Digital camera for recording still image with speech
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Miyata
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Abstract
An image pickup method includes determining a start timing and an end timing of obtaining the speech to have a photographing timing of the still image taken by the image pickup unit therebetween, in accordance with a period in which the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and cutting out the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit for a period from the start timing to the end timing determined, and storing the cut speech in the storing unit in association with the still image taken by the image pickup unit.
Claims4
An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
- an image pickup unit configured to take a still image;
- a temporary speech storing unit configured to input speech and continue storing speech for a predetermined time length while updating the speech;
- a speech period determining unit configured to determine a start timing and an end timing of obtaining the speech to have a photographing timing of the still image taken by the image pickup unit therebetween, in accordance with a period in which sound quality of the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- a storing unit configured to store the still image taken by the image pickup unit, and the speech;
- a storage control unit configured to cut out the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit for a period within the start timing to the end timing determined by the speech period determining unit, and to store the cut out speech in the storing unit in association with the still image taken by the image pickup unit;
- and a registering unit configured to register a voice print of an arbitrary person in advance;
- wherein the storage control unit cuts out speech for a period in which a voice print of the speech corresponds to the voice print of the person registered in the registering unit.
An image pickup method for an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit configured to take a still image, a temporary speech storing unit configured to continue storing speech for a predetermined time length while updating the speech, a registering unit configured to register a voice print of an arbitrary person in advance, and a storing unit configured to store the still image taken by the image pickup unit, and the speech, the method comprising:
- determining a start timing and an end timing of obtaining the speech to have a photographing timing of the still image taken by the image pickup unit therebetween, in accordance with a period in which sound quality of the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- and cutting out the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit for a period within the determined start timing to the determined end timing in which a voice print of the speech corresponds to the voice print of the person registered in the registering unit, and storing the cut out speech in the storing unit in association with the still image taken by the image pickup unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program code to be executed that is executable by a computer built in an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit configured to take a still image, a temporary speech storing unit configured to continue storing speech for a predetermined time length while updating the speech, a registering unit configured to register a voice print of an arbitrary person in advance, and a storing unit configured to store the still image taken by the image pickup unit, and the speech, the program being executable to cause the computer to perform functions comprising:
- determining a start timing and an end timing of obtaining the speech to have a photographing timing of the still image taken by the image pickup unit therebetween, in accordance with a period in which sound quality of the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- and cutting out the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit for a period within the determined start timing to the determined end timing in which a voice print of the speech corresponds to the voice print of the person registered in the registering unit, and storing the cut out speech in the storing unit in association with the still image taken by the image pickup unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.