Information input apparatus
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1. An information input apparatus comprising:
- imaging means for imaging an image of a specified object to produce image signals;
information input means for enabling a user to input specified information into the information input apparatus;
storage means for storing the image signals produced by the imaging means and for storing the information input by the information input means;
display means for displaying the image imaged by the imaging means and for displaying the information input by the information input means; and
control means for controlling the apparatus such that the information input by the information input means is not displayed on the display means when the image imaged by the imaging means is being displayed on the display means.
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Abstract
An electronic camera efficiently performs the operation of an electronic viewfinder and the inputting of line-drawings. When line-drawing input is performed, e.g., by operating a touch tablet, only the input line-drawing is displayed on a display device, e.g., a LCD without the LCD being operated as an electronic viewfinder. When operation as an electronic viewfinder is caused, for example, by pressing a release button halfway, so as to cause an image formed on an imaging device, e.g., a CCD to be displayed on the LCD, subsequent input of a line-drawing using the touch tablet is prohibited, and a line-drawing is not displayed on the LCD.
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1. An information input apparatus comprising:
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imaging means for imaging an image of a specified object to produce image signals;
information input means for enabling a user to input specified information into the information input apparatus;
storage means for storing the image signals produced by the imaging means and for storing the information input by the information input means;
display means for displaying the image imaged by the imaging means and for displaying the information input by the information input means; and
control means for controlling the apparatus such that the information input by the information input means is not displayed on the display means when the image imaged by the imaging means is being displayed on the display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information input apparatus comprising:
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imaging means for imaging an image of a specified object to produce image signals;
information input means for enabling a user to input specified information into the information input apparatus;
storage means for storing the image signals produced by the imaging means and for storing the information input by the information input means;
display means for displaying the image imaged by the imaging means and for displaying the information input by the information input means; and
control means for controlling the apparatus such that the image imaged by the imaging means is not displayed on the display means when the information input by the information input means is being displayed on the display means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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19. An information input apparatus comprising:
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a photoelectric conversion device that converts a light image of a specified object into image signals;
an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
a memory, coupled to the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to store the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device;
a display, coupled to the memory, the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to be capable of displaying an image of the specified object based on the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device; and
a controller, coupled to the display, to control the display such that the display does not display the information input through the information input device when the image of the specified object is being displayed on the display.
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25. An information input apparatus comprising:
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a photoelectric conversion device that converts a light image of a specified object into image signals;
an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
a memory, coupled to the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to store the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device;
a display, coupled to the memory, the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to be capable of displaying an image of the specified object based on the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device; and
a controller, coupled to the display, to control the display so that the light image formed on the photoelectric conversion device is not displayed on the display when the information input through the information input device is being displayed on the display.
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33. A method of controlling an information input apparatus having a photoelectric conversion device that converts a light image of a specified object into image signals;
- an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
a memory, coupled to the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to store the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device; and
a display, coupled to the memory, the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to be capable of displaying an image of the specified object based on the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device;
the method comprising the step of;
controlling the display such that the display does not display the information input through the information input device when the image of the specified object is being displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
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37. A method of controlling an information input apparatus having a photoelectric conversion device that converts a light image of a specified object into image signals;
- an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
a memory, coupled to the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to store the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device; and
a display, coupled to the memory, the photoelectric conversion device and to the information input device, to be capable of displaying an image of the specified object based on the image signals of the photoelectric conversion device and the information input through the information input device;
the method comprising the step of;
controlling the display so that the light image formed on the photoelectric conversion device is not displayed on the display when the information input through the information input device is being displayed on the display.
- an information input device through which a user of the apparatus inputs information;
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