# US 2014/0195915 A1 · Imaging device, image processing method, and program thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195915 A1 - Document ID: US20140195915A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/207,965 - Filed: 2014-03-13 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2009-07-09 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Ayako Iwase; Yuji Saitou; Takashi Nunomaki; Nobuki Furue; Shinichi Iriya; Hiroyuki Ozawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195915A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G11B 27/031: Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals - G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) - G11B 27/28: by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording {(G11B27/22 takes precedence)} - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An imaging device includes a display unit for displaying a video image being captured, an index operating unit for inputting an instruction for an index, and an index setting unit for setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured for a predetermined time period including a time point of a user's operation of inputting the instruction for the index, in response to one user's operation on the index operating unit while the video image is captured. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An imaging device comprising: a display unit for displaying a video image being captured; an index operating unit for inputting an instruction for an index; and an index setting unit for setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured for a predetermined time period including a time point of a user's operation of inputting the instruction for the index, in response to one user's operation on the index operating unit while the video image is captured. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the index operating unit includes a position detecting unit for detecting a position in a display screen of the display unit, which an operating body touched or approached; and wherein the user's operation includes allowing the operating body to touch or approach the display screen. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The imaging device according to claim 2, further comprising: an object recognition unit for recognizing an object which appears in the video image, wherein the position detecting unit detects a position on the display screen, which was designated by the operating body while the video image was being captured, wherein the object recognition unit recognizes the object which appears in the position on the display screen, which was designated by the operating body, and wherein the index setting unit sets as the index section, the section in the video image, in which the object recognized by the object recognition unit appears. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The imaging device according to claim 3, further comprising: a deletion unit for deleting a section in the video image which is captured before the index section, when the section in the video image in which the object appears is set as the index section while the video image is captured. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The imaging device according to claim 2, wherein the position detecting unit detects a sliding method on the display screen by the operating body when the operating body slides on the display screen while the video image is captured, and wherein the index setting unit sets the index section in accordance with the sliding method. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The imaging device according to claim 5, wherein the position detecting unit detects the sliding direction of the operating body, and wherein the index setting unit sets the index section in accordance with the sliding direction while using the time point at which the operating body slides on the display screen as a reference. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The imaging device according to claim 5, wherein the position detecting unit detects the sliding length of the operating body, and wherein the index setting unit sets the index section which employs as the start point, the time point preceding the time point at which the operating body slides on the display screen by the time decided in accordance with the sliding length. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The imaging device according to claim 2, further comprising: a recording unit for associating index information representing the index section with the video image and recording the associated index information in a recording medium; and a display control unit for causing the display unit to display a record confirmation screen of the video image immediately after the instruction for the completion of the recording of the video image, making a correspondence relationship between a display object representing the index section and a time axis representing the recording time of the video image based on the index information, and displaying the display object on the record confirmation screen, wherein the position detecting unit detects a user's operation on the display object representing the index section displayed on the record confirmation screen, and wherein the index setting unit adjusts the index section in response to the user's operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, further comprising: a deletion unit for deleting the sections other than the index section in the video image in response to the user's operation on an icon displayed on the record confirmation screen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising: a display control unit for making a correspondence relationship between the display object representing the index section and the time axis representing the recording time of the video image and displaying the display object on a live-view screen displayed on the display unit while the video image is captured. ### Claim 11 An image processing method comprising the steps of: displaying a video image being captured on a display unit while capturing the video image; and setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured in a predetermined time period including the time point of a user's operation of inputting an instruction for an index, in response to one user's operation on an index operating unit for inputting the instruction for the index while the video image is captured. ### Claim 12 A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of: displaying a video image being captured on a display unit while capturing the video image; and setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured in a predetermined time period including the time point of a user's operation of inputting an instruction for an index, in response to one user's operation on an index operating unit for inputting the instruction for the index while the video image is captured.