US 9,438,807 B2 · Image pickup apparatus having touch panel, image processing method, and storage medium

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus in which drawing information can be input from a touch panel by a photographer and a display unit is rotatable between a reverse display state and a normal display state. When the display unit is in the reverse display state image data can easily be obtained which reflects drawing information intended by the photographer without changing a flipping status of the taken image. On the display unit, the drawing information is displayed in a manner so as to be superimposed on the taken image. Whether the display unit is in the reverse display state or the normal display state is detected, and in response to switching between the reverse display state and the normal display state, the drawing information displayed on the display unit is flipped. Depending on the type of the drawing information, the drawing information is vertically flipped, or the drawing information is vertically flipped and also horizontally flipped.

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Dependent claims

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a touch panel configured to allow input of drawing information;
a display unit configured to display a taken image and superimpose the drawing information, which is input through said touch panel, on the taken image;
a rotating unit configured to rotate said display unit between a reverse display state and a normal display state;
and
a flipping unit configured to flip the drawing information displayed on said display unit in response to switching a state of said display unit between the reverse display state and the normal display state by said rotating unit,
wherein said flipping unit carries out one of a first flipping process in which the drawing information is vertically flipped or a second flipping process in which the drawing information is vertically flipped and also horizontally flipped according to a type of the drawing information.

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An image processing method in which, when a taken image is to be displayed on a display unit rotatable between a reverse display state and a normal display state, drawing information input through a touch panel provided on the display unit is superimposed on the taken image, comprising:

a detecting step of detecting whether the display unit is in the reverse display state or the normal display state;
and
a flipping step of flipping the drawing information displayed on the display unit in response to switching of a state of the display unit between the reverse display state and the normal display state,
wherein in said flipping step one of a first flipping process, in which the drawing information is vertically flipped, or a second flipping process, in which the drawing information is vertically flipped and also horizontally flipped, is carried out according to a type of the drawing information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image pickup apparatus having touch panel, image processing method, and storage medium

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Image pickup apparatus having touch panel, image processing method, and storage medium

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