Image display apparatus having image-related information displaying function
First Claim
1. An image display method for displaying image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system, the method comprising:
- an image-capturing step in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus;
an information collection step in which subject information related to the subject is collected;
a correlating step in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane;
an image display step in which the image data are displayed at a display screen;
a position specification step in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and
an information display step in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification step is displayed, wherein;
in the correlating step, image-plane position information indicating a subject position within the photographic image plane is detected by analyzing the subject position within the photographic image plane through an image analysis of the image data and the subject information is made to correlate with a position within the photographic image plane by using the image-plane position information.
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Abstract
An image display method displays image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system. The method includes: (i) image-capturing in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; (ii) information collection in which subject information related to the subject is collected; (iii) correlating in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; (iv) image display in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; (v) position specification in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and (vi) information display in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification is displayed.
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18 Claims
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1. An image display method for displaying image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system, the method comprising:
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an image-capturing step in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; an information collection step in which subject information related to the subject is collected; a correlating step in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; an image display step in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; a position specification step in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and an information display step in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification step is displayed, wherein; in the correlating step, image-plane position information indicating a subject position within the photographic image plane is detected by analyzing the subject position within the photographic image plane through an image analysis of the image data and the subject information is made to correlate with a position within the photographic image plane by using the image-plane position information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An image display method for displaying image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system, the method comprising:
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an image-capturing step in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; an information collection step in which subject information related to the subject is collected; a correlating step in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; an image display step in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; a position specification step in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and an information display step in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification step is displayed, wherein; in the correlating step, image-plane position information indicating a subject position within the photographic image plane is detected by analyzing the subject position within the photographic image plane through an image analysis of the image data.
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