Apparatus and method for sensing and displaying an image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuya Sato
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Abstract
According to an image sensing apparatus and an image display method therefor of this embodiment, since a preview image to be photographed and a viewing thumbnail image can be simultaneously displayed on one screen, and the display form can be arbitrarily changed by a simple selection operation on the screen, the visibility and operability of the image sensing apparatus can be largely improved.
Claims31
An image sensing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit adapted to input an object image to obtain image data;
- an instruction unit adapted to generate an instruction for holding the image data input by said input unit;
- a hold unit adapted to compress and hold the image data input by said input unit on the basis of the instruction from said instruction unit;
- and
- a display device having a first display area for displaying the image data input by said input unit as a preview image and a plurality of second display areas for displaying a plurality of thumbnail images based on the compressed image data held by said hold unit and simultaneously display the preview image and the thumbnail images.
An image display method for an image sensing apparatus, comprising:
- inputting an object image to obtain image data;
- generating an instruction for photographing input the image data;
- compressing and holding, in a memory, the input image data on the basis of the photographing instruction;
- and
- simultaneously displaying the input image data as a preview image in a first display area of said display and the plurality of thumbnail images based on compressed image data held in said memory in a plurality of second display areas of said display.
A computer readable program product including instructions for controlling the processor to carry out the method of claim 29.
An image sensing apparatus comprising:
- an input unit to input an object image to obtain image data;
- an instruction unit adapted to generate an instruction for holding the image data input by said input unit;
- a hold unit adapted to compress and hold the image data input by said input unit on the basis of the instruction from said instruction unit;
- and
- a display device adapted to simultaneously display the image data input by said input unit as a preview image without compressing said image data input by said input unit and a thumbnail image based on the compressed image data held by said hold unit.
An image display method for an image sensing apparatus, comprising:
- inputting an object image to obtain image data;
- generating an instruction for photographing input the image data;
- compressing and holding, in a memory, the input image data on the basis of the photographing instruction;
- and
- simultaneously displaying the input image data as a preview image without compressing the input image data and a thumbnail image based on compressed image data held in said memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.