Image composing apparatus, electronic camera, and image composing method
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1. An image composing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit which acquires image data;
a detector which detects a type of the image data acquired by the acquisition unit;
a memory which stores plural types of composite object data;
a selector which selects composite object data of a type which is detected by the detector among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory; and
a composing unit which composes the composite object data selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit.
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Abstract
An image composing apparatus comprises a CCD for acquiring image data, a detector for detecting a type of the image data acquired by the CCD, a memory for storing plural types of composite object data, a selector for selecting composite object data of a type which is detected by the detector among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory, and a composer for composing the composite object data selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the CCD.
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1. An image composing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit which acquires image data;
a detector which detects a type of the image data acquired by the acquisition unit;
a memory which stores plural types of composite object data;
a selector which selects composite object data of a type which is detected by the detector among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory; and
a composing unit which composes the composite object data selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image composing apparatus comprising:
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an input device which acquires image data;
a memory which stores plural types of composite object data, and stores sample images in association with each of the plural types of composite object data;
a display which displays an image;
a display controller which displays the sample images stored in the memory, on the display;
a selector which selects one arbitrary item of composite object data among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory by selecting one arbitrary sample image among the sample images displayed on the display by the display controller; and
a composing unit which composes the composite object data arbitrarily selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit.
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17. An image composing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit which acquires image data;
a memory which stores plural types of composite object data;
a display which displays an image;
a generating unit which simply composes each of the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit to generate a plurality of composite images;
a display controller which displays the plurality of composite images generated by the generating unit, as a plurality of sample images, on the display;
a selector which selects one arbitrary item of composite object data among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory by selecting one arbitrary sample image among the sample images displayed on the display by the display controller; and
a composing unit which composes the composite object data arbitrarily selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit.
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18. An image composing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit which acquires image data;
a memory which stores calendar data;
a detector which detects a country name;
a determining unit which determines a day-of-week arrangement of a seven-day chart of a calendar based on the country name detected by the detector; and
a composing unit which composes the calendar data stored in the memory and the image data acquired by the acquisition unit in accordance with the day-of-week arrangement of the seven-day chart determined by the determining unit. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An electronic camera comprising:
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an image pickup device which picks up an object and outputs image data;
a memory which stores plural types of calendar data having different formats;
a selector which selects arbitrary calendar data among the plural types of calendar data stored in the memory; and
a composing unit which composes the calendar data arbitrarily selected by the selector and the image data output from the image pickup device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. An electronic camera comprising:
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a memory which stores calendar data;
an image pickup device which picks up an object and for outputs image data;
a composing unit which successively composes the image data successively output from the image pickup device and the calendar data stored in the memory; and
a display which successively displays the composite image data successively obtained by the composing unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. An image composing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition device which acquires image data;
a detector which detects a type of the image data acquired by the acquisition device;
a memory which stores plural types of composite object data;
a selector which selects composite object data of a type which is detected by the detector among the plural types of composite object data stored in the memory; and
a composer which composing the composite object data selected by the selector and the image data acquired by the acquisition device.
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27. An image composing method comprising:
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acquiring image data;
detecting a type of the acquired image data;
selecting composite object data of a detected type among plural types of composite object data stored in a memory; and
composing the selected composite object data and the acquired image data.
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28. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein, the computer readable program code means comprising:
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computer readable program code means for causing a computer to acquire image data;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to detect a type of the acquired image data;
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to select composite object data of a detected type among plural types of composite object data stored in a memory; and
computer readable program code means for causing a computer to compose the selected composite object data and the acquired image data.
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