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter is the scenery image-pickup mode and is the portrait image-pickup mode.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display controller changes an inclination at which the inclination guide display is switched between a display and a non-display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter along with switching between the display and the non-display of the inclination guide display in accordance with the inclination set by the inclination detector.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the image pickup mode setter sets a specific image pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene, the display controller sets the inclination at which the inclination guide display is switched between the display and the non-display and which is smaller than that when the image-pickup mode setter sets another image-pickup mode.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processor is capable of showing an inclination guide display exaggerating the inclination detected by the inclination detector, on the display device, and
wherein the display controller changes the level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display in accordance with the image-pickup mode for the specific image-pickup scene set by the image-pickup mode setter.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, when the image pickup mode setter sets a specific image pickup mode for the specific image pickup scene, the display controller increases the level of exaggeration of the inclination guide display.

### Claim 8

An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image-pickup mode setter which sets one image-pickup mode in a plurality of image-pickup modes for each specific image-pickup scene in which a control for picking-up images is preliminary set depending on the specific image-pickup scene;
an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image-pickup apparatus;
a display processor for showing, on a display device, an inclination guide display depending on the inclination detected by the inclination detector; and
a detection sensitivity changer which changes a detection sensitivity of the inclination detector in accordance with the image-pickup mode set by the image-pickup setter.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, when the image-pickup mode setter sets a specific image pickup mode for the specific image pickup scene, the detection sensitivity changer increases the detection sensitivity of the inclination detector.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the specific image-pickup mode configures a setting appropriate for picking-up a scenery image.