Image pickup apparatus, image recording apparatus and image recording method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYasuyuki Tanoue
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus selectively recording an image taken by itself or at least one other apparatus is disclosed. A digital video camera selects between an image taken by a camera block (10) thereof, and an image taken by each of at least one other camera and received by a wireless communication module (120), and records the selected image on a magnetic tape of a video cassette (111). The camera transmits an image it takes to at least other camera by the communication module (120). Processed by a control portion (60), the image taken by the camera itself and the image(s) from the other camera(s) are composited to be concurrently presented on a LCD (80). An image selected through a touch panel (90) is recorded on the tape.
Claims16
An image recording apparatus for recording an inputted image, comprising:
- an image receiver which receives a signal of each of a plurality of images including at least one image taken by and transmitted from at least one external imaging apparatus;
- a display controller operable to display the inputted image and the at least one image received by the image receiver;
- an image recognizer which recognizes an image in which an object having set characteristics is present within the inputted image and the at least one received image;
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- a recording controller operable to control the recording of one or more selected images according to:
- a first result of an image recognition executed by the image recognizer on the inputted image and the at least one received image, and a second result associated with a priority ranking applied to the inputted image and the at least one received image.
A method for recording images respectively taken by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal of each of a plurality of images including at least one image taken by at least one external imaging apparatus;
- displaying an inputted image and the received at least one image;
- recognizing an image in which an object having set characteristics is present within the inputted image and the at least one received image;
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- controlling the recording of one or more selected images according to:
- a first result executed by the recognizing of the image within the inputted image and the at least one received image, and
- a second result associated with a priority ranking applied to the inputted image and the at least one received image.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium for storing a computer program for recording images respectively taken by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, wherein the program comprises:
- receiving a signal of each of a plurality of images including at least one image taken by at least one external imaging apparatus;
- displaying an inputted image and the received at least one image;
- recognizing an image in which an object having set characteristics is present within the inputted image and the at least one received image;
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- controlling the recording of one or more selected images according to:
- a first result executed by the recognizing of the image within the inputted image and the at least one received image, and
- a second result associated with a priority ranking applied to the inputted image and the at least one received image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.