Image display apparatus having image-related information displaying function
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsYosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Abstract
In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by 10 executing specific user identification processing.
Claims31
An electronic camera operated to photograph a subject, comprising:
- an image capturing unit that photographs a subject within a photographic image plane through a photographic optical system and generates image data;
- an information collection unit that collects subject information related to the subject from an external electronic instrument through communication with the electronic instrument;
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- a correlating unit that correlates the subject information to a position within the photographic image plane, wherein:
- the information collection unit is started up in response to an operation of the external electronic instrument to collect the subject information related to the subject from the electronic instrument.
An electronic camera operated to photograph a subject, comprising:
- an image capturing unit that photographs a subject within a photographic image plane through a photographic optical system and generates image data;
- an information collection unit that collects subject information related to the subject from an external electronic instrument through communication with the electronic instrument;
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- a correlating unit that correlates the subject information to a position within the photographic image plane, wherein:
- the electronic camera can be set in a continuous shooting mode in which images of the subject are taken in rapid succession by the image-capturing unit;
- and includes a disallowing unit that disallows operation of the image collection unit in the continuous shooting mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.