Image processing apparatus, image processing method and record medium having program computer-readably recorded therein

• US 20030052985A1
• Filed: 08/27/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Oya, Takahiro, Higashiyama, Teruyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,375,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/634 Warning indications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera that is capable of informing a user of a posture of a camera or availability of the detection. In order to attained the object, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention has a photographing part for taking an image, a posture detecting part for detecting a posture of the photographing part in taking the image, and a display part for displaying information for allowing the user to distinguish a posture detected by the posture detecting part together with the image to be taken by the photographing part.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a photographing part for taking an image;

a posture detecting part for detecting a posture of said photographing part in taking the image; and

a display part for displaying information for allowing a user to distinguish the posture to be detected by said posture detecting part together with the image to be taken by said photographing part.

2. An image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture while sequentially displaying the image to be taken by said photographing part.

3. An image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, if a change in the posture is detected by said posture detecting part, said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish a posture after the change while sequentially displaying the image to be taken by said photographing part.

4. An image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture while displaying an image immediately after being taken by said photographing part.

5. An image processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture to be detected by said posture detecting part at a time instance of taking the image by said photographing part together with the image.

6. An image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish top and bottom directions with respect to the posture as information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture.

7. An image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said display part displays information for allowing the user to distinguish a posture of the image processing apparatus as information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture.

8. An image processing method comprising:

an image taking step for taking an image by a photographing part;

a posture detection step for detecting a posture of said photographing part in taking the image by a posture detecting part; and

a display step for displaying information for allowing a user to distinguish the posture to be detected by said posture detecting part on a display part together with the image to be taken by said photographing part.

9. An image processing method according to claim 8,

wherein said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture while sequentially displaying the image to be taken by said photographing part.

10. An image processing method according to claim 9,

wherein, if a change in the posture is detected by said posture detecting part, said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish a posture after the change while sequentially displaying the image to be taken by said photographing part.

11. An image processing method according to claim 8,

wherein said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture while displaying an image immediately after being taken by said photographing part.

12. An image processing method according to claim 11,

wherein said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture to be detected by said posture detecting part at a time instance of taking the image by said photographing part together with the image.

13. An image processing method according to claim 8,

wherein said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish top and bottom directions with respect to the posture as information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture.

14. An image processing method according to claim 8,

wherein said display step displays information for allowing the user to distinguish a posture of the image processing apparatus as information for allowing the user to distinguish the posture.

15. A record medium having a program computer-readably recorded therein, said program executing:

an image taking step for taking an image by a photographing part;

a posture detection step for detecting a posture of said photographing part in taking the image by a posture detecting part; and

a display step for displaying information for allowing a user to distinguish the posture to be detected by said posture detecting part on a display part together with the image to be taken by said photographing part.

16. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a photographing part for taking an image via a lens;

a light emission part for irradiating illumination light on a subject;

a posture detecting part for detecting a posture of said image processing apparatus; and

a display part for performing alarm display when it is judged from a posture detected by said posture detecting part that said light emission part is positioned under said lens.

17. An image processing apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising a memory part for storing the posture detected by said posture detecting part together with an image taken by said photographing part.

18. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a photographing part for taking an image;

a posture detecting part for detecting a posture of said image processing apparatus, said posture detecting part not detecting a posture of said photographing part when said photographing part takes a predetermined posture; and

a display part for performing alarm display when said posture detecting part does not detect a posture of said photographing part.

19. An image processing apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a memory part for storing information indicating to the effect that said posture detecting part does not detect a posture of said image processing apparatus together with an image taken by said photographing part.