PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSFER METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130188064A1
• Filed: 09/12/2011
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sakanaba, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US13/823,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20130188064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33335 Presentation, e.g. orientation, simplex, duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

Even when image data in which a top-bottom orientation has been recorded is transmitted to equipment that is provided outside a photographing apparatus and does not support an image rotation function, an image can be displayed in an appropriate top-bottom orientation. A photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit; an addition unit which adds data indicating a top-bottom orientation at the time of photography to image data of an image captured using the photographing unit and stores resultant image data, a transmission unit which transmits the image data to external equipment; and an editing unit which rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

Claims

1. A photographing apparatus comprising:

a photographing unit;

an addition unit which adds data indicating a top-bottom orientation at the time of photography to image data of an image captured using the photographing unit and stores resultant image data;

a transmission unit which transmits the image data to external equipment; and

an editing unit which rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

2. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data based on the data indicating the top-bottom orientation added to the image data.

3. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit which selects whether or not the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data when rotation is designated in the selection unit, and does not rotate the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data when rotation is not designated in the selection unit.

4. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a designation unit which designates a rotation angle when the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data at the designated rotation angle when the rotation angle is designated in the designation unit.

5. The photographing apparatus according to aclaim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

6. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

9. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a selection unit which selects whether or not the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data when rotation is designated in the selection unit, and does not rotate the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data when rotation is not designated in the selection unit.

10. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a designation unit which designates a rotation angle when the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data at the designated rotation angle when the rotation angle is designated in the designation unit.

11. The photographing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a designation unit which designates a rotation angle when the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data at the designated rotation angle when the rotation angle is designated in the designation unit.

12. The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a designation unit which designates a rotation angle when the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is rotated in the editing unit,

wherein the editing unit rotates the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data at the designated rotation angle when the rotation angle is designated in the designation unit.

13. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

14. The photographing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

15. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

16. The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

17. The photographing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

18. The photographing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

19. The photographing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a display unit for displaying the image data,

wherein the image data is displayed on the display unit to enable confirmation of whether the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data is to be rotated prior to transmitting the image data to the external equipment.

20. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

21. The photographing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

22. The photographing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

23. The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

24. The photographing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

25. The photographing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

26. The photographing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

27. The photographing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

28. The photographing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

29. The photographing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

30. The photographing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the editing unit rotates the image corresponding to the image data so that the top-bottom orientation of the rotated image becomes an upright orientation.

7. An image transfer method comprising:

rotating a top-bottom orientation of an image corresponding to image data prior to transmitting the image data to external equipment, the image data being captured using a photographing function and stored with data indicating the top-bottom orientation at the time of photography added; and

transmitting the image data of the image whose top-bottom orientation has been rotated to the external equipment.

8. A program for causing a computer of a photographing apparatus to execute:

an addition function of adding data indicating a top-bottom orientation at the time of photography to image data of an image captured using a photographing function provided in the photographing apparatus and storing resultant data;

an editing function of rotating the top-bottom orientation of the image corresponding to the image data prior to transmitting the image data to external equipment; and

a transmitting function of transmitting image data of an image whose top-bottom orientation has been rotated to the external equipment.