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US 8,149,314 B2Granted
Image capturing apparatus having display control of information and frames on displayed images and display control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorEmi Hitosuga
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Abstract
When various kinds of information and various frames are superimposed on a displayed image of a subject during live view shooting, an object to be preferentially displayed is switched between the various kinds of information and the various frames in accordance with an overlapping state of the various kinds of information and the various frames if the various kinds of information overlap the various frames.
Claims17
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when at least one entire side of the frame overlaps the information.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when both ends of at least one side of the frame overlap the information.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein only both ends of each side of the rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation are shown, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when the both ends of at least one side of the frame overlap the information.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when a ratio of a part of the frame overlapping the information to the entire frame is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a circular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when a half or more of the circumference of the frame overlaps the information.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a circular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that the frame is displayed more preferentially than the information when a half or more of the circumference of the frame continuously overlaps the information.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit;
- a face detecting unit configured to detect faces of the subjects based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a selecting unit configured to select a face of a main subject from the faces of the subjects detected by the face detecting unit,
- wherein, when a plurality of the frames that enclose the faces of the subjects detected by the face detecting unit are displayed, the display control unit switches, in accordance with an overlapping state of the frame and the information, an object to be preferentially displayed between the information and the frame regarding the frame that encloses the face of the main subject selected by the selecting unit.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject to acquire image data;
- a display unit configured to display the image of the subject based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured to perform a control operation so that information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame are superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is based on a result of a face detection operation,
- wherein a plurality of the frames are displayed on the display unit, and
- wherein the display control unit performs the control operation so that a smaller frame is displayed preferentially when two of the plurality of frames overlap each other.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when at least one entire side of the frame overlaps the information.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when both ends of at least one side of the frame overlap the information.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein only both ends of each side of the rectangular frame based on a result of a face detection operation are shown, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when the both ends of at least one side of the frame overlap the information.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when a ratio of a part of the frame overlapping the information to the entire frame is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a circular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when a half or more of the circumference of the frame overlaps the information.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is a circular frame based on a result of a face detection operation, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling the frame to be displayed more preferentially than the information when a half or more of the circumference of the frame continuously overlaps the information.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- detecting faces of the subjects based on the image data acquired by the image capturing unit;
- and
- selecting a face of a main subject from the faces of the subjects detected by the face detecting unit,
- wherein, when a plurality of the frames that enclose the faces of the subjects detected in the detecting step are displayed, switching, in accordance with an overlapping state of the frame and the information, an object to be preferentially displayed between the information and the frame regarding the frame that encloses the face of the main subject selected in the selecting step.
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A display control method comprising:
- displaying an image of a subject on a display unit based on image data acquired by an image capturing unit;
- and
- controlling information displayed at a predetermined position and a movably displayed frame to be superimposed on the image of the subject displayed by the display unit,
- wherein the frame is based on a result of a face detection operation,
- wherein a plurality of the frames are displayed on the display unit, and
- wherein the controlling includes controlling a smaller frame to be displayed preferentially when two of the plurality of frames overlap each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.